Had a opportunity to get a stainless CvA optima a few years ago and believe me There is nothing primitive about that rifle at all I shoot 100 grain pellets 2x50 and 385 solid soft lead hollow point and at 75 yards it makes cloverleaf all day long I’m a Hawken man at heart (40 years) But I’m not able to see the iron sights like I used to be able to So if you can get a CVA they all use the same barrel as far as I can tell in the cheaper ones W mart sells and the Stainless ones have a different barrel
I'm new at this and have just purchased my first muzzloader. It is a .50 cal., and I am going to try .015 patches to start, with a .50 cal. ball from Hornady. I am going to use the ox yoke patches. Did I miss it in the video? When you switched patches and went to the ox yoke's, did you stick with the .010's, or go to .015? Thanks.
My go to is the ox yoke .015th patches and the .490 round ball my load is 60 gr 2f and for my woods on ne deer that punches holes both sides and puts em down 80 yards and in. I rarely use the .010 only have 1 gun that shoots well with them. Congrats on the 50 and hope you enjoy it. 😊
Um, yes the gov is going to hell, but your right barrel is open bore, your left barrel on it is modified choke. Of course your right barrel being just straight cylinder bore is gonna be really wide spread. I know the weapon. Your barrels seem short. Should have been 28". But, try Pyrodex RS, Equivalent to ffG, starting grain 74, for small birds, 80 for turkey, equal load powder to same of #7.5-8shot. Screw buying those expensive Nitro cards bro. 18 bucks buys a 3/4 inch hole punch set and knock out cereal, beer, pizza boxes and use 2-3 over your powder. Then put your cushion wad in which you can split in half. Add shot, cap it off with yet another one of those free pieces of your cereal box, hopefully Wheaties. Every navy shoots different. I know. Old man, homesteader, but ya gotta know that right barrel is gonna be wider. Ya gotta have that cushion wad though, you can get 500 of them from Midway for 12 bucks, then cut them in half. Some people prefer lubing them. Again cheap answer. Vegetable oil, but that's if you're gonna hunt soon, cause oil can drip down into your powder. If you're gonna store it loaded, use either some bee's wax on the cushion, or leave it dry. Love the shotgun, but that barrel length leads me to believe it was shortened.
Over several decades, I have switched from pillow ticking .015" and a .530 round ball to approximately the same patch thickness only in linen. Linen won't burn through with heavier loads as for hunting.
You're right! Those velocities are far too low for a 4" barrel. SAAMI sets a velocity of 1220 fps for 158 grains 357 mag at 15 ft. from the muzzle out of a 4" test barrel (or 1600 fps out of a 10" solid test barrel). For comparison, I'm getting 992 fps out of my RIA AL3.1 that only has a 2" barrel with the same ammo (except that mine are FMJ). Would love to see you shoot a different batch of the same ammo or a different brand of ammo altogether, with the same specs. I hope it's not the gun! Great video, very useful info!
And eye protection for your raccoon mate ..... very considerate of you 👍 😁 You mentioned gunbroker , i would love to come across " at a good price " an early Hatfield 36 cal fullstock Flintlock or cap lock .. such beautiful rifles with the curly maple stock ❤
@davidbeasley2853 definitely pyrodex is really to high a flash point , duplex or kicker charges will work in the barrel but to ignite in the pan you really need the black. Cap locks definitely make it easier for hunting
I hope the the original author of this video can receive these messages still. My question is or for anyone else who might know the answer to my question is, what size CAPS or number should I use for my 36 Cal Italian rifle I have all the other information for my rifle except the caps. Thank you very much
@jamesvasquez6280 cap size on Italians is usually number 11 , rws 1075 work as well. Any number 11 should work , Italian nipples are metric and if you can't find the proper size you can switch out nipples easily to a different one just order the metric thread pattern and your good to go
That's called the "flame spreader' that fits down into the center-draft tube on the assembled burner. in my experience, don't buy one of those oldies (older than a Model B) without one, because you might have a hard time finding the early flame spreaders that will fit right. The part that your mantle fits on and your chimney fits into is called the gallery. I just got a complete Model 6 going yesterday. They aren't that different from the 11's.
