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1860 Spencer infantry rifle, .56-50, reproduction by Armisport, in the trenches at Fort Blakeley, Alabama for the 158th anniversary reenactment of the last major battle of the American Civil War.

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I couldn’t resist. Fresh from the range and all cleaned up!

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“I believe in ammunition.” Steadily rebuilding my stockpile, so I can merrily blaze away all winter! (US m1816/22/55 Remington Maynard rifled musket, .69cal in foreground.)

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I decided there weren’t enough Musketry related meme stickers out in the world! An utter vanity project, but if anyone in the world will laugh at them, they’re probably in this sub!

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No such thing as enough ammunition. M1863 Springfield (Miroku repro, defarbed by Watts), and about 600ish rounds of regulation .58cal cartridges for it. Some live, some blank, but definitely the most I’ve had in once place in awhile!

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Colonel Lemats Patent Grapeshot Revolver! .44cal and 20ga, because who needs a wrist anyway? Complete with historically correct buckshot and combustible cartridges, featuring the Lemat pattern conical, both by me! (Revolver by Pietta, defarbed by Lodgewood)

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1886 Lebel, 150 yards, supported prone.

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Finishing up a batch of 120 Confederate pattern .69 cal buckshot cartridges today! Only takes 1,080 shot, 240 knots and 240 pieces of paper...

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1859 Berdan Sharps, .54cal repro by Pedersoli with breech/lock upgrade by Flees. Ready for the range with some fresh wartime pattern “New Model” linen cartridges! .544” 440gr bullet over 75gr 1fg OE.

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P58 Enfield Short Rifle, .577cal, repro by Parker Hale, defarbed by Todd Watts. .560” CS Enfield cartridges/bullets/arsenal packs by me, ready for a heavy duty range session!

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M1873 Springfield “Trapdoor” carbine, Mfg in 1881 as an infantry rifle and heavily “bubba’d”, now restored to military trim. .45-70gov’t, 405gr hollow base bullet over 55gr 2fg Swiss BP. The first rifle I learned to reload for, many moons ago!

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Burnside Carbine, patented by Ambrose Burnside in 1855. This example is tin-plated for US Navy usage. These were the third most common cavalry carbine of the American Civil War and used a .54cal metallic cartridge, primed by a separate musket cap. On display at Chickamauga, GA.

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The musket meme stickers must continue! Arrived just in time for 2023! Have a wonderful New Year, folks.

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P53 Enfield Rifled Musket, .577”cal, and a goodly measure of ammunition for same. These are .560” Pritchett-style bullets cloned from an original mold, in a gummed-band style cartridge copied from an original in my collection. It just don’t get more period correct!

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Model 1853 Sharps Carbine, .52cal, used by Abolitionist John Brown during the raid on Harpers Ferry, WV on October 16-18, 1859. One of “Beecher’s Bibles”.

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Stretching out to 400 yards today with my Pedersoli reproduction 1854 Lorenz rifled musket, .54cal. The historical military cartridge is truly the only way to run this warhorse, far and away my favorite muzzle-loader.

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Today is the USMCs 247th birthday, so I’m taking two of their Civil War era weapons to the range. (Repro) M1842 Springfield rifled musket, (original) M1817/22/57 Remington Maynard rifled musket, both in .69cal. Target pics coming soon! Semper Fi, from a friendly dogface.

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First acquisition of 2021, a Colt M1917, .45acp, delivered to the US Army in August of 1918. Holster, knife and scabbard are reproductions and came with the pistol. Another grail checked off my list!

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Gratuitous Lorenz family photo before they go back in the safe for winter! More info in the comments.

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US M1855 Rifled Musket, .58cal, and 10 packets of my regulation cartridges ready for the range! The rifle is an Armisport reproduction, re-barreled by Whitacre Machine Shop. McDowell forage cap by Dirty Billy.

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Three 1854 Lorenz infantry rifles. Pedersoli reproduction on the left, original Type 1 in the center, original Type 2 on the right. (I am one bayonet short at the moment, forgive me.) My absolute favorite black powder firearms.

