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  • Eric Krewson
    Eric Krewson replied to the thread Tc hawken.
    The first thing you need to do is to use the TC lock bolt through the stock into the blind socket on the L&R lock and see where the lock...
  • Eric Krewson
    Just a helpful hint or two; You need a piece of paper with your name and date on it with your rifle as well as a better bore picture...
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  • Eric Krewson
    Eric Krewson replied to the thread Woodsrunner build help.....
    I don't know how Kibler nose caps are installed, my SMR didn't have one. On my builds I drill the hole through the stock and cap...
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  • Eric Krewson
    Eric Krewson replied to the thread Kibler Breach Plug.
    WOW! I can't believe so many people are afraid of pulling a breech plug. My first build was a scratch build and I didn't know anything...
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  • Eric Krewson
    I have notched a breech plug like you suggested to have a direct path for the powder to flow to the touch hole. This notching is pretty...
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  • Eric Krewson
    Eric Krewson replied to the thread Kibler Breach Plug.
    If you have a witness mark for alignment on the bottom flat your breech plug it is made to come out, I have never heard of one other...
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  • Eric Krewson
    When my wife was dying of cancer, (we hadn't heard the word TERMINAL yet) she loved to look out the window at the birds on the bird...
  • Eric Krewson
    If you could measure your patch thickness, we might be able to steer you in the right direction for a thicker patch. Ticking from...
  • Eric Krewson
    I have changed from standard toothpicks to cheap bamboo skewers, they are just about unbreakable because of the way the fibers run. They...
  • Eric Krewson
    Eric Krewson replied to the thread Patchbox gap.
    I have used a steam iron and a damp washcloth a bunch of times to close of a loose inlet, when you use a chisel on anything the wood is...
  • Eric Krewson
    Eric Krewson replied to the thread Repair or replace.
    I haven't done a wrist repair yet but have fixed a bunch of other gunstock issues to be invisible unless I point them out. I like the...
  • Eric Krewson
    Eric Krewson replied to the thread $200 TC.
    I don't actually collect them, after I bought my last TC flintlock Hawken, new in the box, I found out that the lock was held in place...
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  • Eric Krewson
    Eric Krewson replied to the thread $200 TC.
    I ran up on a $200 TC Hawken in .45 at a flea market the other day, it looked really good on the outside but I didn't have my bore scope...
  • Eric Krewson
    Eric Krewson replied to the thread What in the underlug?.
    I couldn't find any Solder It around town, I had in the past, I ordered it on line. Lowe's carried a copper-based tube of the same stuff...
  • Eric Krewson
    It is a 12 ga English Fowler I made from full the sized plans TOW sells. Fred Miller inletted the barrel and drilled the ramrod hole, I...
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