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    Southern Mountain Rifle timeframe

    The answer to that depends on what your idea of a Southern Mountain rifle is - now I am not trying to be a smart ass about this, so bear with me - to say Southern Mountain rifle is really a very generic term, kind of like saying "Kentucky Rifle". I think we get the idea of there having been a...
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    What is draw filing?

    Yeah, what Many Klatch said. A single cut file, like a mill bastard file will work just great. A larger sized mill file (14") can be nicer to work with but not necessary, use what you got. Hold the handle in your left hand and pull towards you, or hold in the right hand and push. If you do the...
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    Virginia Rifles

    Hey and we ought to add to that list www.flintriflesmith.com - new web site and already a great resource
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    Lock problems

    If it fired consistently with the cock removed (which you shouldn't ever as was mentioned) then immediately hangs up when the cock is replaced, the trouble is likely the cock itself is binding somewhere. Spots to look - 1. The lock plate itself, look for a shiny spot or scratches where things...
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    Half Stock

    David, I see you are asking about a half stock gun, yes that's fine to do it without a cap for a Tennessee rifle. Not all of those southern half stock rifles were originally made as half stock guns, some were full stock guns that were cut back or the forends broke up and were shortened. You...
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    Virginia Rifles

    What time period are you wondering about? Earlier Southern guns often have a mix of German and English features and alot of times leaned more heavy toward the English - use of English locks, carving based on typical English work of the time period, cheekpieces generally less prominent than what...
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    Where to buy black powder Toledo,Ohio area

    Log Cabin Shop in Lodi, (330) 948-1082, Goex and Swiss. Think they might still have Elephant but not sure
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    Real Iron

    Wrought is certainly more resistant to corrosion than steel, but it's not rust proof Finding bigger pieces say for forging gun barrels can be difficult but not impossible. Smaller pieces are all over the place but you have to know what you are looking for and even when you find it some of it...
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    Removing rusted nipple

    If you try heat make sure the thing wasn't left loaded, life is full of suprises and most of them are bad try pulling the barrel and set it in a corner breech down in a can of kerosene or penetrating oil for a couple days. Pour a little down the bore too. This can also work for stuck breech...
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    The Wif's gun

    You are right, that would make it look a whole lot better. The problem you'd have is that you'd need to re shape and re inlet the buttplate to make it work like you're thinking. The comb extensions on butt plates are usually hollow, if you cut the top down at the angle you have shown you'd get...
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    Need to drill vent hole help

    If I remember right, touch hole liners go back to the 1600's. In 18th century America they were used pretty commonly as a repair for burned out direct drilled vents. Wouldn't be at all out of place on an 18th century American rifle that had seen some use. If somebody ddn't want to use...
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    Need to drill vent hole help

    1. Locate where the vent liner goes 2. Remove fitted and index marked breech plug 3. Drill hole for liner 4. Install plug to index mark 5. Through vent hole mark area of plug that will block vent 6. Remove plug, using a round file remove a cone shaped notch of metal, widest from the marked...
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    UH OH!!! ( maybe)

    The next size up would be a 5/16 liner, that would move your drilled hole up by 1/32 of an inch, plus a little for the chamfer. Will that work or is that going to go too far? Here is what may have happened - i think you said you got the countersink from Track, was it one of those single flute...
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    UH OH!!! ( maybe)

    Ian, without seeing it, this one is tricky to diagnose, I will say that from the sound of it though I wouldn't shoot it until it is changed. Don't worry, there are ways to fix problems like this. if your liner is properly centered on your lock pan, going up to the next size liner may be your...
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    G.M. Barrel

    You only need to do this if it is cutting patches. Sometimes there are burrs or sharp edges where the rifling is cut on a brand new barrel. Shoot the gun first, if you find it cuts your patches, unroll a strip of fine steel wool about a couple inches wide and wrap some around your cleaning jag...
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    WHITE LIGHTNING

    For what it's worth, I am a full time builder, I make only flintlock guns and Jim's liners are the only ones I will use any more, have used nothing but for maybe two years. When installed and set up right I have found none that work better. Direct drilling and coning the barrel itself does work...
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    What to build next

    Hey Ian, Good to see that you are already thinking about your next build, you must be hooked. Hey the best thing you can do before you pick up any parts is to figure out what you want to build, you don't necessarily need to nail every detail but the parts you buy neeed to fit the project...
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    Frizzen help request

    Shooting will scrape the brown off anyway, so you wouldn't be hurting anything by sanding it off. You can use use something a little coarser than fine emery. Also you might wipe the face clean with some alcohol or mineral spirits, chances are that the frizzen face got the same oil or wax as the...
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    Ten degrees off

    Hey Bill, I know you said this was from an old unbuilt kit, I'm posting this for the benefit of others who may attempt to do the same for their own gun or to help out a friend - make sure it isn't loaded before you heat it. I learned pretty quick that people bring you all kinds of suprises once...
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    what size drill bit?

    It's a nail pinched in a vise. Good way to line things up. If you want to get fancy or don't own any nails you can make a pointy rod, thread it on the opposite end, drill and tap a plate to screw it in to. Or use a drill chuck and bolt it from underneath the table of your press so the chuck...
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