Black powder bonus

Shooting Industry, July, 1995 by Sam Falada

Mountain State Muzzleloading Supplies has a huge line of black powder accessories. The lineup of smaller hardware includes an improved tube flask with grip ring, improved powder measure with grip ring, wedges, flintlock jaw leather and locks. There is a video on basic blacksmithing, a shotgun bore gauge, breech plugs, buttplates, rendezvous skillet, drum for drum and nipple fitting, flint knapping hammer, ramrod puller, and a heap of sights, all made in the U.S.A. Mountain State has just about everything for muzzleloading, even the guns.

Navy Arms Co.

Navy Arms offers a replica of the Remington Rolling Blocks in several models: a No. 2 Creedmoore Target Rifle and a Rolling Block Buffalo Rifle with 26- or 30-inch barrels. They come in .45-70 Government only, because that's the cartridge favored by the vast majority of black powder silhouette shooters.

Many rifled muskets are available from Navy Arms, including the .58-caliber Model 1863 Springfield. Other replicas include the Smith Carbine, a Civil War breechloading carbine, and the Ithaca Hawken. Shotguns include a steel-shot model, plus the Fowler, a 12-gauge, double-barrel percussion model.

October Country

The little things that the black powder sport cannot do without are paramount with October Country, especially fine leather-crafted items, such as shooting bags. Everything is workable as well as handsome.

Ox-Yoke Originals

There are numerous black powder products available from Ox-Yoke including cleaning rods and other hardware. Of special interest are Wonder Wads, Wonder Patches, and Wonder Lube, the latter formulated to keep black powder fouling manageable. Ox-Yoke also has many different kinds of cleaning patches.

Penguin Industries

Hoppe's No. 9 Plus black powder solvent is available by pint, quart, or gallon drum, plus in a handy 8-ounce squeeze bottle. No. 9 Plus attacks fouling while lubricating, and is excellent for patched, round-ball shooting. The Black Powder Kit from Hoppe's has No. 9 Plus, oil, cleaning rod with accessories and patches. Also available is a ball puller (screw), ball seating attachment, cleaning swabs (mops), nipple pick, black powder patches in four diameters, special black powder cleaning rods, cleaning brushes from .36 to .75 caliber, and more.

Remington Arms Co.

America's oldest gunmaker is now offering a copy of an old gun: the first flintlock rifle made by Eliphalet Remington in 1816. The Remington 1816 Flint Lock Rifle has a 39-inch, 1:66 rate of twist barrel in .50 caliber. It's finished in browned steel (slow rust style) has a set trigger, blade front sight, and a small V-leaf design rear sight. Its polished brass furniture, includes an engraved patch box.

Sturm, Ruger & Co.

Ruger's Old Army cap 'n ball revolver continues, but with more choices. The shooter can go with the Old Army, adjustable sights, or a new, more traditional, fixed-sight model. In blued or stainless steel, this .45 caliber black powder revolver is known for its accuracy.

Thompson/Center Arms

The new FireHawk Muzzleloader, with in-line ignition, is a modern muzzleloader. It has a 24-inch barrel, walnut or Rynite stock and blued or stainless steel construction.