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    peep sights fragile?

    I'm not sure what you're asking.
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    peep sights fragile?

    Any gun sight can be damaged from banging them around. IMHO, fire sights just don't belong on a muzzle loader. Below are some pictures of the vernier, aperture and globe front sights I made for my T/C Hawken. The pic of the acetone can shows my shooting prowess at 50 yds resting the rifle on my...
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    peep sights fragile?

    Nice sights, BS. I'm going on 66 years of age. My eyes are definitely not what they once were. I made a vernier tang sight out of O-1 tool steel for my T/C Hawken and another one similar to BS's, but with a threaded thumb wheel at the bottom for elevation adjustment. For hunting the thumb wheel...
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    Newbie Pyro qestion

    I've shot RS and Select. I have experienced no problems with Select but don't think any advantages would be worth the extra cost. BTW, Pyrodex has gone thru several formulation changes over the years. So if you tried it many years ago and didn't like it you might try the newer stuff. I guess...
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    sidelock and musket caps

    I too have been shooting a .50 cal T/C Hawken with #11 caps for 30 years and have NEVER had a failure to fire. Not ever. And I have used all sorts of caps including a brick of very old Italian CVA that were given to me because they were so old. For hunting and showing off in front of friends I...
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    Something Screwy going on here....

    The sight Midsouth is selling isn't the style T/C sold for your rifle although it would work just fine. The original T/C vernier sight was a 'ladder' style with a folding rectangular upright piece that the sight aperture slid up and down on. I made a fancy one for my Hawken - great for shooting...
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    Best lubrication to use

    For lubricating internal gun parts that wiggle, slide or rotate in my muzzle loader, cartridge guns and air guns I use Sta-Lube Engine Assembly Anti-Seize Extreme Pressure Grease with moly and colloidial graphite. Good stuff and comes in a convenient tube that will last a lifetime as a gun lube...
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    T/C Hawken front sight question

    My .50 T/C Hawken experience is pretty much like Arcticap's; any load over 60 grains of ffg open up with RB. My 1970's vintage rifle is most accurate with bullets lubed with T/C yellow manure that are close to 350 grains in weight. 20 grains less or more is OK, but 350 is best. 350 grain T/C...
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    stuck ramrod help

    OK, I have a question: "How the @$## do you stick a ram rod in a barrel?" I've been shooting my Hawken for 30 years and haven't stuck a ram rod in it yet and am not sure how I would if I wanted to.
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    Books

    I bought a hard cover book in a used book store that may be what you want: Antique Firearms Their Care, Repair and Restoration By Ronald Lister. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-23797 The inside cover says it was first published in the USA by Crown Publishers, Inc. in 1964
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    hi all am new to the post

    For a range rod I use a shotgun cleaning rod with a cupped brass tip and brass bore guide to keep it from rubbing on the barrel lands.
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    Whale Oil

    While I like the utility of using Bore Butter for shooting Maxi-Balls I find it frustrating to use in the desert heat. Turns to liquid and runs all over the hood of my Suzuki Samurai boonie vehicle I use as a shooting table. Something a bit less temperature dependent would be nice. Got me some...
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    Maxi-Ball Diameter

    I recommend an Ox Yoke prelubed felt wad over the powder when shooting Maxi-Balls. I've examined the bases of fired Maxi's recovered from a soft earth berm that showed gas cutting of the first band at the base of the bullet. That can't help accuracy. Using wads cured base cutting. I can't...
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    BP Substitutes

    I have used Pyrodex since it first came out. It solved a severe fouling problem I was having with early Gearhart-Owen (GOEX?)BP. At the time I used Crisco and later the old brown T/C Bore Butter in the tub for lube. Two shots and the bore was terminally fouled. Without a good scrubing I...
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    Lyman BLACK POWDER HANDBOOK

    3rd Edition of Sam Fadala's book. My Lyman book is 1st edituon copyright 1975.
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    Lyman BLACK POWDER HANDBOOK

    3rd Edition ISBN # 0-87349-175-0 Got mine in new condition from a used book store (COAS) for $11.00
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    Whew! UGLY knife.

    Joe, Where did you get your doe rawhide and what did you stain it with?
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    NECK KNIFE.......Finished for Customer

    Matt, The sheath in the second picture is an interesting concept. Has a nice vintage look. Check your e-mail. Charles Cammack
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    .50 cal Plains Pistol by Lyman

    Shooting equal to a .357 at 35yds isn't anything to scoff at. At least not if your .357 shoots as good as my Black Hawk does. I can hit a beer can at every time at 40yds with a one hand hold. If I hold it with two hands it's too close for me to focus on the front sight. Good 'nuff for me.
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    recommend a beginners rifle

    I knew T/C would fix the gun, it was just a lot easier to spend the $12 to get a small part rather than send the whole thing to T/C. Mule deer I hunt are very spooky. I should say the mule deer bucks are spooky. You can almost walk up to some does. Bucks have been overhunted and are far and few...
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