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  1. M

    Armi Sport Kentucky Rifle

    I saw the same rifle at Marstar for $499 CDN: http://www.marstar.ca/gf-armisport/ArmiSport-Kentucky-rifles.shtm I almost bought it but then I decided I wanted a heavier calibre. It seems that similar guns generally cost 30-100% more in Canada than in the USA, regardless of what the exchange...
  2. M

    Maple vinegar iron stain

    You have to let the stain sit in the jar for a few weeks to let the acetic acid work on the metal before you use it. I stirred it up before I applied it to a pine door I was finishing and it went on practically clear but after the water evaporated (~1/2 hour), the wood was stained reddish...
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    Preparing Bulk Patching

    I used a strip of artist's canvas today with no lube and it seemed to shoot alright. I had some old Levis cut up and lubed but I couldn't even get the ball started (.530 in a .54 cal).
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    Preparing Bulk Patching

    I've been using some fairly thick twill that I cut into strips about 1.125" wide for my .54 cal rifle. I rub the strips with a concoction I made from lanolin, beeswax, and safflower oil then roll them up and put them in a little plastic film canister I keep in my possibles bag. I put one end...
  5. M

    Base Plug

    Thanks for making contact for me, Musketman. I hope they get back to you soon.
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    Base Plug

    Can anybody tell me where I can find JUST the base plug for a Lyman .575 bullet mold? I bought one off E-Bay and it never occured to me that it would need the plug until the darn thing arrived plugless and unusable. Here is the item I purchased...
  7. M

    Why do some people leave a ML loaded?

    Leave it loaded to save powder and a ball? How cheap are you? A 100 grain powder charge is worth 20 to 30 cents and if you are paying more than 15 cents each for your round balls, you are getting very badly burned. If your life or my life is not worth 50 cents to you, then I don't want you...
  8. M

    Muzzleloading related small business?

    I bet you could make some easy cash selling black powder by the pound. Take a look at the Goex website then find your nearest distributor. Buy cases from him and then re-sell the individual cans locally with a $5 mark-up (so you are making $125/case). In Canada at least, and as an individual...
  9. M

    Can the LOP be increased ?

    Instead of installing a solid chunk of brass or wood an inch thick to make up the length, why not make a little box out of brass sheet and put an FM radio or an mp3 player in there or something? You could engrave the outside of the box, give it an ornate edge where it attaches to the stock, and...
  10. M

    Can the LOP be increased ?

    You could glue in your piece of walnut then use extra-long screws to attach the buttplate, making sure the screws penetrate the added wood and go right into the stock. BTW, what is LOP?
  11. M

    Stuck jag

    Putting the rod in the vise and pulling on the barrel will give you a way better grip than doing it the other way around, although you might pull with such power that the jag will come right off the end of the rod (then you will really be up sh*t creek!). Try twisting as you pull. If the jag...
  12. M

    Gettin started questions- Stocks

    What size plank would be a good starting for a fullstock? Perhaps a 2x8 by 6 feet long?
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    Gettin started questions- Stocks

    I would think a good deal could be accomplished with a nice big half-round wood rasp, a spokeshave, a few chisels, a plane, a brace'n'bit, a handsaw, a coping saw, several grades of sandpaper, a tape measure and a pencil, oh and a paintbrush and some clean cotton rags. You could clamp it in a...
  14. M

    Knot

    After you stain but before you wax or varnish the wood, you could wrap a layer or two of resin-soaked glass cloth around the stock where the knot is. You could sand the edges smooth with the rest of the wood and then the re-inforcement would be almost imperceptible after final finishing.
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    Knot

    That is a terrible defect. It is a knot resulting from damage to the tree when it was very young. That's why it is so deep, because the rest of the tree's flesh has grown around the scar for decades. Perhaps it was struck by lightning or maybe it lost a branch in a storm or one died from lack...
  16. M

    canadian smoothbore law?

    Depends on the province you are visiting. You are going to shoot caribou and you mention Montreal, so it sounds like you will be hunting in Quebec. I have no idea what the laws are like there, but here in Ontario, shotguns are perfectly legal and are the only firearm permitted for hunting...
  17. M

    scratch built

    I would say that "hand-built" means that you used your entire hand (fingers, thumb, palm, etc.) in the contruction but "scratch-built" would mean you used only your finger-nails to shape the wood and metal and fit it all together :haha: .
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    BP and electrial ignition

    Sparks from your flint and frizzen ignite black powder because those sparks are actually tiny shards of red hot metal that fall into the pan and transfer their extreme heat to the powder grains directly. As the linked article states, electric sparks (arcs) do not ignite the BP well because they...
  19. M

    Vinegar and Iron Stain

    Your stock looks great! Could you reveal your recipe for vinegar/iron stain?
  20. M

    swagged vs roundball in smoothbores

    You are speaking of aerodynamic co-efficient. Two bullets with the same aerodynamic co-efficient could have very different ballistic co-efficients, depending on their shape. Ballistic co-efficient is an expression of how much energy a projectile will carry to target, and is a function of...
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