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In 1865

The only form you should have to sign when buying a firearm is a bank card receipt.

30-06 is my favorite cartridge, but it is only available in a long action, or of course break actions.

It would make more sense for a "only rifle" to get a .308. Then you can shoot subs or have a full power rifle.

First two off the hot plate!

Yeah I was just getting my gear together and goofing off, but since lead is heavier than steel, how about a floating nail?

A casting furnace from a hot plate destined for pan lubing?

Okay you are a pioneer who is going fishing it the morning and no time to build a campfire. You decide to try melting alloy with a 1000 watt hot plate. This can't be working.

Just found it on small quantities at buffaloarms.com, shipping may be the best option.

Goex is produces domestically. A road trip may be in my future.

I figure as long as historical accuracy is the goal black powder substitutes are out.

@dial1911 , do you know any box stores that carry black powder? It is hard to come by in these parts.

I sincerely appreciate the offer. As soon as I find a rifle I may take you up on it if is a .50 cal.

After verified reports of the extruded barrel Spanish guns became common, I am afraid to use one for my project.

Thanks, the ones with the rounded bases came in undersized, but the others dropped at .452, which is what I was after. With no thermostat, it is hard to eyeball/ guess when the temperatures are correct. I have a temperature gun, but for the experiment swore not to use it, as out ancestors had no...

Smoking the mold over the open fire makes the boolits almost fall out of the mold :attention:who wants to be first to try one after I dip them in rendered fat and beeswax?

Ah ha, now we are getting somewhere.

Shootable boolits!

Closer

Didn't give up on the wheel weights. Historically I think a frontiersman likely cast a dozen or two bullets from a pot that his carried around in his wagon/ on horseback. Downsized and used less lead cast from a ladle .