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  1. J

    Bird Taxidermy question

    Taxiderminy tanning is different I just found this out by a friend who is a taxadermist. If the skin gets wet it turns hard and stiff as a board the way to fix that is to deep freeze the hide and rework it good thing to know
  2. J

    Breeching services?

    try Track of the Wolf They do some gunsmithing pretty resonable
  3. J

    best flint

    Frustrating to have a clatch on a deer isn't it? I would have your lock checked out first. How's the mainspring? check your frizzen also. As for the best flints I use amber all the time Track of th Wolf carries them at a resonable price. My lock is a rock crusher it is a Haddaway prototype one...
  4. J

    Mountain men and patches

    They bought cloth just as we do surprising how many cleaning patchs you can get out of 2 yards of cloth. I think since they depended on their rifles for survival a quick swabbing out with water followed by drying out before reloading sufficed. Also they never throw out a ripped up shirt it might...
  5. J

    2f or 3f?

    if your rifle shoots fine with 2f why mess with it? I noticed no improvement in my rifles between 3f and 2f but to each his own you will have to work your load up to determine what works best for your rifle
  6. J

    Any insight on a flinter for deer hunting?

    I shoot a 58. flinter exclusivly matter of fact i got rid of all percussion guns i owned. Nort Iowa late muzzleloader for deer gets pretty nasty also.I have a few tips to try,first i always have a new flint in my lock, I keep my frizzen cover on the frizzen until I'm in my stand I keep a small...
  7. J

    dying breed

    I've been involved in black powder for 30 years stopped rendezvouing 20 years ago and recently started up again with my son. I still hunt with my old 58 cal flinter out of a pouch and horn. one year without a deer in 12 years ain't bad most people in my area think I'm crazy for my way of hunting...
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