HELP!!! new Zouave musket owner needs advice

My Zoli Zouave (made by Antonio Zoli in Gardone) has the F.A.R.A. stamp:
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I understand from my research that several people in the Gardone area made 1863 Remington 'Zouave' replicas, including two the Zoli brothers. Many have the F.A.R.A stamp, so it doesn't really help identify the manufacturer.
 
Cool Sundance you have a A. Zoli Zouave Carbine F.A.R.A. .58(probly) ... xlint!

Mykeal you can't get much more exact than that :O)
Job well done
 
Well I took another look at my Zouave carbine with the reading glasses on ....
It is 58 cal .......made in 1965 XX1
all that is on the barrel is of course the normal Italian proof marks ...
V P F.A.R.A. and there is a symbol I have never seen it looks like a Viking helmet with mooose horns on it ??????????? // I`ve not seen this one before .
I didn`t take the barrel off yet .....being proofed in 1965 does make it pre EuroArms /Polo but I can find any marks like the ones on Mykeals makeing it a Zoli eaither ...so I`m still puzzled :confused:
It does shoot the .575 patched round balls and .575 mini`s quite well ....was shooting a little high so I found another sight that was taller and shaped it to look like the one that came on it .
 
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to ALL,

once more, THANKS for your help.

also, do any of you know what the PROPER sling was for the Remington 1863 Zouave.
(at the price of ACW "stuff", i don't want to buy the wrong one.)

yours, PG
 
sundance44s,

THANKS.

btw, i got 100 new (VERY NICE) minie balls in yesterday's post, that are a perfect "slide fit" for my Zouave musket by Ranson - he sized the balls to fit my bore.
(met this fellow shooter on ebay.com, who casts his own for a N-SSA "target rifle".)

fyi, his price is 26.50 per hundred.
(given the current price for lead, that's a deal, imVho.)

off hand, i'd say that we'll be eating a LOT of venison this winter given the long archery/BP season (9/15/09 - 3/30/10) & up to 200 deer per square mile.

yours, PG
 
Sorry for digging up an old thread but what kind of powder charges are yall using in your zouave's? I'm having a hard time grouping mine with minie balls. I bought some round balls so I'll give those a shot. What should I use for patches, never shot them before.
 
I shoot a .575 round ball, Blue/White pillow ticking .020 from Wal-Mart and
spit for lube and 55 grs Goex FFF, standard CCI No. 11 caps. This combo
has won many a match in the last 35 years.
 
Hey kwhi,

I noticed you said you use #11 caps. Mine has the standart musket cap nipple. Can one change out to a #11 nipple. Haven't had the chance to shoot mine a whole lot yet, but just assumed the musket nipple was put there for a reason. If so, I'm gonna change it out to the same as all my BP pistols. One less thing to have to keep on hand in the BP shootin' box.
 
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