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    Looking for flintlock shooters in South Central PA

    Anyone in the Gettysburg area interested in getting together once in a while for a flintlock shoot, perhaps an informal competition, please drop me a line. I'm thinking a weekday up at the Ponderosa on Jack Road, the front slope of South Mountain. Call or text BlackJack at 407-443-9852.
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    Mike Belliveau Load

    Yeah, agree with that. Mike said in his video that this is the load he's worked out with his French Fusil de Chasse and likes it. Doesn't mean it's the final word on all loads for all 20ga instruments. Mine is a 38" bbl and does well with 65gr of 3f and 2 oz of shot. My turkey load is a...
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    New and excited!

    Good to have you with us. This is definitely the place to learn all about ML rifles.
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    Flintlock Kit Help

    I avoid the dremel because it is so easy to make a mistake, but beyond that, I kind of enjoy the process of shaping the brass with files and papers to the precise shape and appearance I find most pleasing. It may be work, but as they say, it ain't work if you like it, then it's just artistry in...
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    Flintlock Kit Help

    Hey Squid. I just finished doing one of those and it came out very nice. the brass needs to be filed into shape with hand files, then the surface finished with emery paper, first coarse, then medium, then fine, and then finished again with steel wool, in various grades finishing up with 0000...
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    .32 caliber dilemma...

    I've been planning my first rifle build from a kit for a while and settled on a TVM about a month ago. My kit comes Thursday--woo hoo! Just found this thread and am now totally fired up to assemble, finish and try out my TVM Early VA rifle in .36 cal. I'll get back with the thread as this...
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    Bells across the Land 4-9-15

    It's on youtube. Bells Across the Land--Gettysburg Visitors Center 2015
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    Bells across the Land 4-9-15

    My wife and daughter are handbelling at the Gettysburg visitors center on 4/9. Amazing Grace for 4 min!
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    Hard card on top of shot= denser patterns?

    Hey SC, working on the same problem just now--turkey. Not familiar with nitro cards so I wonder if just doubling up thin cards would help? Watching everything youtube has on the subject I noted that Mike Beliveau believes increasing the powder load and the shot load will give you the more...
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    Hello from Central Florida

    Yes, Buffalo Bills is only a shadow of it's former self at the moment, but they occasionally have what you're looking for in the ML world.
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    Hello from Central Florida

    Welcome KJ. I spent 22 years in the Orlando area and first got into muzzleloading there when Richard Graffius was running Buffalo Bills. There is plenty of ML activity at Central Florida Rifle & Pistol Club that you might want to check out if you aren't already there. I live in PA now but get...
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    Taller front sight for Enfield 1858

    Here's the result. Sight not finished yet--still being filed down until I get to where the rifle hits at 100 yards. Note bayonet was easy to trim to fit the new sight. Only use the bayonet as eye candy when rifle is on the wall anyway so doesn't matter that it's not ready to stab Yankees...
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    Taller front sight for Enfield 1858

    Thanks again Gus. All parts ordered. Reading up and getting ready to do rifle surgery when it's all here.
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    Taller front sight for Enfield 1858

    Wow, thanks Art. Just what I needed!
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    Taller front sight for Enfield 1858

    Bought one of the Chiappa Enfield 1858 two band rifles at the Gettysburg reenactment and love it, fit finish and feel all excellent. Shoots great too with a .577 Minie ball, but unfortunately it shoots high consistently. I'm sure I'm not the first one to encounter this problem. The solution...
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    Greetings from Gettysburg

    We not only ship in our yearly supply of grits, Virginia smoked ham and peanuts, but we consume them with great gusto on Lee-Jackson day and Confederate Memorial Day, not to mention traveling UP the valley to New Market for the annual commemoration of that great victory by the VMI Cadet Corps...
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    Greetings from Gettysburg

    Hey Wes, thanks for the welcome. I find it very hard to get females of any description to come out for muzzle loading. Seems to be something intimidating about it. Most women do tend to shoot as well as or better than men at first and definitely take instruction better.
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    Greetings from Gettysburg

    Glad you escaped back to God's country. I grew up in Petersburg!
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    Greetings from Gettysburg

    Been pretty quiet around here since the Reb army moved off, but it's still a good idea to keep your powder dry, your caps handy and your bayonet sharp. Been into shooting black powder for several years since my first Traditions Kentucky rifle kit in 2000. Presently playing with a Chiappa built...
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    Greetings from Gettysburg

    Just moved up here from Florida where I learned muzzleloading and started getting into it at the occassionaly "Ronnyvoo." Looking forward to sharpening my skills, getting some new smoke poles and doing some teaching here in South Central PA.
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