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Pistol Shooting

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Making and Remodeling Muzzle Loading Pistols Part 2

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Part I of this series presented alternatives for solving one of the most vexing problems in the making of a muzzleloading pistol”: “There is little difference between making a rifle and making a pistol-except: how does a smith hang onto a pistol stock while working on it?”

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Making and Remodeling Muzzle Loading Pistols Part 1

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Making muzzleloading pistols is a much-maligned craft. “To a gunsmith, Kentucky pistols leave a lot to be desired. Pistol making is time-consuming and challenges all of the skills required to make a good rifle. A barrel, breech plug, and lock have to be inletted. Triggers, thimbles, nose cap, butt cap, side plate, bolts, screws, sights, ramrod, and stock all have to be created just as they must for a longrifle. To be of use, the hardware has to be of rifle quality.

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What size patches do I need for a 44 caliber revolver and .454 round balls ? | Ask the Experts

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What size patches do I need for a 44 caliber revolver and .454 round balls ? | Ask the Experts

What size patches do I need for a 44 caliber revolver and .454 round balls ?

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How Patches affect your Roundball Shooting | Muzzle Loading Tips

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Many black powder rifles, regardless of cost or craftsmanship, are quite inaccurate. Not because they are made wrong, but because the owner doesn't know what makes it accurate and therefore experiments in ignorance.

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On Creating a Muzzle Loading Target Pistol | W.A Carver | Muzzle Blasts Archives

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We have considered a variety of pistols whereby one might engage in serious pistoling with black powder and 1·ound ball. You have now, perhaps, a good black powder revolver and a single shot pistol such as a Thompson-Center Patriot Pis­tol or a Kentucky style pistol made from a kit.

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Thoughts on building a Single Shot Muzzle Loading Pistol | W.A Carver | Muzzle Blasts Archives

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Having given some thought to the advantages and loading of a single shot pistol, some con­siderations on the building of such a pistol seem in order. Per­haps two approaches to the sub­ject would be useful, building a pistol from a kit, keeping in mind what would make the fin­ished piece suitable to serious shooting, and building a pistol which is altogether a target pis­tol.