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  1. Tom A Hawk

    Copper canteen blu green oxidation inside

    Research verdigris.
  2. Tom A Hawk

    Read my patch...

    Smooth bore or rifled?
  3. Tom A Hawk

    Woodsrunner Matchbox Lid too tight now

    ☝️ Just like fitting it in the first place.
  4. Tom A Hawk

    Origins of chili con carne

    Many years ago there was a family from Texas living nearby. The mom want to to know where she could buy some "chili meat". Now to us ignorant Northerners, chili con carni always included ground beef. We were puzzled why the lady was having trouble finding ground beef. Turns out the chili she was...
  5. Tom A Hawk

    3F in a .54?

    I read something similar years ago, maybe Sam Fadala article, advising to shoot over snow. Personally I judge based on accuracy, POI and a chronograph.
  6. Tom A Hawk

    3F in a .54?

    My .54 Isaac Haines likes 100 grains of Swiss 3F. Shoots very flat out to 100 yards and if I hold up enough front sight I can hit the gong at 200.
  7. Tom A Hawk

    Obsidian

    No. Its volcanic glass.
  8. Tom A Hawk

    Pondering a flintlock. Educate me.

    Here is my .40 on a water bottle at 60 yards.
  9. Tom A Hawk

    Pondering a flintlock. Educate me.

    I wanted a .40 and pondered long and hard to justify it. I finally made a Tennessee with interchangeable barrels in .40 and .50. one for plinking and one for hunting. The .40 is a delight.
  10. Tom A Hawk

    The Colt Open Top Hammer Sight

    This is the one I made from a coin.
  11. Tom A Hawk

    The Colt Open Top Hammer Sight

    I'm looking for the photo. It's been a few years.
  12. Tom A Hawk

    The Colt Open Top Hammer Sight

    This is exactly what I did. After making my own replacement front sight from a Nickle coin.
  13. Tom A Hawk

    Patch question

    I agree. I'd start by polishing the counter sink at the muzzle. If sharp the patch fibers get cut at loading.
  14. Tom A Hawk

    Guten Tag!

    Willkommen Frank. Meine Familie kam 1750 aus Deutschland.
  15. Tom A Hawk

    How heavy is too heavy?

    If after a day of trail hunting you wish you had brought along your grandson to carry the damned thing...it might be too heavy. I have a full stock Hawken in that category.
  16. Tom A Hawk

    Bought a Smoker

    Research 321 ribs....
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