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  1. sethwyo

    August 19 is National Potato Day!

    I may have a chance to print some of these out today, if anyone else here does not have access to a printer please let me know I'll print you out a handful and mail them to you . and please do let me know if you need some I'll be more than happy to
  2. sethwyo

    WITHDRAWN .

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  3. sethwyo

    .45 1863 Sharps Bullet Recommendations?

    Hard to decide which size would be the best for each rifle bore. some people say a thousands over bore size is the way to go. Chambers and bores on mine very quite a bit, I'm going to try hollowin the base out of some of my bullets, kind of like what they did with the old 44 Colt and the...
  4. sethwyo

    Ammunition for a muzzleloader.

    Did you lube them up and use a cloth patch? I'm going to try making some of them a hollow base,
  5. sethwyo

    Ammunition for a muzzleloader.

    I did not know that out to 60 yards, A pachd ball in a smooth bore was as accurate as a rifle at that distance. It does help to explain how accuracy was obtained when the fellas just simply spit a ball down the bore of their rifle and then post drove the rifle up and down on the ground a few...
  6. sethwyo

    time machine

    I actually do the very same thing. I like to look at the dates on those old coins, try to picture back in 1964 somebody was using this nickel to buy a bottle of soda pop or an ice cream bar with this coin, Not having to worry because somebody's going to scream at them for not wearing shoes in...
  7. sethwyo

    time machine

    I'm not sure where this 'everybody stank because nobody washed ' idea comes from. People were not the germophobic hand sanitizer wimps that they are today , but they certainly did wash regularly back in the 1800s, Personal accounts given , during interviews and in books written by people...
  8. sethwyo

    time machine

    I don't know what he said because I got tired of his belligerent harassment and put him on ignore, But I know if he went back in time, and treated people the way he treats people here, and acts the way he does here, he'd find out what a Chuck stool is/was
  9. sethwyo

    Ammunition for a muzzleloader.

    If you have a minute PM me a picture of the 54 mini please an price your needin
  10. sethwyo

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Installn a blued steel back strap to replace the brass on my 51 Navy. Planning on doing some milling in the loadin slot so I can load some big conicals and working on some Bone grips to put on it That looks a heap better
  11. sethwyo

    TRADE .36 navy Brass backstrap grip fortrade

    I cannot guarantee it will fit perfectly on another pietta, may require welding , heating , bending, forging , grinding or cutting
  12. sethwyo

    WANTED Pietta grip frame parts for Colt 1851-1860

    I have a pietta .36cal Navy revolver, I am trying to sell or trade off the brass backstrap from it . I have it listed on here somewhere.
  13. sethwyo

    Ammunition for a muzzleloader.

    It's about as big and animal as you can get and about as close range as you can get.
  14. sethwyo

    Ammunition for a muzzleloader.

    They say it could knock down big animals at long range. been thinking about how long a range that would have been or could be For some years I've wanted to purchase a buffalo hunt at one of the ranches and do it with a muzzleloader. Don't know if I'm ever going to get to do it or not , an I...
  15. sethwyo

    Ammunition for a muzzleloader.

    wken rifle was made and sold by Jacob and Samuel Hawken. Trained by their father as rifle smiths on the East Coast, the brothers moved to St. Louis, Missouri, at the beginning of the Rocky Mountain fur trade.[2]: 1, 4  Opening a gun shop in St. Louis in 1815, they developed their Hawken Rifle...
  16. sethwyo

    History, stories , folklore & tales

    Hopalong Cassidy for president!!!
  17. sethwyo

    Ammunition for a muzzleloader.

    These Maxi balls aren't working very good for me, has anyone here ever tried them before? Used a lubed patch?
  18. sethwyo

    Seneca rifle

    I've been working with some bullets of this type for a .54 it's not working too good for me. Do you lube them or use a lubed patch to get them to fit tight into the rifling?
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