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Mine had a serious issue. Still has a few minor issues. First, the carrier hook journals were sloppy, namely the one resting in the lever, I was forced to very carefully upset it to swell it a few...

I do. Right out of the box the carrier hook popped out of the carrier disabling the rifle entirely. The fit is all sloppy inside, the carrier hook slot is massive, the carrier hook journals are too...

Hmm a bypass valve...yeah mine doesn't do that. I wonder why? It's listed as a 12 ton not 20 ton.
Odd.

I crank the lever until the back pressure on said is so stiff that my 260lb self can hang from it and it doesn't move.
If that's not maxed out I don't know what is.
I probably should have invested...

I use a 12 ton HF press. I apply pressure until it's nearly maxed out then let it dwell for 5 minutes. The powder settles as it solidifies. I usually do this 3 times.

To extract the pucks, I slip...

Multi puck column die with separation discs is the way to go.
I use a 3" PVC pipe 8" long with discs separating each charge of wet mix. I end up with a bunch of 1/4" thick pucks in one column and...

I refine hamburger fat. Takes multiple microwave heating and cooling cycles to remove the gelatin and water but it's worth it. I mean I'm cooking for my family and why waste the fat?
You can't leave...

Skip the refinement. Make your own lube or just buy SPG.

As to inside cartridge lube wads, I do like everyone else and use 2 thin waxed card wads to sandwich the greased felt. Cut them from...

Yes Lee Shaver was who recommended I use steel wool for leading. His reasoning made perfect sense to me having a bluing tank and applying all forms of bluing to my guns, hot caustic, slow rust, cold...

I use Gato Feo too. My blend is as per the formula save for the tallow, I use hamburger fat. I strain it first through a sieve then through cotton T-shirt fabric I use for patches. This removes the...

Joe the reason is most aren't using real black powder, they're using substitute and it's harder to clean out and it's immediately aggressive to brass, like promptly destructive.

To make matters...

Stay away from people who tell you to go talk to a pharmacist like its 1910. Nothing remotely wrong with buying it but at the very least you're going to pay obscene money for a few grams of medical...

Sure. You can push a thick wall heavy barreled Kentucky with a platinum vent liner to 2,100 fps. Those sort of heavy fine grain charges will tear up a steel vent liner very quick like.

My cousin...

There are so many one off test rifles these companies have made for testing that most are not known to have ever existed until they just pop up out of a barn or closet.

With Remington's records...

Separate ignition system. Not a firearm under Federal law.

That's why retailers can ship them directly to your house unless you live in a state who's political systems are rigged by the Feudalist...

That's a cool idea. It would have to be something inert to the powder with a similar density to the powder to not separate or be so fine and light as to not be separated.
First thing that comes to...

Superb glazing. Bill's work is one of a kind and he's gone now so it isn't like we can call him for a copy when a host goes down. So I linked what remains in the archives in the hopes his work is...

I love reading stuff like this.

I was toying with this idea for Sharps rifles. Asking myself why I couldn't Duco black powder in a cylindrical mold and glue it to the base of a ringtail.

The potential danger in 3 component milling with any metallic media is two fold.
First, how far the shot is thrown through the drum. If you build a ball mill 6 feet in diameter and fill it with 3"...

I use 2 paint cans with 3/8" copper tube bolted to the lids to vent outside my grill.
My charring rig is a lightly customized $100 grill with a sheet steel baffle completely covering the cast iron...

This. To put forth the argument that making powder is inconsistent from lot to lot (if you actually try) with your tools is akin to making the argument that reloading ammo at your bench will never...

I bet the 50-90 hangs up on the nose of the hammer.
45-90 tends to do that with 540gr patched ellipticals seated shallow in the case. I'd imagine 50-90 is much more prone to this.

Not saying...

Complicated stuff most don't understand. Lighting, color tones, aperture sizes and of course size of targets.
Our expectations usually far exceed reality and biology.
I can still hit a 24" plate at...

Welcome to the rabbit hole Kenny.