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    Goex Powder

    Wow. Every guy with a different experience by brand. I guess a lot goes into how much powder loaded with what projectile and patch etc. All those variables coming into play from guy to guy and gun to gun. ? ? I have shot Goex since the early-90s and only in the last couple years tried...
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    2024/2025 Squirrel Hunting Thread...........

    ETipp.... what temp do you smoke them at? I have a tall/box smoker, using propane. You doing 150? 175? How long?
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    2024/2025 Squirrel Hunting Thread...........

    There is only one way to fry anything.... bacon grease and a cast iron skillet. At least that's how my grandmother did it and it is non-negotiable that there is a better way. Of course, you must store that bacon grease and any other left-overs in a Cool-Whip container so that the grandkids...
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    A question about pyrodex

    I have used Triple 7 in 3F grade quite successfully. BP was hard to get in late 2020 and 2021 and the local store had a bottle so I bought it. I had used T7 pellets in my Pro Hunter and they were great. You might want to experiment with that if you can get it. I found that a 70 grain Goex...
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    Pedersoli owners, speak up

    I have a Scout Flint in .50 I built from a kit. Fast lock, hole-on-hole with 60g 3F and a .490 ball and .010 patch. I added a 'Bullseye' rear ramp sight and green fiber front sight... failing eyes and focus issues. I have often considered getting the .32 percussion version for small game but...
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    TC Seneca .45 - early edition specs for point of reference

    More for a point of reference to help others with some basic information on this serial number. A new-to-me Seneca Serial #152xx I assume fairly early in the production run. Best bore/rifling measurements I can get is .4515 My math tells me rifle groove depth of .0075 Twist rate was a...
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    BLOWN OUT PATCH'S

    Great info here and in a couple much older threads. I just ran into the same issue with a 'new to me' .45 Seneca. I could not show you pics of 15 of the 18 shots and the three that I could show you are nothing but black carbon as they burned up to almost nothing. Several times I had to go...
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    WANTED TC Hawken .45 barrel

    Have one in Percussion! Not in 'rough' shape on the inside, but it was messy on the outside and I have tried to re-blue it and well, that first go didn't go so well. I was about to strip it down again and start over. It has a few minor dings etc. PM me if you're interested.
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    Leaving the range even more confused (Load development)

    ... an additional thought on the cut patch/flyer... Do you get the cut patch and the flyer on the same shot? Is it possible when starting the ball, it is rolling off-center from the patch? I have had that issue and Jim at Fort Chambers actually mentioned that to me to be mindful of...
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    Leaving the range even more confused (Load development)

    Recent experience with my .32 Cherokee echos some of the comments above. I started out with .010 patches but felt they loaded too easily so I have been trying thicker. I normally shoot a .315 ball and the .010 and the .015 are a bit too tight. I tried .018 and they tore on starting, as in...
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    2024/2025 Squirrel Hunting Thread...........

    Here's a taunting pic... from my trail cam where I put out Big Tine mix... In PA, no season until mid-September. I've had as many as 11 in a single frame, along with Cardinals, Blue Jays, Doves, rabbits and even deer at the same time. A hen turkey frequents now and then as well, The raccoons...
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    What's the purpose of this screw on my TC flintlock

    It is for a matching variant of this current ebay item: TC Round barrel scope base As noted above, you could also use a peep sight like Skinner offers: Skinner's Lo-Pro Peep sight
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    What are your favorite Thompson Center (T/C) Percussion guns?

    To paraphrase my 2.5 year old grand-daughter... "All of them". Renegade flints in .50 and .54 Cherokee in .32... if I could only keep one of them it would be this PA Hunter Carbine, drool every time I touch it Seneca in .45 I've bought and sold a few various TCs as well. The Hawkens are about...
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    Small glass vials for holding powder charge

    I searched for the ideal container and they may well not exist for every situation. For my .32 Cherokee, I ended up with 1 dram glass vials with screw off caps. I prefer them over flip-tops as I just don't trust flip-tops over time. I once had three quick loaders come open in a pocket...
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    Woodsrunner CNC Incised Carving

    I think the machine carving looks great. I personally like the non-carved look, if I were buying a any gun, kit or not. Personal taste is what it is and there's no shame either way. I am also not big on inlays and I've seen some guns that looked more like my wife's jewelry cabinet projectile...
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    PA Hunter Carbine - "New" used first range day

    The much loved and maligned in one. I recently found a used PA Hunter carbine at Fort Chambers and for a guy who is never lucky, I hit the lottery that day. I stopped in and was looking over the rack and saw a TC carbine profile and asked if it was a White Mountain or a PA Hunter. Turned out...
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    Kibler side effect?

    I'll take quality control and repeatable precision any day. Not everyone is created equal... in skills, talent, and patience. Just because you played high school football does not equate to you being able to demand an NFL team sign you. I do minor wood-working and fell into a couple dozen...
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    Alter TC Stock

    Given the choice between a Hawken .50 and a Renegade .54, I would take the .54 and not look back. I have both. In truth I would prefer to take my Cherokee if she shot a .54 with the .32s recoil :)
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    CCI Caps - CCI reply regarding availability

    ... and there is a war in Europe, and you can bet any and every US company is going to submit bids to produce materials for that conflict because there is far more money in contract work than supplying hunting and recreational shooting supplies to a niche of a niche market in the US.
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    SOLD TC Renegade .50 Percussion

    Sold pending funds
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