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I guess I am spoiled, I’ve never used a bullet mold carved out of stone! On display at the RevWar Museum in Philly.

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Model 1859 Berdan contract Sharps rifle, cal .54, reproduction by Pedersoli. Ready for testing session #3 with the linen cartridges! Had to install a new mainspring, which cut last round short. When the rain here quits it’s back to the firing line!

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Oh Musket Tree, Oh Musket Tree! Merry Christmas, folks! Hope Santa brings you powder and caps!

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US M1855 rifled musket, it’s accoutrements and ammunition. All reproductions, cartridges and Arsenal packet by me.

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Testing some prototype CS “Nessler” cartridges today in my M1842 rifled/sighted Springfield (armisport) today!

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120 more .58cal US regulation cartridges ready to go! I’ll be warming up my 1861 Colt contract rifled musket with a few cartridge boxes full of them very soon.

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Flintlock Friday! Newly added to the collection, a p1730 Heavy Sea Service pistol used in the filming of Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World. I don't think it's possible to be more excited than I am now. More info in the comments!

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Civil War Plate Carrier! Steel plates, spring shoulder suspension, and tested by the US Ordnance Department in 1862. Stopped .58, .54, .44 and .36cal bullets successfully, but wasn’t adopted due to cost, weight, heat, and production constraints among other things.

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Testing again to see if my posts get through. 1858 Remington NMA in .44 with 1860s belt rig. Knife by Dickinson, bullets/cartridges/packaging by me.

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Enfield Short Rifle, .577cal, this one a reproduction by Parker Hale, defarbed for me by Todd Watts. .565” Pritchett cartridges loaded with 68gr 1fg Swiss BP, ready for the range!

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I like it better filthy. Freshly re-christened after the recent overhaul, M1816 Springfield conversion, .69cal (after about 50 rounds of 110gr loads)

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Freshly defarbed by the Musket Wizard, Mr. Todd Watts. (Before pic in comments) my Pedersoli repro M1816 Springfield percussion conversion, .69cal, and two types of regulation cartridge to re-christen it with. Can’t wait for the next range day!

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The largest black powder weapon I’ve yet seen in person: 15” Rodman gun, weighing in at 50,140lbs without the carriage, 15.3ft barrel length. Fired a 440lbs shell over 80-120lbs of powder! Made in 1864, located at Fort McHenry, MD.

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P1839 Tower Musket, .75cal (repro), and a fresh batch of regulation “ball & buck” cartridges, ready for the range. A .695” ball over three .33” buck and 85gr 1fg.

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The rear sight on my 1878/82 Vetterli rifle always reminds me of a snail. Nontheless, it is one hell of a fun machine! An amazing trigger for the package, and 13rds of 10.4x38r as fast as you can throw the bolt.

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Colt M1861 Rifled Musket, .58cal, and at least a full day’s worth of regulation cartridges to feed it.

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P53 Enfield, .5745” US Burton “Minie” over 55gr 1.5fg Swiss @ 100yd. Pretty pleased, going to stretch out to 200yd next time!

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My Pedersoli 1859 Berdan Sharps rifle arrived back from master gunsmith Larry Flees yesterday with a whole new lease on life. New chamber sleeve, breech block plate, and a slew of other upgrades and ready for the range once again!

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Freshly cast 715gr behemoths, .69cal US Burton “minies”, for the rifled/sighted M1842 Springfield rifled musket. These are the second largest bullet I make, my other .69 “minie” mold throws 760gr bullets suitable for dinosaur hunting.

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New accoutrements to match my favorite rifled musket, and a full load of historically correct military cartridges ready for the range! Pedersoli 1854 Lorenz Infanteriegewehr, .54cal. Bullets, cartridges and packets by me, specs in the comments!

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Rescued from Bubba! M1873 Springfield “Trapdoor” .45/70 gov’t. Details of the restoration in the comments!

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Starting a rolling session for Buck & Ball cartridges to feed the M1842 Springfield musket. This one was made in 1844, and still eats a regulation diet with ease.

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EDC Pocket Dump, circa 1860. Colt M1855 Root Pocket Model, .31cal repro.

