Quote from: Krazong on May 03, 2024, 03:36 PMBTW a  load of 80 grains WANO FFG behind a 550grain .715" round ball travels at about 1000 ft/sec from the Bess.

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550 gr at 1000 fps, that's right through a kudu shoulder to shoulder ? Easily ? 

Might be worth checking with Craig at Blunderbuss in Alberton.

It's been ages since I have last bought any percussion caps, specifically top hat musket caps for my original 1850 Victoria Enfield. 
My stash of caps has now reached a rather low level (only about 200 left) and I was wondering if these are still available anywhere.

I still frequently shoot my Indian replica of a 1750's era Brown Bess Flintlock.  The flint I can knap to keep the sparks flowing.  Luckily ZAR powder is readily available and I cast my own .715" round balls for the Bess, and .735" round balls for the Enfield.

I have to admit that I do not shoot my BP guns as much as I want to, as cleaning them if a bit of a PITA.

BTW a  load of 80 grains WANO FFG behind a 550grain .715" round ball travels at about 1000 ft/sec from the Bess.

I also moved over from GS after the site was giving me more hassles than what it's worth.

Will try to post some interesting stuff later tonight.

Great!

Good to see a moderator on top of problems as they happen

Quote from: Kola on May 03, 2024, 12:03 PMDomain registration is active until 15/05/2024.
there are the few mods with massive chips on their shoulders as well.

Aaahh the EVAL day approaches
There are mods that were there - that are here - as well as on JARACAL

Domain registration is active until 15/05/2024.

It could be a host of other things - pun intended.

I have not logged on there in years since it became flooded with covid and political discussions more than anything else, and then there are the few mods with massive chips on their shoulders as well.

Or it could be that the site admin simply forgot to renew either the hosting package, or the domain registration.

This is going to make the importation of high quality east european-ish maidens much harder.

After a spate of spam accounts activating on the site, I restricted new member signup to Admin approval.

After that, I was getting a few spam account signup requests a day, most with gateway servers in that unmentionable country East of Europe claiming to be European.

It's been a few days now, and not a single spam account signup attempt.

New membership requests will remain subject to admin approval.