Yup, I think that's a fair assessment. They were fun when they came out (when your other options were either bigger target .22s and maybe a handful of well made, but old, guns like the Beretta 70/71 series), but much better .22s have come out since.
I can certainly confirm on the natural black powder lubes. I use a 50/50 lard (no salt) bees wax combo on my various military muzzle loaders and it makes it really easy to keep them clean. I can even fire a pretty substantial number of rounds through the rifles (well, substantial by ML...
That’s literally what the two guys who founded AEY did with Chinese ammo for an Afghan contact.
They went to jail. But on the other hand, they got a movie made about them.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2005151/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Granted, they were selling to Uncle Sam on a military contract for...
Sorry for the delayed reply.
I discussed the timing for a fall shoot with the guys at ProTEQ, but unfortunately, due to a pretty busy couple of months, we just couldn't find a good day for it.
So the next INGO Open Shoot at ProTEQ will be the one in Spring.
That being said, we are still...
Sometimes, gun owners are our own worst enemy.
Here we are, on a gun forum, having a fellow gun owner arguing for a super strict, over reaching, interpretation of an unconstitutional law.
Well, with that attitude, I certainly hope you aren't in law enforcement in any capacity.
The issue here is that chief was WRONG. It (at the time) wasn't considered an SBR and needed no paperwork.
If we have law enforcement officers, acting in an official capacity, just making up laws and then...
So I talked to AllenM and Javelin’s in Brownsburg and neither can do the work I need.
Since several folks asked what I was trying to do, here are the 3 items I wanted done:
1. Braze front sight on a Colt 1872 repro (barrel shortened and recrowned, but no front sight)
2. Braze a front sight...
Any gunsmiths in the Indy area that do brazing or micro welding?
I’ve got a couple of project that need that type of work, but I haven’t found anyone that can do it.
Very neat. I'll have to find some of that Puff-lon filler. I've been using kapok for my .577 Snider, 450/577 Martini Henry, 11x59R Gras, and 11.15x60R Mauser (.43 Mauser). I like the idea of have a lubricating function for the filler on top of taking up space in those huge old cases.
I’ve recovered enough from my sunstroke/dehydration to post.
It was a great event and it was good meeting new folks and seeing some of the regulars again.
I hope everyone had fun and the range was looking pretty clean when we left (and I think my nephew and I were the last to leave).
I’m...
I got my fingerprints done at Printscan the other day. I had the file back same day, so that parts went well.
I asked the lady doing prints if she had been busy, and she said basically every day, every appointment is for ATF prints.
So I guess a lot of people are filing.
I started casting back in 2019 for a small model cannon and I've expanded to casting for a whole bunch of calibers.
.380, 9mm, .45 ACP, .45 LC, .300 BLK, .45-70, 11mm Chassepot, 11mm Mauser, 11x59R Gras, .577 Snider, 450/577 Martini, .54 Burnside, .58 Minié ball, .69 round ball (both .648 and...
The Rifle Shoppe has some really high quality kits, so if you want a really nice one and are willing to finish it yourself (or pay someone to do it), that would be a good place to start:
http://www.therifleshoppe.com/catalog_pages/matchlocks/matchlocks.htm
I don't know if they offer any of the...
I believe they tended to be more used in static type formations. They had no stocks, with just hand grips and very long barrels, so kind of awkward to use.
In Europe, early musketeers were mixed with pikeman, with pikeman providing the cover from cavalry (or for the Spanish, the tercio which...
Just because I forgot to mention it and in case someone else had a similar question, the other issue with matchlocks is the way the pan is protected.
Unlike most flintlocks, the pan isn't spring loaded on a matchlock. It's typically just a cover that swivels out of the way when you are ready to...
This is the exact issue with matchlocks for hunting.
My match cord will burn through a good length (a few feet) in a single shooting session and it takes lots of care (constantly ashing and blowing on it) to keep it going between shots.
If you are looking for hunting on hard mode, then I...