One of my BP shooting buddies called me the other day, he fell into a 50cal cap n ball carbine length gun Friday , while golfing. Got it for a song.
Half stock, blade front adj semi buckhorn rear, no brass accents.
His other long gun is also a 50cal cap n ball, about 5" more bbl, same sights, lots of brass.. Nose piece, accents, but strap, patchbox .
He likes it, but its heavy, the new carbine, with no brass, and 5" or so less hex barrell feels lil almost half the weight. He immediately liked it better.
He was gonna retire the other rifle, but, sunday we were playing cards and his brother came over, he shoots modern gun and bow with us, but has no BP guns.
My buddy gave his brother the rifle.
To get him started, I went thru my stuff and gave him a tub of maxi lube I had been using but stopped in favor of home made lube. A bag of balls, and a mostly full tin of #11 caps. A ball starter I made 25+ ys ago, and subsequently replaced with a newer one. A full flask of pyrodex RS, a sheet of muslin to use as patching ( I have a few yards of it still ) and made him some fixed powder measures in 5gr increments from 50 thru 70, out of old shells and a po' mans nipple pick ( small dia steel wire )
Printed him a list of supplies he will eventually need to get to continue shooting after his starter pack exhausts.
He already has rods n jags n swabs n mops. Gave him a 35mm film bottle with some concentrated bore soap.
Once he gets caught up on bills, he can get more powder, an adj measure, and other goodies, but for now we got him hooked up.
Half stock, blade front adj semi buckhorn rear, no brass accents.
His other long gun is also a 50cal cap n ball, about 5" more bbl, same sights, lots of brass.. Nose piece, accents, but strap, patchbox .
He likes it, but its heavy, the new carbine, with no brass, and 5" or so less hex barrell feels lil almost half the weight. He immediately liked it better.
He was gonna retire the other rifle, but, sunday we were playing cards and his brother came over, he shoots modern gun and bow with us, but has no BP guns.
My buddy gave his brother the rifle.
To get him started, I went thru my stuff and gave him a tub of maxi lube I had been using but stopped in favor of home made lube. A bag of balls, and a mostly full tin of #11 caps. A ball starter I made 25+ ys ago, and subsequently replaced with a newer one. A full flask of pyrodex RS, a sheet of muslin to use as patching ( I have a few yards of it still ) and made him some fixed powder measures in 5gr increments from 50 thru 70, out of old shells and a po' mans nipple pick ( small dia steel wire )
Printed him a list of supplies he will eventually need to get to continue shooting after his starter pack exhausts.
He already has rods n jags n swabs n mops. Gave him a 35mm film bottle with some concentrated bore soap.
Once he gets caught up on bills, he can get more powder, an adj measure, and other goodies, but for now we got him hooked up.