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Really big hole. Nipple business-end real sharp edge?? Very strong hammer fall. Stamping a hole in the cap??

PM sent. (BB wants more characters.) Sad that our sport is going through what it is going through. Stay safe, my friends.

Inner face of hammer shows slight impact mark- even all around and less than that on my other percussion weapons. Strong mainspring, BTW.

Hello: Lou's info matches my 1855 with Dan Whitacre barrel and breech. My barrel has the "W" within a minie and is stamped 777 .577 traced to...

Fordmech00 - I suspect you may have a Whitacre built musket, especially with the "W" on the inside of the lock plate. The barrel is definitely one of...

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Could the W be a Whitaker barrel? If so excellent barrel

These are the markings I found when I removed the barrel: The only other markings I could find were on the lock plate a ?w? and a ?m? ont...

Well the barrel is not original. I would follow ron s suggestion and remove the barrel and look closely for any marks or stampings. Since the barrel...

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​Looks like a Euroarms repro. If you remove the barrel there should be a date code when it was manufactured stamped on the bottom.

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Thanks for all the comments. Steve, I'm almost tempted to send my Sharps to Larry. In the evenings I was able to go to some hardware stores...

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I have an 1863 Springfield that does this. Inner face of hammer worn to leave raised ?pin?

I suspect either hammer not landing square on cap, or the nipple ampco or not allowing excessive blow-back.

Steve, Are you using the "on target" software or something different for your scoring and measurements?

Some of the folks reading this may not be all that familiar with this type of bullet. They evolved out of the muzzleloading craze of the 70s. A large...

Hey Hal, you are right! The Mean given is the Mean Radius! Here is the corrected (doubled) data:

I'm one of the few who uses aluminum foil on my musket balls. In the interest of full disclosure I do not get too serious about my smoothbore...

I agree the grooves in my Pietta Smith look very shallow compared to say, my Sharps. Steve

Good question, Hal, I'll have to go re-check the data now. The way the software works is, you draw a line on the target and tell it how long...

put this back on top.

Well my Pietta Smith is a tack driver. It took years before I got it this way. Here's my take on this Smith quest. Forget the original unless you...

thanks for all the help. I am good to go. toot.

Steve, I must not be understanding what you mean by mean group size. Some of the numbers (Like .467" for 32 grains) are smaller than a bullet and...