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    titanium frizzen

    I worked with DU rounds in the navy. 20 mm sabot rounds for a gatlin gun (CIWS). We are tought to not even play with the DU penetrator if a round were to brake open. We were to throw it over board as quick as possible with gloves. The hazard is the dust if injested. Heard a few stories of...
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    Fired my first muzzle loader!

    Video looks good. That was the longest delay I have ever seen. A pointer from me is get good black powder. GOEX is what I use, and if you use that you wouldn't even notice a delay compared to what you got. And once you get all the tools to load properly it will be a lot of fun. I wish I had a...
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    First build mistakes

    I haven't even thought about the lines. I am just trying to learn the little things then when I am done I will look at how everything lines up. Then I won't worry about it so much while I am working.
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    trigger pin hole

    I was the one that drilled the hole that came out below the side plate. It should have came in behind the trigger plate but my drill doesn't have a level so it went on a down angle on me. I just put on my trigger guard and I did not drill the pin all the way through because it would not fit...
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    First build mistakes

    To all that responded. Thank you for makeing me feel better. I even laughed a little a some of the stories. I like to hear what was done to fix the things you have done. I do have other mess up's but from reading this forum I already knew how to fix them. Now all I have to do is learn how to...
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    First build mistakes

    I am building my second gun. My first was a T/C hawken and I learned from it but that was over 7 years ago and it was simple. Now I am building a Chambers smooth rifle and I have made a few mistakes. Like trigger pin on a down angle and did not fit behind the side plate. I have others but I...
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    Small-bore flintlock for a newbie

    I have a .32 cal Blueridge Rifle. I can tell you all about it. First off when I recieved it I peeled the Cabela's sticker off and whatdayaknoe Pedersoli Frontier Rifle. So that may help you a little. The gun is a great shooter. I don't get to shoot it much but I did a shoot at a Rendezvous and...
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    Track Of The Wolf Gun Kits

    When I was 17 I got my first kit. It was a T/C Hawken. I was very impatient and worked on it till it was done. It turned out all right but as I look at it today there are a lot of things that could have been done taking time. But none the less I was shooting it in a few days. I just started...
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    Flintlock for a new BP shooter?

    I started with a flinter and learned everything very quickly. I have been at a shoot were everyone around me used perc. and it seemed at one point everyone of them had a cap go and no boom. While my buddy and I kept booming away with our flinters. I say start with the flinter.
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    Squirrel hunt update

    I just got done doing some Squirrel hunting in PA this week and I got one (my first with a flintlock) it was a young one, small. And my father got a larger one almost twice as big and older. The hide and muscle density was greatly different between the two. It may not have anything to do with...
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    Fall Turkey Technique

    All the Turkey's I got were in the fall in PA. I have 5 under my belt. The best way as said before. Break them up. We would hunt them like small game with four or five people and break up the flock in the morning. Then go in for lunch if we didn't get anything and go back out in the afternoon...
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    Looking for parts-need some help

    When I bought my Blue ridge I peeled the sticker off the box and it is a Pedersoli frontier rifle so just look for parts for that style rifle.
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    New to BP world

    I am from PA but live in VA. I am in the U.S. Navy but do not have much time to shoot(underway). I got into muzzleloading looking at cabela's catalogs. I have a T/c Hawken kit I built at 16 and A pedersoli .32 frontier. I am heading to shore duty and looking to build a Jim Chambers smooth rifle...
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