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I use Grafs and Sons, but lately they've been out of stock.
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Guns don't kill people, it's mostly the bullets
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Sometimes cheap stuff disappears....because it's cheap!!
Even birds know not to land downwind!
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Grafs has been out of stock on black powder for months.
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I own a couple T/C caplocks, and they cost a lot used now. But where are all of the cheap ones by Traditions, CVA, and others?
I'd like to have a few that are shooters, and to use as wallhangers. They make good wall art. The average person won't know the difference in a custom gun and a cheap foreign made one.
Also, one question: Where can you mail order real black powder now? I use to 20+ years ago, but I have no sources now. People put them up dirty and they all have useless rusted bores......at least the ones I see around.
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Before you just hang one on the wall or junk it because of a rough bore it may be able to be a shooter again. Get an old used bore brush and wrap it with 0000 steel wool soaked with Kroil. Brush it real good then clean with clean patch soaked with Kroil then dry patch it. Check the bore and if it still looks bad do it again. Do it until it starts to look good. If the rifling is still there it will shoot.
Have a great day.
Jim
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Before you just hang one on the wall or junk it because of a rough bore it may be able to be a shooter again. Get an old used bore brush and wrap it with 0000 steel wool soaked with Kroil. Brush it real good then clean with clean patch soaked with Kroil then dry patch it. Check the bore and if it still looks bad do it again. Do it until it starts to look good. If the rifling is still there it will shoot.
Have a great day.
Jim then there is always reboring up. a 50 to 54 or 58 even. economics make sense. or even boring out to smooth bore. i don't buy BP i make it. so simple even a cave man can do it.
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After you clean it up with steel wool take it to the range, wipe it out with a dry patch, and pop a few caps. Then load it and shoot it. See how it does. When the old timers had a barrel too smooth the accuracy would drop off. They would pee into the bore and leave it overnight and clean it in the morning. Then it was ready to hold a patch. Point is, a little bit of roughness won't kill it and the more you shoot and clean the slicker it will get. Good luck and Be Well, RZ.
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