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    .62 Short Barrell Flint Loads

    Oops, a small typo here. There are 7000 grains to a pound, making it 437,5 grains to an ounce.
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    Missouri Offhand Champion for Juniors Division

    WooHoo! Major congratulations and thanks for putting a big smile on my face! :applause: :hatsoff: :grin:
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    Looking for info on German Jaeger Rifle

    There's also a pretty good write up of general Chistoph Funk history by Peter Lund on the web at: http://www.bryndumlund.dk/index.php?id=3
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    Looking for info on German Jaeger Rifle

    A beautiful rifle! The best clue to the age of that one is the breech post you describe. Prior to the invention of the Minie hollow-based bullet there were several experimental systems developed in the 1840s in search of a way to easily load bare, undersized bullets into a rifled barrel and...
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    .58 Caliber or .58 Caliber ???

    Excellent advice to measure every bore, particularly on originals even well into the smokeless era. It's also very typical for Snider-Enfields, the breech loading conversion of the Enfield muzzle loader, to have groove diameters in the .585-.590" range so yours seems right down town as to...
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    1836 Paterson

    You can get a Paterson loading tool that has a nipple wrench built in from Dixie Gun Works. It also makes loading the cylinder on a lever-less Paterson a LOT easier.
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    New Mike Brooks Tutorial

    You can find Mike here --> http://www.fowlingguns.com/
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    Large Bore For Africa Hunt

    It's a great idea and I'd love to hunt Africa with a flint and roundball. However, while you are checking it out with the PH, make sure to ask about the availability of black powder (or subs if you're willing to go percussion). You will have a lot of difficulty taking BP with you if you can at...
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    damascus barrels

    Paul, useful, informative answer as always. One of these days I'd enjoy shooting with you and learning how these flintlocks really ought to work! And miles of thanks for the big grin this morning:
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    Successful! Got a reddeer hunting ground!

    Most excellent - well done! :bow: :thumbsup:
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    My Best Yet

    Man, that is some big deer! Nice shot, too. :hatsoff:
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    Another successful first flint hunt

    A few months of practice, load development and sight filing paid off for me early November with this nice fallow buck taken at Caryonah Lodge in Tennessee. The rifle is a Jaeger-styled .62 using a .600 diameter ball, .018 lubed ticking and 70 grs Swiss 1-1/2 Fg. The shot was just over...
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    First trip to the range

    Nice work Bill! It's a great feeling when everything works - congrats! :hatsoff:
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    Fowler for grouse?

    [/url][/url] A real beauty, that; gorgeous wood and wire. :bow: This fall it will be the flint 44" 14 bore on grouse for me - I think they taste better by the inch...
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    What Type Of Flintlock Is This?

    This appears to be one of the famous "spotter" Springfields with the four-cell Kel-Tec flashlight barrel featuring a self incandescent flint ignition system. Very rare, thankfully. :blah:
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    NMLRA Member or NOT

    Yes and mo.
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    What is "tuning" the flintlock?

    Ah, I understand. Sorry!
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    What is "tuning" the flintlock?

    Posting a URL here appears to be difficult - the "URL Link" button corrupts your entry. The bit about lock tuning is in the FAQ on the "Muzzle Loading Mailing List" web site. If you do a web search using MLML you will find it. It is: members dot aol dot com slash illinewek
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    Question about an "in the white rifle"

    Or, if you really want to 'set the hook', take a jaunt this weekend down to Lexington for the CLA show. :wink: http://www.longrifle.ws/events/
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    So WHAT Gun Club, Groups, Organizations do you belong to and support...?

    NRA Patron, NMLRA, German Gun Collectors Assn, Vintagers, SASS, Moniteau Creek River Raiders, Green Valley R&P, Cedar Creek R&G :thumbsup:
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