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Well, just mine, that is. I was gifted this beautiful MkII Snider Short Rifle by a friend about five years ago, but for one reason or another [I live in UK, remember] was unable to shoot it until now. It is one of nine off the rack at the Quebec Garrison Artillery Battery, and devoid of any DC diamonds.
I mixed up some of *Rob's recipe lube, using locally-'grown' beeswax [we live out in a very rural village, where there are a number of apiaries] and shortening - we'll see how it goes with a hundred brand-new cases from Bertram and NDFS. Luckily for me, I had enough Minié bullets to spare to load up for fire-forming to this Snider, and at some time I'll need to do the same for my other one, a Militia three-bander bought from a fine gentleman on this very forum. Another fellow Snider shooter here has one of X-Ring Services' flat-base moulds, and after donating him a couple of hundred pounds of lead, he'll be making me more bullets than the ten he gave me to try out.
I'm betting that I won't get through more than about fifty tomorrow, though. My face is still a mite delicate from cancer surgery three years ago, but I'll do the best I can. If I can get a fellow shooter to make a little video of the event I'll let you know. It will be up on Youtube.
This is me shooting it before it became mine the following year...
*Rob of britishmuzzloaders on Youtube.
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I mixed up some of *Rob's recipe lube, using locally-'grown' beeswax [we live out in a very rural village, where there are a number of apiaries] and shortening - we'll see how it goes with a hundred brand-new cases from Bertram and NDFS. Luckily for me, I had enough Minié bullets to spare to load up for fire-forming to this Snider, and at some time I'll need to do the same for my other one, a Militia three-bander bought from a fine gentleman on this very forum. Another fellow Snider shooter here has one of X-Ring Services' flat-base moulds, and after donating him a couple of hundred pounds of lead, he'll be making me more bullets than the ten he gave me to try out.
I'm betting that I won't get through more than about fifty tomorrow, though. My face is still a mite delicate from cancer surgery three years ago, but I'll do the best I can. If I can get a fellow shooter to make a little video of the event I'll let you know. It will be up on Youtube.
This is me shooting it before it became mine the following year...
*Rob of britishmuzzloaders on Youtube.