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    powder horn

    HAHAHA. I'll be sure to look into those books. Thanks
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    powder horn

    I was looking into powder horn kits and I was wondering, If I want to put designs into it do I use a little wood burner like you use when you put designs into wood carvings? Or do you paint or what?
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    Finished my 4th build

    Sharp looking rifle you got there. Id be proud to have made and to own a rifle like that. Hopefully when I do my first build it will look something like that.
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    Rough spots in barrel

    When I try to ram a 50 cal ball down the barrel of my rifle it seems like there are rough spots. Should I run through some patches of bore butter or oil or what?
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    Which website

    Alright thanks guys.
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    Which website

    Also what is the most common flint size for a flintlock rifle? I know there are different size locks but what do most rifles take? is it a 3/4"?
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    Which website

    Yes i do understand it is a large bite. I have been wanting to do this for some time and I really want to build something or even get it in the white so i can have a PC rifle. Thats the problem with most production guns is that there not as PC for the rocky mountain trade era as id like.
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    Which website

    I was definatley going to make it flintlock. I was just looking around for a rifle that was commonly carried by trappers. I really enjoy history but could not seem to find much showing a common rifle. There is allot of false info out there and its hard to distinguish wether some of it is...
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    Which website

    Hey thanks a ton for the replies. So i suppose many of the members of the fur trade companies used a pennsylvania long rifle type in large caliber than? I am looking at sitting fox and was looking for an accurate representation of that type of rifle. The way i have heard it sounds like many...
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    Which website

    Well, I suppose it would be more of a free trapper type. I want a 45 caliber rifle probably. I understand that many used the North West trade rifle? Jim Bridger is a big hero of mine and would like to build a rifle he would have carried. Later in his life he is known to have carried a hawken if...
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    Which website

    Are sitting fox muzzleloaders made of quality parts? They seem to be cheaper than TOTW or others. I am looking for a rifle that would have been used during the Rocky Mt. Fur Trade.
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    Which website

    Which company (track of the wolf, jim chambers,etc...) has the easiest of the "kits" to build? I understand that all of them are just a collection of parts. I thought TOTW would be easiest just because its inletted for the barrell, and lock. I would be a first time builder so any help would be...
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    sighting

    I was wondering how exactly you used that smoothbore northwest trade gun like the ones from TOTW for deer hunting, when they dont have a rear sight? Do most people put on rear sights or do you just kind of guess?
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    Doing what I like best.

    May I ask what type of rifle your using? She sure is pretty.
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    Companies?

    How hard to build are track of the wolf kits? We have all the tools necessary. From what I have read the kits require lots of filing and finishing of metal parts and sanding on the stock. I heard the stocks were pre-inletted but needed a lot of sanding and reshaping. I suppose I would have the...
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    Companies?

    Is jedediah-starr a good company to buy kit rifles from? I was looking at buying a fullstock hawken kit. How do these rate for difficulty. I am 16 and am really looking into a nice kit to build. Here is the link http://www.jedediah-starr.com/closeup.asp?cid=19&pid=116&offset=0 Thank you very...
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    conversions

    Why wouldnt they be interchangeable?
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    conversions

    My dad has a lyman trade rifle with a percussion lock. He wants to change it to a flintlock. Is there anyone who makes the replacement lock? I looked at L&R and the have replacement for the great plains. Do they have the same lock as the trade rifle? Thanks, Gunner
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    Flints

    HAHA i edited my thread because i did the degree measurement completely wrong. Im just thinking my flints are manure. They are american saw cut double edged flints off of track of the wolf. Im gonna try some Tom Fuller flints and see if my problem is solved.
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    Flints

    The rifle is about a year old and only has about 50-60 shots on it.
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