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Billy yank, and Johnny Reb. .58cal US “minie” cartridges with Williams “cleaner” bullets above, and CS production .560” Enfield cartridges below, all reproduced by me. Original imported Pritchett bullet mold and Enfield sergeants tool, reproduction US Stadia rangefinder at right.

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M1816 Springfield conversion musket, reproduction by Pedersoli, defarbed by Todd Watts. Original bayonet, and non-military .650” ball mold. Can’t wait for the next range day!

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Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile folks, I’ve been absolutely slammed with orders (and happy to be!) so here’s a Colt Paterson and a Colt 1855 Sidehammer in the meantime! I really wish Uberti or Pietta would repro the 1855, it’s probably my favorite percussion revolver.

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An original Ferguson Rifle, the first military breechloader. Less than 200 made, but saw combat service with the British Army at the battle of Brandywine in 1777 during the American Revolution. The inventor himself led the unit equipped with them.

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Another batch of .58cal Burton “Minie” and Type III Williams “Cleaner” cartridges, complete with stamped Arsenal wrappers and percussion cap tubes, ready to be filled and bundled by their new owner.

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Peak Performance EDC/CCW circa 1862. Colt Pocket Police, .36cal. Reproduction by Uberti.

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Kind of amazing what 100 years did to the infantry rifle. .22”cal and 55gr from .58”cal and 540gr.

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US M1841/55 Rifle, .54cal with M1855 Bayonet and rifleman’s belt, and two types of cartridge to feed it, ready for the range next week! (All reproductions. Rifle by Euroarms, defarbed by Watts.)

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Billy Yank’s best friend: the M1861 Springfield rifled musket, .58cal. Reproduction by Chiappa, defarbed by Todd Watts. Cartridges/Arsenal packets by me.

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After a long, miserable wait: my M1842 Rifled Musket is here!

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P53 Enfield, .577cal, reproduction by Armisport defarbed by Lodgewood. 10 rounds offhand at 100yds on a 12”x18”. .560” Pritchett bullet in CS style cartridge. Bit of wind from the left, but still happy!

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Wheel gun Wednesday! My Colts, M1917 .45acp US Army marked, mfg. 1918 and Official Police .38spl, mfg. 1950. A commenter recently asked me to see them side by side on a prior post, so here they are in all their glory!

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Got to love English-import stuff. A fresh batch of .560” CS Enfield cartridges, and one of my trusty p53 Enfield rifled muskets to convert them into glorious noise! (Armisport repro altered by Hoyt/Watts)

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I received a tiny piece of HMS Surprise today! Soon it will be framed. A celebratory madeira is in order.

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M1873 Springfield. My first BPCR, and the first thing I ever hand-loaded for.

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US 1861 pattern .58cal cartridge box with full load of regulation ammunition. 2:10 mix of Type 3 Williams “cleaner” to Burton “minie” cartridges. Feat. the book containing the specs and a pocket full of extras. Ready for the range!

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My only flintlock, a Hessian military pattern Jaegerstutze rifle, .62cal, made by T.W. Pistor in the late 1760s or early 1770s. I’m still not good enough to do this rifle justice at the range.

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.58cal Freedom Seeds, of the Burton variety. All of these will be sized to .5745”, dip-lubed and on their way to new homes by Friday.

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The fresh Lorenz bullets from yesterday are rolled up in cartridge and ready for the range! I use my historically accurate bullet over 55gr of 1.5fg OE or Swiss black powder, all the way out to 500 yards.

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Newest addition: Springfield M1816/22, converted and updated in 1858 by Remington, .69cal rifled and sighted, with an intact and functional Maynard Tape Primer! Now to just clone the one original roll of them I’ve got...

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Latest project at work!

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First time out with the Berdan Sharps, and last before it goes in for a gas system upgrade. While it was clean, it grouped rather well in spite of the somewhat heavy wind, but the gas leaks degrade it rather quickly. Looking forward to the upgrade!

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M1816 Springfield, rifled, sighted and converted to percussion by Remington in 1858. A genuine artillery piece with 760gr, .685”Burton bullets!

