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First .735 ball out of the Bess

Started by SteelThunder, September 25, 2012, 05:45:34 PM

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SteelThunder

September 25, 2012, 05:45:34 PM
Was hitting about 4-5" low at 25 yds for both me and Pitmaster

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Superheat

#1
September 25, 2012, 05:52:20 PM
Do the IMC and adjust the sights.   ;D

SteelThunder

#2
September 25, 2012, 06:10:00 PM
Somebody got a hammer and a cross cut file?
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mtmisfit

#3
September 26, 2012, 03:10:02 PM
a "Bess" has no sights. Trying to use the bayonet lug as a front sight usually results in hitting low.

historical references to "volley fire" are just that. Lines of soldiers firing their weapons in the general direction of the enemy soldiers.

also note the objection of the Regulars to the targeting of officers. (that the colonials were actually aiming for them)

sighting down the side of the barrel, similar to sighting down an arrow in archery, works well with a little practice.
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SteelThunder

#4
September 26, 2012, 04:21:07 PM Last Edit: September 26, 2012, 04:26:05 PM by SteelThunder
mtmisfit -- yes, thanks, I know there aren't any sights.  I think there needs to be a little emoticon for <sarcasm>. 

I do like the suggestion to sight down the side of the barrel rather than the top of it.  Makes sense.
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Pitmaster

#5
September 26, 2012, 04:39:36 PM
Interestingly, I was reading about using dry-fire to remove flinching. Starting with no powder, then increasing primer loads until the flinch is gone, followed by increasing charges in the barrel. Sounds like a plan.
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SteelThunder

#6
September 26, 2012, 05:00:20 PM
Also works with cartridge arms...  ::)
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Pitmaster

#7
September 26, 2012, 09:47:57 PM
I suppose this is as good a thread as any to announce that early next week Michigan will have another Brown Bess in the family. I pulled the trigger and bought one from Dixie Gun Works today. The expected delivery date is  Monday or Tuesday.  ^:)^ ^:)^

The only thing I lack to going operational is a mold. I may need to borrow your mold this weekend Steel. Or get some of your lead balls.

Ironically, from a standing position and no sling I'm more accurate shooting Steel's Brown Bess than I am shooting with my tricked out 10/22s from prone. :wb:
Pitmaster

Captain Noah Cook a Revolutionary War Veteran was my great, great, great,...great grandfather. Noah Cook enlisted in the militia on April 21, 1775 at age 18 upon learning of the Battles of Lexington and Concord that morning. His company left on that day for Concord arriving April 24, 1775.*

*History of Northampton, Massachusetts: from its settlement ..., Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 25, Page 359


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SteelThunder

#8
September 26, 2012, 09:55:45 PM
You were born in the wrong century Bruce... @)
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Pitmaster

#9
September 27, 2012, 12:30:18 AM
I read many Daniel Boone and Revolutionary War biographies and stories as a kid.
Pitmaster

Captain Noah Cook a Revolutionary War Veteran was my great, great, great,...great grandfather. Noah Cook enlisted in the militia on April 21, 1775 at age 18 upon learning of the Battles of Lexington and Concord that morning. His company left on that day for Concord arriving April 24, 1775.*

*History of Northampton, Massachusetts: from its settlement ..., Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 25, Page 359


"The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home." Antonin Scalia

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September 27, 2012, 11:46:49 AM
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Superheat

#11
September 27, 2012, 01:24:46 PM
Quote from: SteelThunder on September 26, 2012, 04:21:07 PM
mtmisfit -- yes, thanks, I know there aren't any sights.  I think there needs to be a little emoticon for <sarcasm>. 

I do like the suggestion to sight down the side of the barrel rather than the top of it.  Makes sense.
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mac66

#12
September 27, 2012, 03:32:55 PM
Hey, with Bruce's musket making three, we could have volley fire! ^:)^
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Pitmaster

#13
September 27, 2012, 06:17:49 PM
Anytime Mac!
Pitmaster

Captain Noah Cook a Revolutionary War Veteran was my great, great, great,...great grandfather. Noah Cook enlisted in the militia on April 21, 1775 at age 18 upon learning of the Battles of Lexington and Concord that morning. His company left on that day for Concord arriving April 24, 1775.*

*History of Northampton, Massachusetts: from its settlement ..., Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 25, Page 359


"The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home." Antonin Scalia

�The test of a democracy is not whether the people vote, but whether the people rule.� G.K. Chesterton

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Roundballer

#14
September 28, 2012, 03:59:35 AM
Congratulations on the new Besses.  I know I have enjoyed mine for the last 25 yrs or so.

Here is a "house warming gift" for the new besses.



I cut them from "cutrite" wax paper and roll them around a piece of 3/4" dowel over a heat gun to seal them into tubes.

I have a sketch of the block for a cartridge box some where.  I'll see if I can find it, I'll post it if I can.

SteelThunder

#15
September 28, 2012, 07:08:58 AM
Thanks roundballer.  I was just making up paper cartridges out of newspaper last night.  This is helpful.
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"So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart." - Tecumseh
"Never attribute to treachery, that which can adequately be explained by incompetence" - Bonaparte, Hanlon, et al

Pitmaster

#16
September 28, 2012, 02:50:06 PM
Quote from: Pitmaster on September 26, 2012, 09:47:57 PM
I suppose this is as good a thread as any to announce that early next week Michigan will have another Brown Bess in the family. I pulled the trigger and bought one from Dixie Gun Works today. The expected delivery date is  Monday or Tuesday.  ^:)^ ^:)^

The only thing I lack to going operational is a mold. I may need to borrow your mold this weekend Steel. Or get some of your lead balls.

Ironically, from a standing position and no sling I'm more accurate shooting Steel's Brown Bess than I am shooting with my tricked out 10/22s from prone. :wb:

Dixie Gun Works is on the ball, the baby was just delivered.



Can't shoot it until tomorrow but I will be doing a nice fondle/wipe/Ballistol lube tonight.
Pitmaster

Captain Noah Cook a Revolutionary War Veteran was my great, great, great,...great grandfather. Noah Cook enlisted in the militia on April 21, 1775 at age 18 upon learning of the Battles of Lexington and Concord that morning. His company left on that day for Concord arriving April 24, 1775.*

*History of Northampton, Massachusetts: from its settlement ..., Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 25, Page 359


"The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home." Antonin Scalia

�The test of a democracy is not whether the people vote, but whether the people rule.� G.K. Chesterton

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SteelThunder

#17
September 28, 2012, 04:23:58 PM
Sweet!
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"So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart." - Tecumseh
"Never attribute to treachery, that which can adequately be explained by incompetence" - Bonaparte, Hanlon, et al
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