Hello im new to your channel I have a couple model #11 Aladdin lamp made in USA Chicago Ill I cleaned it up and it’s shinning beautifully but I’m wondering if you could help me with what they’d be worth it has the all the stuff that your showing
Based on your results here, I'd have to agree with the general wisdom in one respect: Pyrodex sucks for priming and isn't preferred for the barrel charge. Black in the pan makes Pyrodex almost acceptable in the barrel, though. I've shot enough Pyrodex in my cap and ball revolver (and had a BP muzzleloading pistol back in college) to know that Pyrodex is acceptable in cap- or primer-ignited guns -- and as you note, it makes very little difference in cleaning between black and Pyrodex. Sadly, we'll probably never have a substitute that works really well in flinters, because if it's as easy to ignite as black, it'll get DOT classified as an Explosive and BATFE will require a magazine for any point of sale that keeps even a single can overnight (which isn't going to happen for local gun shops, not since the 1970s). For flintlock shooters who live in the country, homemade black seems like a good solution; for those who live in any kind of town, however, that's not going to fly -- and we may have to just live with hazmat shipping costs to get Swiss or Goex from online sellers.
I ran across your video I have a traditions Kentucky long rifle with an l and R lock on it. Eleanor locks are junk and that's the fact, if you won't quality. Do like I did sell the gun for what you can get out of it and go with Jim Keebler. Long raffles, trust me, you won't regret it Everything is made here in the United States of ayeah, and you'll be amazed how the parts fit together.
If I don't are you gonna send me to my room? In all seriousness if you watch my videos you'll see the targets change the papers in front and the backers change. I clean my range all the time , I also cleaned all the crap off the property from loggers, neighbors and others , so while your intention is good its unnecessary. I also pull my old lead and recast it thereby reusing my lead. I also average about 200 rds a week on my range of BP so what may lie there in a video is usually not the same the next you see. I also shoot about 5k rifle and pistol a year here so it's used and cleaned. I was taught to respect nature. So maybe don't assume
For one thing, the L and R lock is junk. The inlet for the lock needs to be trimmed out. If you want good quality fit and finish, you get a Jim Keibler, And use nothing but 3F go.Ex are swiss. spend your money wisely. I bought a 45 caliber 44 inch swamp barrel plus a 36 caliber barrel that will fit on the same chassie, extra Ram rod.And finish for $ 1,700 Delivered. Hundred percent made in ohio.
Please check out Kibler Long Rifles in Ohio, outstanding rifles, outstanding accuracy, outstanding ignition, perfect balance with the swamped barrels and outstanding fit and finish. I've built 5 of them, the kits are fantastic to build and are beautiful when finished and I'm no gunsmith or you can get them completely built. I have never had a problem with anything and Jim Kibler and his people are fantastc to deal with.
Yes finally someone who gets you don't need monster charges for game. My deer load is 60 gr 3f with hot shot , passthroughs everytime on NE deer. Thanks for the comment
Nice I still need to get a 32. The cva is nice as well. Rice barrels is making replacement tc barrels now for 32 - 54. Prob is they cost as much as a used tc lol
Nice what you did for your neighbor's kid. Try to do that myself on our little farm with some kids from the cities. By profession, I was a school teacher. Back in the 80s our school system use to present hunter safety programs to our 8th graders as a part of our science curriculum. It was a three week course that taught the basics about shooting and hunting safety. At the end of each course we would take the kids out tp a ramge and let them shoot a 22 rifle, a shotgun and a revolver. Department of wildlife game and fisheries would furnish the ammo and we would come up with a few guns. Students, many of whom would never hunt, seemed to enjoy the course. I think, too, that really helped to build a base of support for our 2A rights. It sort of took the fear, awe and mistery away from the shooting sports. Just that experience helped kids to appreciate firearm use. Sadly, those days in school are gone. It now is really up to us to introduce as many young folks to the sport as we can. Thanks for the video and concern. Look forward to more videos.