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I just wanna do Iron Brigade things with my friends. 1854 Lorenz by Pedersoli, .54 minies by me, uniform by Dirty Billy, Kasmar and Stoney Brook.

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HK VP70Z, 9x19. Inheriting doesn’t all have to be sad.

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Smoothbore Party, with regulation US & CS buckshot ctgs, Buck & Ball, and standard ball ctgs. Original M1842 Springfield, Repro M1816 Springfield conversion, both .69cal.

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Range day with my p53 Enfield rifled musket! It’s an Armisport that has been Re-barreled by Whitacre, Rich Cross rear sight, defarbed by Lodgewood. Ammo cast, rolled and packaged by me.

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Big combustible.

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M1842 Springfield made in 1844, and a steady diet of regulation .69cal cartridges to feed it. Pumpkinslinger > pumpkin spice.

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Since the Colt Revolving Rifle post brought up chainfires, here’s a piece that shares the party with everyone around you, not just your forward hand! Cochrane patent revolving “turret” rifle, ca.1845, .45cal, 8 shots.

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The funniest looking bullets I make, and I’m sure it will come as no surprise that they’re of French design! I won’t say what I think they look like...BUT I will say that they’re for the Lemat revolver, and they shoot well in my other 44s too!

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My obsession with the Lorenz runs so deep that I needed a smaller one to carry around all day. 1854 pattern Lorenz Cavalry pistol, .54cal, this one made in 1863 in Vienna. Believe it or not, it fires the same cartridge as the carbines they were issued alongside. Horse-pistol Horsepower!

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My BP Revolver conical lineup, 9x19 for comparison. L-R: Dragoon, Lemat, J&D, Kerr all .44s, Richmond, Colt both .36, Baby Dragoon .31. If you still shoot roundball, come to the conical side. It’s nice here! Better MV and energy.

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31M, gunsmith/bullet maker. On-body EDC.

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Stopping power? Never heard of her. L-R, Hornady Critical Defense 9mm 124gr out of my EDC (for comparison), .69 Caliber Burton Minie 740gr, .58 Caliber Burton Minie 540gr, .54 Caliber Charleston Minie. These are the largest bullets I make.

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Lots of things to be angry about lately, but after about 2 weeks of not playing at all this was my first container today. The way things are going it’ll be my last premium for the foreseeable future. Off to read Mouses’ review.

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Casting day today! Burton minies and Williams Cleaners.

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Recovered a few of my .565 Pritchett bullets from the berm after my last shooting session! Before I melt them back into bullets I cleaned these up to examine the rifling cuts in the soft lead, as well as measure the depth of expansion in the base cavity.

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Anybody ever wonder what brand spanking new Type 3 Williams Cleaner bullets looked like? Now you know! Just got my custom molds in the mail, and they'll be going up on my page tonight. .5754, 478gr. Main body is pure lead, core pin is hard alloy to force expansion and scrape the fouling out.

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Colt 2nd Gen, 1st Model Dragoon, .44cal. Load: EGB Dragoon Conical by me, 28gr 3fg Swiss BP. 12 rounds, 15 yards, standing offhand. That center hole really is 8! I may just be ruined for Pietta/Uberti now...

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Normally I specialize in paper cartridges, but I'm going to have to learn linen here shortly! After nearly 25 years of pining for one, I finally have an 1859 Berdan Sharps rifle on the way. These flat-based 405gr .542 bullets are the first of many to come!

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Dear Uberti/Pedersoli: all I want for Christmas is for you to start reproducing the 1855 Colt Revolving rifle.

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Toured the Fuller Collection at Chickamauga, and spotted this wonderful, awful Obrez style sawed-off Pomeroy contract .69cal rifled musket! I wish I knew what the original owner had been thinking...

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My 1862 CS Richmond Rifled Musket, .58cal. Armisport, defarbed by Lodgewood Mfg. and the three types of cartridge/bullet I make and feed it. This one doesn't get enough range time these days, but it was my first BP firearm almost 21 years ago.

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