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    BIG big game-What did you use?

    I shot an ornry old buffulo at about 50 yards with a .530 with 120gr FF goex powder, from my first build a pecatonica half stock hawken. One good placed shot and about thirty yard later he dropped. I wish I had picks for ya.
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    next season Elk/Deer help please

    Anyone out ther from wyoming or hunted wyoming that can help me find a good place to hunt elk. I am thinking of putting in for a Muzzleloader permit or a leftover cow permit. I'm in Utah and am ready to start expanding my horizons. Actually, if there is anyone that can help me get into some...
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    help with Pewter

    Thanks for the posts. The link for this forums post doesn't work for me, can anyone help me get to this info? I would love to soak it up.
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    help with Pewter

    Hey guys, thanks for the pointers. I have a neighbor who has poured an entry pipe and it turned out great as far as I can tell. He did say it was a bear and would hesitate to do it again because of the difficulty. But I loved the look of it. I will see if I can get him to post a pic of it...
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    help with Pewter

    So I am going to be pouring a pewter nose cap on a long rifle and I thought I would concider pouring the entry pipe as well. Only Problem, I have no idea what I am doing. :) Can anyone forward me posts, or tutorials on pouring pewter, and any advice would be helpfull. Thanks in advance :hatsoff:
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    first time pinning a barrel

    Perfect, I will try again. What can I do if the whole is already just a bit too big and the pin slips in and out with no resistance. It will just slip right through if I hold it up on its side. I figure I'll try the next size up in pin. Also, do you use anything besides just a hunk of wood...
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    first time pinning a barrel

    Ok, so Ive used wedge keys a couple of times but I am working on two rifles that I will be pinning. Can anyone give me pointers, advice and your experience with pinning. how do I make sure they don't come loose when the wood swlels then shrinks? Do I use the same size drill bit as the pin...
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    Lug and sight dovetail help

    Thanks guys That is what I figured youwould do with pinning them in but I guess I was worried about going to far and making big dents. I just cut in three of them and now I have to g buy a triangular file and smooth off one side. Does anyone have advice where to get a good one, straight not...
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    Lug and sight dovetail help

    I have never cut a dovetail before so I had someone show me with a hack saw and straight triangular file. I did one with help but now I am on my own to cut the rest on two barrels? Does anyone have some words of advice or skill they would like to pass along? The lug just fit into the one I...
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    Alternative to inlet black, and drum placement question

    Luckely it isn't precarved or inlet in yet so I have the ability to get it just right with all yalls input.
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    Bedding?

    I am getting ready to bed my rifle with accraglass gell. The instructions say to degrease and clean all wood surfaces before you lay it in. I have used inletting black and have it on the sides of the inlet of the breach and tang areas. If I try to cut, or sand the blackend area out so they...
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    Alternative to inlet black, and drum placement question

    Thanks for the info. I am unsure what you mean by pigment. :idunno: Can you explain for me? And placement is just in front of the threads and dead center, correct?
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    Alternative to inlet black, and drum placement question

    So I am tired of the mess with inletting black. Does anyone have any EASY to use options that are cleaner and easier to use? Also, I am getting ready to instal my first drum on my purcussion rifle and I am wondering what the ideal location for it is. So, from breech to muzzle, should the...
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    Anybody live close to Pecatonica LR?

    Yup, I'm sure. I have never had this problem until now. All my inlets have required removing wood before they would even come close to going in. It is an L&R 300 or leman, mine has it stamped into the back of the lock. Dick has looked at it and confirmed it should fit. Who knows. They also...
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    Anybody live close to Pecatonica LR?

    Thanks guys, I have talked to Dick each time I had to send it back. I asked him to personaly inspect the inletting this time before he boxed it. The lock has atleast an 1/8", actualy bigger, gap. I know the run out can be managed but it is pretty bad. The stock is a Leman and is pretty beafy...
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    Anybody live close to Pecatonica LR?

    I have bought a leman stock from pecatonica and returned it three times now. The inletting is awfull and has runout at the wrist on every one they send me. I am super tired of paying shipping over and over again :cursing: and am trying to find a way to get a good stock. This is a big favor...
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    New .50 Rifle

    Great job, I am diong a build right now and would love to know the process you used to get the finish on the barrel and the brass/butt/guard/entry pipe ect. Are you willing to divulge? :bow:
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    How should I know if my barrel is inletted well enough?

    Kieth, Can you tell me your proccess for putting in the bedding? Do you run it down the whole barrel channel or just the first 10" or 12"? Do you do it before, after stain and oiling, and then stain and oil over it? Do you use the screw under the tang to get the right deapth? I am quessing...
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    How should I know if my barrel is inletted well enough?

    Wow,these two posts completely answered my question. Thankyou for sharing your experience with me. The two of you seem to answer alot of my questions I post here. I have to say thanks, your helping out a newbee, by that I meen this is my fourth gun. But I have done them all on my own without...
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    How should I know if my barrel is inletted well enough?

    Ha ha, thats funny, I posted this before I saw the post just bellow. I guess my question is a little different as the barrel slides out pretty easily and I just wondered how much black I need to see on the bottom three flats?
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