RESOURCES for repairing and shooting Black Powder Cartridge Military Rifles

This page offers a mixed bag of Black Powder Cartridge parts, repair and shooting resources listed in the following catagories:

1.    One of the Country's BEST Gunsmiths!!
2.    Obsolete Rifle Parts
3.    Tools and supplies
4.    Pre-Cast Bullets
5.    Bullet Moulds / Lubes
6.    Brass Cases
7.    Dies
8.    Black Powder & Black Powder substitutes
9.    Primers (Berdan)
10.  RELOADING, LOAD DATA & SHOOTING INFORMATION
 
 


Excellent Gunsmith:  (highly recommended!  This guy is excellent and knows a lot about older firearms!  I've used him myself.  Fast, effective and reasonable.)


Bozeman Trail Arms, Mfg.
Tom Sargis, Proprietor
28 Lake Drive
Livingston, Montana  59047
406-223-1111
http://www.ycsi.net/users/gunsmith
 


Sources for Obsolete Rifle parts:

Jack First, Inc.
Gun Parts, Accessories and Repairs
1201 Turbine Drive
Rapid City, South Dakota  57703
605-343-9544
fax:  605-34399420

Gun Parts Corporation
West Hurley, N.Y.  12491
914-679-2417
fax:  914-679-5849

Dixie Gun Works
Box 130
Gunpowder Lane
Union City, Tenn 38281
Orders:  800-238-6785
901-885-0700
fax:  901-885-0440


Complete Lines - Tools and Supplies:

Brownells
200 South Front Street
Montezuma, Iowa  50171
515-623-5401
fax:  515-623-3896

Natchez Shooters Supplies
PO Box 22247
Chattanooga, Tenn  37422
Orders:  800-251-7839
423-899-0499
fax:  423-892-4482

Lock, Stock & Barrel Shooting Supply
West highway 20
Valentine, NE 69201
402-376-1442
800-228-7925
www.lockstock.com  (for secure online ordering)


Complete Lines - Lots of old stuff!!!

Old Western Scrounger
Montague, California
800-877-2666
http://www.ows-ammunition.com
Ask for their free catalog!


PRE-CAST BULLETS:

Penny's
 

Liberty Bullets
Box 357
Hillsbobo, OR  97123
503-640-5518
http://www.libertyshootingsupplies.com

Montana Precision Swaging
Box 4746
Butte, MT 95702
406-782-7502

American Bullet Co
159 Creek Road
Glen Mills, PA  19342
610-399-6584

Bruin Bullets
3712 Main St.
Walworth, N.Y.  14568-0046
315-986-8811
Fax 315-986-4340


MOULDS:   To cast your own bullets you will need a decent mould.
                      For top quality try:

Hoch Custom Bullet Moulds
@Colorado Shooters Supply
910 N. Delaware Avenue
Roswell, New Mexico 88201
505-876-5623
505-285-3338

NEI
Box 249
Canyon City, OR 97820
503-575-2513

Good quality at a really reasonable price:

Rapine
Rd1 Box 1119 Landis Lane
East Greenville PA 18041
215-679-5413
 


BRASS CASES

Buffalo Arms Co
99 Raven Ridge
Sandpoint, ID 83864
208-263-6953
fax:  208-265-2096
http://www.buffaloarms.com
 

Bruce Bertram     VIA
Bertram Bullet Co., Pty., Ltd.
200 Goulburn Valley Hwy
Seymour 3660
Victoria
AUSTRALIA
Voice: 011-61357922912
Fax: 011 61 57 991650
bbertram@bigpond.com

Re:  Brass for Foreign, Black Powder, Cartridge, Military Rifles & Price list for cases.
Perhaps the finest brass currently being made for 19th Century arms.  Excellent people to deal with and very interested in our era!!
 

Links to a LOT of suppliers: www.shooting-hunting.com
 


(GOOD INEXPENSIVE HARD TO FIND DIE SETS)

Ron Turner
38 John Mowry Road
Smithfield, RI 02917-1215
401-231-2517

(HIGHER QUALITY MORE EXPENSIVE DIE SETS:)

C-H Tool & Die Company
711 N. Sandusky Street
PO Box 889
Mt. Vernon, Ohio  43050
740-397-7214
http://www.ch4d.com/

RCBS Supplies from:
Huntington
Box 991
601 Oro Dam Blvd.
Oroville, CA  95966
916-534-1210
(get one of their catalogs)
http://www.huntington.com
 

BLACK POWDER SUBSTITUTES:
Consider for black powder substitute
http://www.cleanshot.com
also, Accurate's XMP 5744 works well.
 

BERDAN PRIMERS:

Old Western Scrounger
Montague, California
800-877-2666
http://www.ows-ammunition.com/

Ask for their free catalog!

Remington Rolling Block Parts:

W.H. Wescombe          209-293-7010
P.O. Box 488
Glencoe, California  95232
 

Reloading & Shooting Info:

I would like to gather some reloading and shooting info ... if you should have any useful information for other shooters of these fine old rifles please drop me a note and allow me to post it here!   Thanks!

E-Mail to: KeithDoyon@militaryrifles(.)com
 

Subj: 11.7 x 51 mm or 45-70
Date: 00-01-04 00:07:40 EST
From: WPalmer
To: KeithDoyon

Hii

I just purchased  m67 Danish rolling block & was told by the gun shop where I got it from that I could shoot 45-70 thru it. I just had it to the range & it seemed to shoot very well. My load was 300 gr. lead fp using 30 grs of acc.5744 smokeless powder.the fired cases looked very good. In the meantime I have ordered some 11.7x51 Danish brass,( very expensive) I was wondering if you have any load data on this cartridge with smokeless powder or black powder??

Thankyou very much      Bill Palmer       e-mail = wpalmer @ aol.com
 
 


 

KeithDoyon@militaryrifles(.)com

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