Just found you guys

[Kermit1945]

A friend tells me that the WSU forum will be back. Apparently some snafu with the domain name or the owner of the server or something. I understand all files were lost, so it will be starting over. Steve Garbe isn't giving up.

Are you using teflon patched in your RB guns? I know less than zero about that material and methods.

[Plastikosmd]

Yes, teflon patch for the RB and some thin freezer like paper for the cross paper patch on the slug guns. The teflon (as I understand) is a food grade stuff sprayed onto one side of some burlap like material. I dont make it myself. I generally use .015". It is pretty idiot proof, just load as you normally would (teflon out to contact barrel.) It seems to hold together quite well. I did try it in a much rougher pistol barrel once and it got torn up a bit but in my bench rifles (quite smooth) it loads well and holds together. For the 62. I started with loads at around 100 grains and went up to around 300 grains, best shooting was around 140 grains. (YMMV, this is a sealed ignition bench rifle). I do swab between shots, I drop powder with a drop tube, load with a false muzzle on most guns and all require a short starter and mallet as I run a tight patch/ball combo.

[Kenny Wasserburger]

Wow Great to see you here plast! Jimbo and I are planing on a Canal Fulton trip next year!

Kenny Wasserburger

[Plastikosmd]

Thx kenny! Great group here

[rhbrink]

Just came over from another forum that finds underhammers and target rifles as not traditional enough.
I do shoot a flinter and own several percussion side locks my real passion is target rifles. I just built a Light Bench undehammer and I'm looking to build a Heavy Bench rifle both round ball. One of these days I want to get into the slug gun field I feel that is the ultimate muzzleloading target rifle.

RB

[Don McDowell]

Rhbrink, glad to have you. Post away and see if you can get these guys out from underneath the snow banks.

[Kenny Wasserburger]

And Slug guns are just that! and Tons of FUN!

KW

[Plastikosmd]

Welcome. I love all the big guns, post some pics!

[rhbrink]

Thanks for your replys guys I don't have much in the way of a big gun. The biggest that I have is the new Light Bench rifle and it's still in the work on finish stage weights #13 12 oz. I put a Spidematic 50 cal 1 1/8 barrel on a Pete Allen underhammmer. Probably don't have much more that 200 to 300 rounds through it yet but it's a shooter.

I would like to build a heavy bench rifle and then on the far horizon would be a slug gun.

RB

[Plastikosmd]

that is fine, one of my favorite guns (well one of 10-20 that are my favorites!) is a light gun built by Fred Sinclair. In line action using standard #10 cap. 50 caliber, jewell trigger, very accurate, it hangs with my big guns in a much lighter package. It was my first ML rifle and the rifle that got me into this addiction