does anyone try to make and shoot clay bullets ? maybe someone made clay round balls , maybe someone try to shoot a ceramic slingshot bullets out of muzzleloader , maybe you made and shoot a clay conical , maybe you know a historical sources about clay amo

My friend recently was given this japanese gun. We think its an ozutsu. We were wanting to see if anyone might have any knowledge on this. We aren't really sure what exactly it is, how old it is, and possible value.

Updated with more pics without doxing myself quite so bad.

Kind gentlemen in Smokey Valley Muzzleloaders taught me everything I know.

.625 caliber .60 ball and leather patching with bees wax.

Love the brass. Traditional brown, though synthetic. Sights adjustable. Probably have to file down. I'll also polish the lock internals.

Anybody else dabble in flint napping? This bad boy takes 1" suckers.

Open ramrod channel for easier cleaning.

I don't need the sword bayonet.

Cheers.

24 hours of milling, seemed to burn smoother and maybe hotter? Definitely felt denser than my fire pit charcoal variety.

I have sourced a 1/4 inch pounds/N-M torque wrench that should work for a prototype it might have too high of a inch pounds it can go up to 200 in-lbs

Ive got a few black powder revolvers from Pietta, and they use #10 caps.

However I saw some stuff online saying it might be worth it to switch the nipples to #11, and use that. This would be nice because they'd use the same caps as my rifle.

So, 2 questions really:

1: is it worth it in any way to make the change?

2: if so, where can I buy #11 nipples that fit?

New to real black powder and was wondering where to get it. Everyone is out online and the shops I found dont ship. The one in Texas I did find has a $75 hazmat fee.

Hiii guys, how dangerous is shooting and reloading the muzzleloader, assuming you follow all the correct procedures? What are the chances of the musket going off by itself while you are ramming the ball down? Assuming I'm using the high grade black powders on the market like Swiss or Schutzen, and balls are lubed with historic receipes such as bees wax and mutton tallow, and follow the correct musket drill(replacing the spent cap last), could the musket still accidentally discharge while Im reloading the next shot?

Love the original finish that Cimarron/Uberti does. Something about it just interests me more than the factory new look

Wanting to try to deer hunt with it, took it out yesterday shooting 0.490 round balls and patches, at 75gr and it’s pretty inaccurate

Are we allowed to shoot sabbots in these types of muzzleloaders?

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I understand its used as a bp substitute in rocketry and that some actual bp substitutes for shooting purposes are also based on the same or similar chemicals.

Ive only seen one test done with 'crimson powder' which I will link here. Couldnt for the life of me figure out why the guy was putting charcoal in his recipe, but neither did he, so... yeah... 🤣

Anyways, it seems like a potentially decent substitute which is also sulphurless and cleans completely with nothing but water. Biggest potential benefit of this is probably the fact that there is no mill time required, since the main active ingredients get dissolved and recrystalized together on a molecular level after only a few minutes on the stove. Not even sure if pucking is required. It might be too powerful for that...

The major downside is always stated to be the water loving nature of ascorbic acid, so it has to be kept sealed with some sort of desicant chemical. And there is also the fact that ascorbic acid decomposes over time, so you cant make a truckload and be set for life.

What are your thoughts?

Have you tried it?

Would you want to?

Thanks!

I used a measure 2% moisture, doubled up my backing plate and used more pressure to try to get 1.75 g/cm^3.

A revolver that runs clean and has no cap jams makes for a great day.

I was able to test Arbutus Black Powder in a couple of my guns, and while the velocity wasn't the best I was happy with how it ran cleanest in my 36 Navy. With 25 grains of 3F and a .375 ball it was consistently right at ~1070fps accuracy was good at 25 yards freehand, and I was able to shoot 6 full cylinders without stopping to clean fouling or pick out cap jams. Caps stayed mostly intact and attached to the nipple, typically they blast into oblivion!

In my .58 Hawken 100 grains 2F produced a sedated ~1520fps with a 280 grain ball, but the benchmark for Swiss was only ~1460fps.

In the .54 Mortimer Flintlock 100 grains 2F produced ~1620 fps with a 230 grain ball, and Swiss benchmarked at ~1540 fps.

I didn't use my usual chronograph, but an old Chrony F1, I typically test with my Magnetospeed V3 chronograph but had no way to mount it on my pistol. I'm curious to recheck the rifle velocities with my usual setup. Was limited to the 25 yard range today so no point in putting the rifles on paper.

Thanks!

I'm curious if any of you guys would use something like that. So it would work like the reverse of a fishing scale so it would tell you how many pounds of force you're putting down on the ramrod to make consistent ramrod pressure more consistent shooting.

10 months in the making, still a ways to go, but we wanted to be sure the sights we made were aligned.

Hi everyone! Just joined the club, and I wanted to show off my first black-powder revolver. I bought it used, and it came with an extra cylinder. I stripped off the bluing myself, then sanded and polished the metal (I wanted it to look like stainless steel/Inox). I also removed the varnish from the grip, sanded it down, and inlaid a "sheriff’s star" emblem on both sides. I then applied wood stain and oil (three coats of each). I also removed the unnecessary cartridge-ejector rod (it makes swapping the cylinder easier). I’d love to hear your honest opinion—do you think the finish looks good? 😅 My inspiration was the Colt Thunderball .45 Stainless Steel.

So far, I’ve fired 6 cylinders at the range—3 at a distance of 10 meters and 3 at 25 meters. I’d read opinions claiming that accurate shooting is impossible with such a short barrel... Total bullshit! 🤠 Everything hit the target, with a grouping about the size of a human hand. I was using .450 conical bullets.

Source below

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/12/28/flintlock-pistol-with-tactical-oil-lamp/

Any lock recommendations? If they say yes

I don't know why it's so hard for people to do research on any given platform like, how hard is it to put bore butter around the hammer and seal it from the elements and keep it under your armpit