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    Ice Box

    You sure brought back some old memories of the past. Right after WW2 we moved back home from Norfolk Virginia To N.C. With all the men coming home from the war housing was scarce so we moved into base housing. It had all the modern conviences, Ice box, pop belly coal stove and a shower. LOL! How...
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    Round Ball performance story and question

    A lot of deer have been killed with a .22 rifle but I don't think it is a good idea . A lot of times it will fail. The same results will happen with any cal. but I will lay odds that it will happen more often with a .45 cal. than a .58 or .54 cal. With all the options out there there is no...
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    Round Ball performance story and question

    I can understand why they swore by them. I experimented with them in my .54 Hawkin . I had a problem with accuracy but it was due to the 1:66 rifling . I could put a ball in the target with ease but not with a conical although it was safe to hunt with at close range. I just prefered accuracy...
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    Round Ball performance story and question

    I use a .54 cal. for deer. A .45 will take deer but it isn't the best choice for large game if using a ball. I use to work in a sports shop when the owner needed extra help. I can't count the times I have heard the story," I know I hit that deer but he ran and I never found it" ? most were...
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    No jokes?

    Highway patrol man pull me over and told me I had a tail light out. He said he wasn't going to write me` a ticket but would like to see my drivers licence when he looked at my licence he satw where I was restricted to wearing glasses. I told him I had contacts! He said I don't care who you know...
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    How much to file the front sight

    Some people draw a fine bead, some people use a full bead and some people level the post with the rear sight. I have noticed some guns in museums that hardly had a bead which indicates the user used a fine bead. Doesn't this make the measurement vary depending on what method is being used? I am...
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    Making patches

    Round just looks better? I am somewhat anal when it come to how my patches look! LOL!
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    Newly discovered problem with the GPR

    Having access to a machine shop I got a brass ramrod for my Hawkin the rod is two inches longer than my barrel and I leave the jag on the rod. I never remove it to shoot and I couldn't get better accuracy than it has?
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    Very stuck minie ball, tried everything having to pull the breech plug

    I am thinking he has a hole through the bullet from trying to use a puller? This would make it harder to shoot out or pull out. This is no longer a job for a novice it appears.
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    My Recent Rifle Build

    You fellas have a lot of talent . that rifle, call it what ever you like but you have to describe it as beautiful.
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    When did deep frying come along?

    I would think the reason for boiling food as opposed to frying it in oil is for convenience? I can't imagine the amount of oil needed to fry food for an army. Water , on the other hand is usually easy to find, plus they needed to carry a certain amount of water to Drink and fill canteens.
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    Help with removing front sight T/C Hawken

    You need to be sure you know the exact location the post needs to be. I have run into a few rifles that the sights were not center of the out side diameter of the barrel but were nuts on with the bore. Not all bore are concentrically bored. If you need to remove the post and you don't have a...
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    Stuck Ramrod

    Don't sand it period do as "Deerstalker" said.
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    Hawken

    Someone will buy it that has more money than brains!
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Thumbed thru a 1985 TOTW catalog . I got to page that had the Rifles and pistols and noticed the prices and started to cry. LOL!
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    Can You Help?

    We should support people that want to hunt with a M.L.R. when we can. The only problem I have run into when I was into archery and is akin to M.L.R. is the modern archer and M.M.L. people have an unfair edge. I saw it in archery when target bows were shooting in hunting class. these bows didn't...
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    Did I ruin grips

    What are the grips made of?
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    SOLD - Pending funds $Final reduction$ Antique Victorian target pistol by William Green London

    The metal to wood fit shows quality work. You don't see many recent built rifles/pistols as nice.
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    How old are ya?

    I really appreciate your post! I thought I was the oldest here but you got me by a couple of years. I appreciate that! LOL! I love your post. It is not hard to tell if it someone that knows what they are talking about.
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    Weighing round balls

    I have weighed my balls before and found it hard to get many the same weight. My .530 cal. balls averaged 226 grains . I might separate all the ones 226 grains to see how much the weight affects accuracy.I wouldn't be surprised to find out that I couldn't tell a difference?
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