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    New shooter looking for pistols

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    I believe this is them, Stallion.  The problem is I’m not home and the guns are.  I’d be willing to take $800 for the pair and I’ll split the shipping.  I won these at a shoot and since I shoot Frontiersman I really don’t have a need for them.  I’ll be back home at the end of the month if you can wait that long. 

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    Cody Dixon/Plainsman Rifle Sights

    in SASS Wire

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    Background:  I recently purchased a Winchester 94 in .38-55, I am at least the third owner.  The rifle was made in 1979, so no safety.  The front sight is a ⅜ dovetail that at some point was changed to what looks like a Marble’s that is just about ½ inch tall.  The rear sight is a ramped buckhorn, looks to be original. 

     

    Question:  I already know that the front sight is too tall for the buckhorn sight.  My question is what would be the best sight for shooting Cody Dixon/Plainsman matches, keep the buckhorn and get a lower front sight, get Lyman 66A or get a Marble’s tang sight?  With either of the last two choices I realize that I may still have to change the front sight.

    Frontiersman help - Caps fire but fail to ignite BP

    in SASS Wire

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    On 4/30/2025 at 1:12 PM, Choctaw Kid Tulsa said:

    All,

     

    I’ve been shooting Frontiersman for 6+ months and love it. I shot Hell On the Border last week and ran into some problems I could use help in diagnosing. I’m shooting ROA’s with ~20gr of 2F Schuetzen, Slix Nipples, 457 Hornady balls, Remington #10 caps, and load off gun with a Bang and Clang tower.  

     

    Over the course of two days I had 4 ignition problems. The caps went off but failed to ignite the powder. After the stage, I recapped the misfired cylinder and the cylinder fired as normal.

     

    I think, I may have one or more of the following problems, but any additional insight would be helpful.

    1) The caps aren’t being fully seated on the nipple, especially after the first round. I’m using the polish capper but don’t have a “capper stick” to further push the cap down. Maybe after the first stage, the carbon builds up and makes a loose fit? I’ve been using my thumb to make sure the caps are on the nipple (sometimes they do wiggle)…..but maybe I need a stick and to be more aggressive and really wedge those caps on?? Can you overpress a cap onto the nipple?

     

    2) Is it possible that I’m compacting the black powder too much in the cylinder? Is that a thing? When I load the balls, I compress the powder as much as possible and bottom out the lever.

     

    During my normal monthly matches, I typically see at most one misfire, if that. Having 4 makes me think i must be doing something wrong.

     

    I replaced the nipples that came with the guns with Slix 2 months ago. A local pard recommended Treso nipples, but they seem to have gone out of business.

     

    Any thoughts to help cure the problem would be greatly appreciated.

     

    Choctaw Kid

     

    You’ve gotten some great advice by some of the best out there.  I’ve been shooting Frontiersman for the last 4+ years at first using Remingtons, then ROA’s.  Your load looks good, since I hate to carry extra stuff to the loading table, I use the back of the Polish Capper to make sure the nipple is seated, one less thing to remember or forget.  Here’s a couple of things I’d suggest, put nail polish on the chamber you don’t load, I also put a little piece of rubber over the nipple to that chamber to keep me from loading it.  When you clean your cylinders the nail polish comes off easily and you can then rotate which chamber will be the no load chamber for the next time.  Another thing, since I don’t charge my cylinders the day before, I use a grease cookie over the powder/under the ball, it’s been shown many times that grease over the balls blows all the grease off after the first shot.  Doing this pushes any powder that’s on the chamber wall down, chain fires come from the front of the chamber not the back. 

     

    Another thing you might want to check your mainspring, ROA’s aren’t known for spring issues but if the main springs are wearing out you’ll start getting light hammer strikes. 

     

    Welcome to the world of Frontiersman, and remember Keep your powder dry, your nipples clean and your balls tight. 

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    Government .45-70 Long Distance Black Powder load question

    in SASS Wire

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    From my limited experimentation I found that using excessive force could easily cause the case to bulge.  I’ve put 70gr in a case and did 1 hard compression, bulged some of the cases, I thought if I continue to do this (even with annealing) the cases won’t last long.   If it were me I’d split the powder up, using a drop tube add 20gr or so, then compress 2-3 times, then repeat.   

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    What's the most versatile powder for CAS?

    in SASS Wire

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    BP has many advantages for CAS, one powder can be used for all guns, working up loads is easy, and BP is readily available.  Cleaning guns is basic and “how to” is well documented.  

     

    There are 2 additional benefits  1: the smile it puts on your face;  2: keeps the skeeters away 😁

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    Black Powder Loads for 45-70 and 50-70 Trapdoors

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    On 3/12/2025 at 7:48 PM, TN Mongo, SASS #61450 said:

    Thanks guys!  He's not a competitive shooter; more of a collector who'd like to play with some of his toys.

     

    Both guns are rifles, not carbines.

     

    Are these modern guns or antiques?  If it’s an antique you don’t want to push them too hard, you don’t want an action failure.  Originally the trapdoor used a 405 gr bullet with a reduced powder load.  The reason I say this is because the length of the bullet, the shape of the bullet and the chamber length come into play when developing a load.  Use of a filler would be determined on the amount of space between the bullet heal and the top of the powder.  The first thing I would do is figure out which bullet you want to use, get some then using an empty unprimed case set the bullet in it without a crimp.  Try feeding the case into the chamber and see if the action will close, if it doesn’t the bullet will have to be seated deeper, keep going until the round will chamber and the action will easily close.  Then it’s just a matter of measuring how far the bullet is seated, the remaining space would be filled with powder and filler if needed.  I’d also recommend getting a powder compression die, you’ll be surprised how much it will compress.  Once it’s compressed you’ll know exactly how much space you have or don’t have. 

     

    After you’ve got a few loaded try them out for feel and accuracy.  Be prepared for a big smile once the smoke clears!

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