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    custom Hawken perc full stock

    Herb, tis a small island off the coast of Australia, Tother side o the globe to you. You boys should get out more. :grin:
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    Lee REAL 58 casting

    I have just vernierd the leading ring/ridge on the real 58 mould i have and have discovered that it measeures only 575-578 dependant on which bullet and where on the bullet you measure. Now they are rifling engraved at loading bullets so surly the front ring should be over bore size IE bigger...
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    need LYMANS advice (HELP)

    I suppose it depends on what exactly the problem is. One cheap scate solution would be to shim the nipple out a bit by putting a small washer under it thereby raising the nipple to the hammer. Or you could remove the lock form the rifle and check to see what is fowling the throw of the...
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    50 cal loads?

    Well i found that with a 50cal green mountain barrel i needed a 490 soft lead ball, .15 patch corn meal to protect the patch then the powder 80 in my case. I went thru lots of trouble to get to this cos the patch kept getting blown and the gasses would cut the ball then the ball flew wild. If...
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    Pecatonica Tenn. Mtn.

    I got a Tennessee mountain of Pecatonica for my second build. I think you wouldnt have a problem altering the butt plate a bit, thereby altering the pull length. Dont worry about the lolly tang its ok i found, you could consider the straight tang also on offer. I have the standard green...
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    the use and benefit of wads ??

    Well now therese a thing. In complete opposition to what the guys have just said, i found the only way i could get any accuracy at all from a 7/8 .50cal GM barrel in a pecatonica tennessee kit was to load the powder then a felt wad then corn meal then the patched ball. I went to the range for...
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    Patches and the like

    Just fired the new Jaeger last week and had trouble loading it. The barrel is a colrain I think with round bottom rifling and a slow twist (I think 1/70). Using a white denim patch of 15thou and a ball of 570 I had to hammer the ball in to start. The balls I have bought seem a little hard and...
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    Tang sights

    Sorry Mr Moderator i think i posted this in the wrong place first. I didnt meant to be a fool when i was born honest!! :surrender: Hi there, anyone know anything about peep sights? I am thinking about getting one for my Hawken .58. I am thinking it might tighten the group up out at the further...
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    Tang sights

    Hi there, anyone know anything about peep sights? I am thinking about getting one for my Hawken .58. I am thinking it might tighten the group up out at the further ranges (75 ”“ 100yds) cant see me wanting the take longer shots than say 120yds. I have looked at the Dixie web site and they are...
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    Help on posting

    OK im a bit daft as you may know but i dont realy want to open a photobucket account cos after you have given your details (read the disclaimer) the junk mail just pours in and anything i can do to reduce this is ok by me. So any willing participants willing to post my Yeagur photos and give me...
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    PRB...Not for me

    You hit the nail on the head there Mike Brooks. One shot and thats it, gets my vote every time otherwise let em walk on by! Keep it up. Regards Dobson :wink:
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    GM .58 and the REAL bullet

    Anyone out there got a Green Mountain .58? and have they used a REAL bullet through it? Could you get accuracy and what would the max loads be using a percussion patent breach, 440 grain real bullet combination? Regards to all Dobson :thumbsup:
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    Lancaster (custom) Rifle, .50 cal.

    It may be a nice shooter but i agree just to much. Every surface carved, inlayed etc not my bag. Sorry just my opinion and its no better than others. Regards Dobson
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    Faster Ignition With A GPR?

    I also go with all the above. I opened up the touch hole to 2mm (metric) and it works a treat. I also coned out the outside as recommended and removed the liner then gound down the length a bit (as much as i dared, afterall you have to have some threads holding it in) then screwed it in as far...
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    Pecatonica River or Log cabbin

    I have also bought three kits from Dick and his son. First class. Nothing but good to say about them. Always answer questions for a new boy, products good. Your answer is in the number of replys saying the same thing. I will order again from them. A word of advice from a new boy as well, go slow...
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    cost to finish new stock

    I also feel 15 - 20 hours is way off. I may be slow and admittedly dont log my hours down but over a weekend if im going at it i could do 15-20 and certainly not come close to finnishing. My kits have been from Pecatonica and i think they are great kits. I just dont think this amount of time...
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    Southern style rifle kit?

    Well hi there, yep i have built a tennessee mountain rifle from pecatonica. Not exactly a classic but close. Now Pecatonica are first class to deal with, i have built three kits and am very happy. The tennessee mountain is a bit short in the pull for me and a bit more drop would have been good...
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    Blueing and case hardening

    Hi everyone, anyone know about case hardening? I have a knife makers furnace (its a vertical 4inch tube that you hang blades in to heat them in the hardening process) that is temperature controlable could i use this? What is the process? What is the chemical/stuff i use to case harden. Trade...
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    Rock locks

    OK guys thanks for the input and i have to come clean here. As someone once said "some days i sits and thinks and some days i just sits" yesterday i was just sitting (i think). Why couldnt i think of something so simple as turning over the flint???? Sorry for this, i didnt mean to be a total...
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    Rock locks

    I am currently building a Jeagur in 58cal. My question is this, the flint is currently connecting with the frizzen about half way down the face and so is only getting half a sweep of the face therefore half the sparks. The flint also connects not at a sharp angle. Has anyone ever tried heating...
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