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    How do hobby makers finish the metal?

    new york arms 12 ga also know as crescent arms i think the gun is pre 1920 the barrel is stamped genuine armory steel
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    were modern style flintlock guns ever pc

    thanks guys lots of good info there gave me a few anwsers now i know a little more about short stock short barrel guns and where they came from
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    How do hobby makers finish the metal?

    do not heat to red hot :headslap: im sure this would work on knives as well its the same principal as the fire burned altoid cans so many of us use
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    How do hobby makers finish the metal?

    im probabally going to catch flack for the breechloader pic but i did this on an old single shot take it down to bare metal with 400 grit and heat it with a hand held propane torch till its hot not red hot about 10 minutes ought to do then let it set for about a minute for the temp to equalize...
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    any truth to breaking in a barrel ??

    not my intentions to modernize but more a reliability issue that plastic sight was easy to move and made of plastic i dont think the metal rifle sight is to much of a modernizaton
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    were modern style flintlock guns ever pc

    was there ever a time in history that rifles such as my traditions deerhunter 50 flint or similar style rifles were produced /used if so when and where were such rifles common place its a 24" barrel
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    any truth to breaking in a barrel ??

    ive removed the cheap plastic sight and replaced my front sight with a hooded metal rifle sight i used a brass dovetail made from an old door hinge and tapped it for a screw then screwed the new sight into the dovetail not pc/hc but its not a show piece its a plastic stock traditions would love...
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    stock blanks question......

    hello kaintuck just a quick question what do you use to rough in the shape after cutting out the blank ?? draw knives or just chisel and mallet im considering trying to make a chery stock for my traditions 50 halfstock id like to go with a full stock ive got years of wood working experience...
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    another goofball on youtube

    he says his gun misfires half the time maybe he should try priming the pan im surprised it fired at all
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    trajectory question for .50

    good info brownbear im shooting a 24" barrel with a 1:48 twist
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    trajectory question for .50

    off to do some shooting today im going to start at 25yds with 50 grns and go from there ill post some pics later today i hope to get it dialed in to a 4" group at 50yds but time will tell
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    Patch lubes

    anyone ever try just plain old petroleum jelly wont freeze or melt(become runny) or cause rust seems like the perfect cheap readily available lube but i may be missing something id melt it over low heat and absorb it into the patches not cover them in goo :confused:
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    idea for a product

    for $50 i dont see how you could go wrong i think if said hypothetical gun should ever be produced here in the USA id like to be in the know even if it just for tinkering with on rainy days
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    any truth to breaking in a barrel ??

    thanks for the info chris sounds to me like maybe im over charging the gun ill try starting at 25yds with 50 grns and see what happens from there im only shooting 80 grns because the guy i bought my flinter from told me thats what he shot out of it but im not so sure he ever really worked the...
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    Hello from Iowa

    welcome lots of friendly people here with valuable advice for anyone who wants to listen
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    any truth to breaking in a barrel ??

    im using cva patch grease on my patches i think next time im going to try the reduced charge working up from 50 or so grains and im going to switch patches to ones ive cut ive made a few hundred and have lots more of the same material 100% cotton bed sheet so ill have consistency for the long...
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    any truth to breaking in a barrel ??

    ive recently acquired this hobby of black powder shooting and a traditions deerhunter 50 with a 24" barrel 1:48 twist i shoot .495 prb with 80 grns of 333fg geox and from the bench @ 50 yds im all over the place ive shot modern guns since i could carry one 20 yrs or so i load the same every time...
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    cleaning regiment

    Not so sure id want to use trans fluid. That stuff gets pretty sticky as it ages. Might make a good lube but i wouldnt want to store a gun with trans fluid in the barrel. ive also been wondering about using wd as a patch lube someone posted somewhere i read that it was no more than scented...
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    Homemade cleaner recipes

    plain old soap and water works great for me about a teaspoon of dawn to 1 gallon of very hot water [/img] [/img]
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    Hello from south central Pennsylvania

    yes they are still in business and doing well thats where i get all my shooting supplies a little on the expensive side compared to others but they usually have anything you need its a one stop shop go in for one thing leave with four
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