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  1. Flint62Smoothie

    FOR SALE Panther Primitive Sergeants Tent.

    Where? - For pick up in person please?
  2. Flint62Smoothie

    Creek War Club

    I like it!
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    Is there anyone out there that can make a barrel for a muzzleloader rifle?

    They’ll make whatever you want! As will Bobby Hoyt - his contact info is posted on here all over the place - search. As will Charlie Burton, here: and I just had Jason at Rice Barrels make me 2 custom barrels in all respects and the process was soooooo easy.
  4. Flint62Smoothie

    India Torador Matchlock Wall Gun

    Rich: Great question! This one appears not to be twisted, but it is also Edgerton’s passage on Indian barrel making that is now most curious.
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    How much to file the front sight

    Anything I’ve ever bent has never moved …
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    India Torador Matchlock Wall Gun

    Twisted Barrels - I don’t believe these are twisted Damascus barrels at all. The description in Edgerton’s book is that of long parallel ‘straw’-like lengths of steel wrapped longitudinally around a mandrel and then hammer forge-welded to become one homegenous steel. There was no evidence at all...
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    OP wants to know what your .600 RB load combo works best for accuracy

    THE ideal load is like the smoothie compared to a woman … ya gotta find out what SHE likes! But I recommend you use the load development method defined below. As in only 12 shots I was able to terminal a very accurate, low co$t, fantastic target load! Note one can usually find two more higher...
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    How much to file the front sight

    BARREL BENDING FWIW I’ve successfully bent rifle barrels when desired not to move the sights way out of kilter … full octagonal & part oct/part round. IMPACT FORMULA The 'Formula' is relationship, where 'A is to B' is the same as 'C is to D'. This is expressed as A/B = C/D, where: A = The...
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    India Torador Matchlock Wall Gun

    I don’t think of them as being Damascus forged as in ‘Layers’, as the method described in Lord Egerton’s book is akin to long ‘straws’ of metal aligned side-by-side and forge welded around a mandrel. Spiral-wrapped that barrel certainly not be … she was some damn TOUGH steel!
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    Pattern paper..

    I tell you, if I have to hear one more time … , “We BRITs don’t shoot birds on the ground … ” That’s because you don’t have turkeys over there Sir! Patterning can also tell you if your shot column is hitting above or below, or to let the right of the point of the shot … You should know that...
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    Parker Hale Whitworth breech/ignition issues

    @Bill S. - Any success with storing it muzzle down?
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    FOR SALE 42" CRAFTSMAN FLEXIBLE SHAFT INLETTING ATTACHMENT WITH TOOLS.

    ... looks like it attaches to their version of a Dremel too.
  13. Flint62Smoothie

    Pattern paper..

    Almost 1.5X more paper for about the same price @ Home Depot! This is what I use, plus it is much more handy to store the roll than separate flat sheets.
  14. Flint62Smoothie

    Getting ready to shoot a matchlock as a newbie

    Yeah, I gotta say I don't put much faith in what I see in paintings ...
  15. Flint62Smoothie

    Doglock questions

    ... me thinks you best download and review that PDF research article posted above on snaphaunces to English locks to English locks with dogs. That post #5 also discusses the not 3, but 5 types of English locks, with or without dog catches ... I don't recall ever hearing about, never mind...
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