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To each his own of course. I been a studying some southern mountain rifles from this area of East Tennessee, southeast Kentucky and...

Got a new box of bees wax in the mail and made up a new batch of patch lube/fixing wax (bees wax & vegetable oil). I also use this in...

That is a really interesting lodge in your avatar! I never seen one like it.

Oh, I’ll definitely be using it! Hopefully soon. The grease I put in it is a mixture of beeswax and olive oil and is about the...

Added a grease hole to the .45 percussion rifle. Southern mountain rifles from East Tennessee and western North Carolina sometimes had...

I bought a quart of rendered bear oil years ago at a rondy. I mixed it with bee’s wax for my patch lube. I am almost out of the bear...

Use that grease the way you want to. You can wipe the patch on the grease and load with the grease side on the outside of the ball or...

Rubbing will do, heat and dip will use it up faster.

Welcome from PA!

I'm 16. Moving on 17. Haven't accomplished anything too big yet, just hanging around meeting new people. I am more of a fan of flinters.

If you don't know what the twist rate is you can't tell someone when they ask you.;)

There’s a few ways. Riveting, you can braze it or hard solder it on. Some excellent smiths dove tail them on I TIG weld mine with...

Personally, I'd go with a repair first you can always replace it later if the repair is unsatisfactory.

identical break to my Mortimer. twice. first one i just glued. second one was 3/8 in front of the first. glued the second break and...

Yea, it is really tough hunting in the PA flintlock deer season after Christmas. The deer are crazy spooked by then and the weather can...