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Gun Control & RKBA

Gayfresno007

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9. Hope you don't mind me piggybacking

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 03:01 AM

7 hrs ago

Off this thread, but I just recently picked up a traditions .50 caliber percussion cap deerhunter.

Haven't had the chance to shoot it yet,was hoping to this weekend.

How do you clean your black powder guns?

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How Powerful are Black Powder Guns? [View all] struggle4progress Jul 13 OP

Interesting, I have a 44 cap and ball black powder revolver. Compared to my 9mm Ruger LCP doc03 Jul 13 #1

" I used to have 50 cal Hawkins" When I was a kid I had one also.. .After the third shot, it got so fouled mitch96 Jul 13 #2

I bought my Ruger Old Army 44 cal. in doc03 Jul 13 #3

It just amazed me how anybody with a smooth bore musket could hit anything unless up close... I remember mitch96 Jul 14 #4

And, to top it all off, those smoothbores were usually BIG. yagotme Jul 17 #5

Love shooting my pistols, HATE cleaning them, lol. nt yagotme Jul 17 #7

I used Pyrodex in my BP guns, a substitute, fouled less, but still fouled. yagotme Jul 17 #6

BP firearms have a completely different melm00se Jul 20 #8

Hope you don't mind me piggybacking Gayfresno007 7 hrs ago #9