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    ml rifle turkey hunting

    I was able to take a 15 pound tom with Pedersoli's little .40 caliber flintlock using 40 grains of 3f. I hit him where the neck joins the body. The distance was about 20 yards. My sister and I waited for ten hours for them to show up, and when they did they looked like painted Indians coming...
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    barrel length and muzzle velocity

    Okay, I will tell you. My mom and sister gave me flintlock for my birthday. It is used, but the first hand-made gun I've ever owned. The wood is beautiful. The barrel is 40 inches long, and the caliber is .36. Over the past several weeks, I have been getting to know it at the range and in the...
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    barrel length and muzzle velocity

    I have looked at muzzle velocity tables for bp powered prb out of a 28-inch barrel. How does the length of the barrel affect the muzzle velocity? Is it so many fps +/- per inch of lengthened or shortened barrel? Cordially, Michelle
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    Barrel Removal

    Help! Can anyone tell me how to remove the barrel from a Pedersoli Scout Carbine (.32 Flintlock)? I've removed the screw on top and the two on the side and the lock, but the barrel still won't come loose. I thought it would take down the same way as the Pedersoli Frontier/Blue Ridge/Hatfield...
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    Greetings and Salutations

    I'm a school teacher (third grade) who got into the shooting sports after our state legislature passed the Oklahoma Self Defense Act. I started out in bullseye pistol (went to Camp Perry four times)but later branched out into SASS (I'm way too slow, but the clothes are sure fun.) and small bore...
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    The Most Versatile Hunting Caliber

    Assuming you don't shoot squirrels with a .50 or deer with a .32, what caliber would be the most generally useful?
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