Best Source Pietta .36 Caliber Conicals & Balls:
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NMLRA is the National Muzzleloading Rifle Association founded in 1933.
Everybody should be a member. We shoot everything from shotgun, trap
And skeet, sporting clays, long range 1,000 yds. Offhand rifle, single shot
Pistol, revolver. Red Dot sight matches, bench pistol, 100 yd pistol.
You name it. These are held on our 600,acre range located in Friendship In.
I been going for over 20 yrs. Link to it http://www.nmlra.org/
Everybody should be a member. We shoot everything from shotgun, trap
And skeet, sporting clays, long range 1,000 yds. Offhand rifle, single shot
Pistol, revolver. Red Dot sight matches, bench pistol, 100 yd pistol.
You name it. These are held on our 600,acre range located in Friendship In.
I been going for over 20 yrs. Link to it http://www.nmlra.org/
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Won 1st place at the Nationals last year in the 25 yd match. Don't know how
I do it. I'm 70. First 5 shots you could cover with the bottom of a pop can .
All in the 10 ring. This pistol does have the faster twist barrel. Euroarms made
A 1-28 twist and a 1-18 twist. I shoot 20 grs Swiss no. 2 powder a .454 ball
With creame of wheat for the filler. CCI no. 11 standard caps. Special secret
Lube over the balls I buy from a secret place in Indiana. It does have beeswax
In it made by bees bred just for this purpose. I'm serious!!
I do it. I'm 70. First 5 shots you could cover with the bottom of a pop can .
All in the 10 ring. This pistol does have the faster twist barrel. Euroarms made
A 1-28 twist and a 1-18 twist. I shoot 20 grs Swiss no. 2 powder a .454 ball
With creame of wheat for the filler. CCI no. 11 standard caps. Special secret
Lube over the balls I buy from a secret place in Indiana. It does have beeswax
In it made by bees bred just for this purpose. I'm serious!!
Bishop Creek
New member
I use Cream of Wheat filler with my own homebrewed lube pill made by melting yellow Crisco and beeswax together, letting it cool, and then cutting out little wads with an empty .45 case. Works great!
Boomer58cal
New member
I grew up in the gun works. Joe has lots of original stuff he keeps stashed in the vault including some really neat molds. I've been trying to get an original .32 conical mold off him for 20 years. 
You guys make me want something bigger. I have plenty cap and ball singles but my only revolver is a CVA Wells Fargo .32 I got when I was 7. Shoots like a champ! Super accurate and lots of fun.
Boomer
You guys make me want something bigger. I have plenty cap and ball singles but my only revolver is a CVA Wells Fargo .32 I got when I was 7. Shoots like a champ! Super accurate and lots of fun.
Boomer
maillemaker
New member
I think the primary function of the lube is to keep the black powder fouling soft allowing you to shoot longer and more easily between cleanings.
If you are cleaning after each course of fire it's probably not necessary.
It might help cut down on leading.
It probably helps protect against chain fires, though I suspect the tight-fitting ball does most of the work there.
Period pistol cartridges had lubed bullets but it was a greasy wax in the bullets grease grooves. They did not cover the bullets over with lube nor use a wad.
Steve
If you are cleaning after each course of fire it's probably not necessary.
It might help cut down on leading.
It probably helps protect against chain fires, though I suspect the tight-fitting ball does most of the work there.
Period pistol cartridges had lubed bullets but it was a greasy wax in the bullets grease grooves. They did not cover the bullets over with lube nor use a wad.
Steve