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My favorite pistol

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:09
by Südhesse
Hi,
shooting my muzzleloader pistol makes me a lot of fun. About 20 years ago, without kids, I could afford getting me a handcrafted muzzleloader for target shooting. It's a Billinghurst replica, made by Tilo Dedinski, cal. 36.
I load it with .354 round ball (casted with my lee mould) and appropriate patches. I wet the patches with a mixture of 70% spirit, 29% glycerin and 1% dishwashing liquid. This keeps the barrel clean. I use 10grs of swiss black powder #2, which burns very clean.
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What's your favourite muzzleloader ?

BR Jörg

Re: My favorite pistol

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 05:27
by Ranch Dog
That is a very nice looking pistol!

Re: My favorite pistol

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:33
by Macd
Looks good. I liked your wad lube recipe. My friend shoots a flintlock pistol but hates the cleaning up.

Re: My favorite pistol

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:30
by Et2ss
Südhesse wrote:Hi,
shooting my muzzleloader pistol makes me a lot of fun. About 20 years ago, without kids, I could afford getting me a handcrafted muzzleloader for target shooting. It's a Billinghurst replica, made by Tilo Dedinski, cal. 36.
I load it with .354 round ball (casted with my lee mould) and appropriate patches. I wet the patches with a mixture of 70% spirit, 29% glycerin and 1% dishwashing liquid. This keeps the barrel clean. I use 10grs of swiss black powder #2, which burns very clean.
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What's your favourite muzzleloader ?

BR Jörg
Beautiful! I have a soft spot for the underhammer. I have one as well in .36, although it's a common rifle (Hopkins and Allen) here in the States. It is 'dead nuts' accurate out to about 110 meters before accuracy starts to degrade with a round ball. It was marketed as a Squirrel (Eichhörnchen) rifle here.

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Re: My favorite pistol

Posted: 26 Feb 2019 14:13
by GFKIRKLAND
Noticed this hand made underhammer muzzel loader while on holiday.
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Re: My favorite pistol

Posted: 26 Feb 2019 14:17
by Et2ss
Interesting, looks like the hammer is part of the trigger?

Re: My favorite pistol

Posted: 28 Feb 2019 13:23
by akuser47
Looks great, I love it

Re: My favorite pistol

Posted: 04 Mar 2019 02:04
by Fyodor
I'm not much into muzzleloaders, but the gun I shoot the most is my LeMat
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Re: My favorite pistol

Posted: 04 Mar 2019 07:54
by Et2ss
Fyodor wrote:I'm not much into muzzleloaders, but the gun I shoot the most is my LeMat
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Those are beasts! I've passed on a couple of those.....still kind of kicking myself over it

Re: My favorite pistol

Posted: 05 Mar 2019 02:13
by Fyodor
It shoots like a 22 rimfire. 4 pounds of gun, a .44 cal round ball and 14 grains of powder. Just see how short that cylinder is!