That's a great story I was fortunate to graduate high school re columbine so we still had archery in schools and teachers who let us leave to go hunt opening day with our guns in our trunks. We need more positives like you in our schools now. Thanks for sharing
Great video. Glad you're doing well. The idiots that know everything are everywhere. I was recently scolded by a muzzleloader keyboard expert that I was lucky I hadn't killed someone by recommending unsafe loads. The load I recommend is from a historic reference and one I've used for 40+ years. Sometimes it just gets too stupid out there on the interwebs forums.
Actually I’ve been watching the testimony at Alex Baldwins trial. They are “qualifying” experts to testify about that not so accidental discharge. And strutingeagle just articulated that process. Fox out
I was wondering….. glad to see your still up and kicking. Good musings. Like you I’m still puttering around. This cold winter put a bit of a kink in my tail. Nothing I can’t get over. I for one await your spring content. Fox out
I have one from 1973, a great gun! If I do my part it'll ring steel targets like those torso targets at 200 yards with a patched round ball. That barrel wedge sticks why out. By the way left to right barrel wedges were something of a Hawken brother's trademark, TC didn't care, but I've always inserted the wedge on my TC Hawken left to right.
Thanks for the info. Yeah the brass wedge is long what's nice though is it's not moving looks like someone replaced with an aftermarket tc , it feels good and the barrel lockups is rock solid. Fun gun fpr sure just getting back around to dialing it in.
I bought a white Mountain Carbine ( t/c ) at a pawn shop a couple weeks ago . Thelso had a .50 cal t/c .50 cal. Hawkins rifle , but , it was rusty ( inside the muzzle was red rusty ) . I wasn't sure if I could save it . When the rifle looks like that , what's the odds it can be saved ? EDIT : Does Anyone know what twist rate these carbines are ?
Hey most of the barrels can be saved. Plug the breech at nipple end pour solvent in it let sit a few days , then slowly scrub it with abrasives. I use brillo pads and the steel wool on an undersized cleaning brush just keep at it. I also really like using balistol to clean it up. If out side is bad you can strip the finish and then re blue it. I just would not pay alot for it. You can find decent used ones for 250-350 and excellent ones for 400 plus.
@johnhoward7298 not necessarily just probably not accurate. Still may be fun plinking You can try it , best accuracy I'd definitely a conical. If you don't cast yest nows a good time to start
I read ( or heard on yt or something ) that D. Boon lived to a ripe old age shooting a .41 cal. m/l rifle He named Betsy . So , I guess You don't have to shoot a large cal. rifle . I Personally would love to have a .32 cal. rifle ( shoot a .31 patched ball ?) !
Yeah I heard that alot of the old guns were small calibers , makes sense with lead availability. Lg bore existed and in the book 44 years the life of the hunter I believe he describes his as roughly a 69 he never comes out and says what it is just an ounce or something of lead ball. A 32 would be great I always wanted 36 large enough to kill medium game small enough for sm game and a still manageable ramrod. A 32 is on my list though. Thanks
Thanks Have hit 1k now there's lots of oil lamp videos so I never really posted more just the. Ones to help out however it may be time to revisit some of them. Thanks a bunch
Yeah I used to use more but 60 punch3s through northeast deer and I have not lost any yet. I've done some chrono testing and real harvesting they drop nice at 60gr when I used 80 -100 just had loss of accuracy and deer still died though. Appreciate the comment
Got a TC 50cal flint model bought their hunting peep tang sight groups improved dramatically.A friend removed the factory rear sight and had a gunsmith put in a buckhorn sight further up the barrel toward the front sight,the man is absolutely deadly at the range.
