I imagine Dixie Gun Works is going to be your best bet. I haven't got a new catalog for a couple years, but they usually have some decent lower end .32's and .36's.

I do need to get another catalog from them. They are as much fun to read as an old Herter's catalog!

This is my first look and post under the BP forum!

I have a dixie .36 Kentucky style rifle that was built from a kit. The kit must have been 30 years old when it was finally assembled...10-15 years ago. Anyway, on with the tale; the barrel was originally about 42" long but there was a rough spot about 10" down and it refused to shoot. So, out came the hacksaw and i lopped off the offending portion, filed the muzzle smooth and recrowned. It shoots damned good now! Strange thing is, it likes heavy charges. i started out real light, using a 38 special caseful...just a pop gun and groups varied widely. So, I started bumping the charge upwards and finally when i got to using a 30-30 caseful, things got good. Yeah, i know it defies normal reason but it works and be damned if I am complaining. I have killed lots of squirrels with it, one deer and several dogs. Rest assured, a .36 caliber ball...about 75 grains, at 1500fps will tear a squirrel's head right off.

Jumptrap - Some will shudder in horror that I would even suggest this. So, with appropriate glee, I shall carry on.

In you .36, try 4f for your main charge. Start out at about fifteen grains and work up five grains at a time. You will probably reach a load in the 30-40 gr. range for best accuracy. And 4F will absolutely make a .32 or .36 crackle!

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Jumptrap - Some will shudder in horror that I would even suggest this. So, with appropriate glee,I shall carry on.In you .36, try 4f for your main charge. Start out at about fifteen grains and work up five grains at a time. You will probably reach a load in the 30-40 gr. range for best accuracy. And 4F will absolutely make a .32 or .36 crackle!

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Ric

SHUDDER!!! SHUDDER!!!!! SHUDDER!!!!!! Nah, just kidding, not a bad idea there Ric.

Joe

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Check Fox Ridge.  They're TC's custom house.  I believe they still offer the Senaca in .32 from that place. It's a sure nuff" Tc too./beagle

 

 

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Jumptrap - Some will shudder in horror that I would even suggest this. So, with appropriate glee,I shall carry on.In you .36, try 4f for your main charge. Start out at about fifteen grains and work up five grains at a time. You will probably reach a load in the 30-40 gr. range for best accuracy. And 4F will absolutely make a .32 or .36 crackle!

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Ric,

the only dealer around here who carries black, doesn't stock 4F  because i was going to use it. I discovered what 3F does in a 50 and 54 and never looked back. I don't know how much speed a 30-30 caseful of 3F will make a 36 ball go, but it moves right along. I ain't much of BP fan but have played with the few I own to some degree. I find a worn out t shirt makes the best patches.....soaked in spit and rammed home.....and god forbid all that damned 'tamping' the neophytes do.....talk about a lopsided ball!

I have one of the "cheapie" Traditions Crockett .32 rifles, a sort of Hawken-like half-stock.  It's a nice little rifle for what it is, and shoots right well with 30 grains of Goex 3F and patched round ball.  That 4F idea sounds like it's worth a try, but the accuracy my rifle has shown is acceptable--minute of ground squirrel to about 50 yards, jackrabbit past 75 (maybe). 

flintman - i would like to see your price list. [articularly flintlocks.

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