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    Missouri... anyone?

    Got 7.5 acres. all hils and trees, put a small house on it for when the Mrs. retires (132 days) It's about 4mi. East of Warsaw. on the So. side of the Osage river (Lake of the Ozarks) Started about 7 years ago, before things got Stupid. We didn't remove a tree we didn't absolutley have to. Just...
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    Shadowbox

    Eutycus , I would try Craftsman. those fellas turn out some really nice stuff.. I think if you had some specifice questions that them boys will help you out.....WALLY
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    Whats this in the barrel?

    Did Ya'll miss the fact that the rifle was INDEED LOADED!!! Now perhaps Old Hawkeye isn't such a smart a##, Sometimes we get our attention so focused on something we overlook or take short cuts. a little rough at first, but you may have saved a terrible accident...good catch Old Hawkeye...WALLY
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    FFFF documented use in the Fur Trade Era? Un-glazed "Rifle Powder"? Is today's powder dirtier?

    Yes, but in the Industry it was known as Glazed. We preferred glazed because it was cleaner to work with and handled humidity better. 2f= granulation A= Class A explosive ,g =Glazed. We accidently got a shipment of 2FBg , one time supplier said he'd give it to us if we could use it up. We...
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    Where do you draw the line?

    Wonder how my Henry would have been received.....just sayin'
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    FFFF documented use in the Fur Trade Era? Un-glazed "Rifle Powder"? Is today's powder dirtier?

    Hawkeye 2,, You are spot on on your layout of the diffrences in black powder. My family owned a Fireworks mfg.co. from 1950-1989..I made my living for 22 yrs making and putting on dislays.As well as selling to Disney, and many other display companys all over the U.S.the only thing I will add Is...
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    Where do you draw the line?

    Like many of you I shot and hunted with M/L long before I ever attended an oganized shoot. When I did attend, I didn't have and still don't have all the P/C H/C accoutrements. As I saw, I asked,it was usually the quiet Old Timer that would patiently fill me in. Anyone who walked up to me toTell...
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    Thoughts on my blunderbuss

    Pajeepman, I was born into a family that owned a Display Fireworks manufacturing co. I made my adult living for 22 yrs at it (until Federal regs made it financailly impossible to keep up.) Although the grades of powder are of the same nomenclature, the make up is different.Fireworks use...
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    Hearing Protection?

    Lately my wife has been helping me get range ready,She is a nurse and there for a medical professional,I don't question her advice after 48 yrs.Like everyone else first plugs,then muffs. then a 12 gal kitchen size garbage bag over my head and taped tightly around my neck with Gorilla tape. The...
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    New here from Colorado

    Welcome from Nebraska...it's a very nice neighborhood if you don't mind theSmoke.
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    Rawhide sheaths

    very nice work.. I thouht you mentioned it was deer hide.that thing will wear like iron, Probably out last all of us.
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    How Long Have You Been Hunting ...

    I'm with you Kansas Jake..I was a hunter saftey instuctor for 12 yrs.some kids were there for gun saftey aspect , as no one in the house hunted,but the Mother wanted the kid to know what to do if they encountered a gun.We would have live fire on graduation day. all volunteer and instuctors had...
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    Dont know what i just bought, we’ll see

    Youngblood,, Just clean it up ,check it out and shoot it . Enjoy being the ONLY kid on the block with one of those...WALLY
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    How Long Have You Been Hunting ...

    I'm the youngest of 7 boys. we'ed load up in a 9 passenger station wagon early to be on the field at day break. I carried a unloaded pellet gun to learn gun saftey.got to load it once in awhile to shoot a treed squirrel. Got my 410 at 7 yrs old. We would make big circle North and...
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    Uses for "pine" sap?

    Nice, Some guys make it look so easy, Myself , I'd just as well throw the rock at Em,Probably have better luck.
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    New from Ohio.

    Pull up a stump.. Nebraska welcomes you..You"ll love it here.Lots of folks that have walked the walk,,and some just starting...Just remember Opinions are like Belly buttons. Everybody's got one.
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    Uses for "pine" sap?

    A friend of mine knaps flint knives and arrowheads,hunts strictly primitive bow, and makes everything himself. Uses pine sap over the sinew to hold blades and heads.He made me a 7 1/2" blade W/ a cow shinbone handle.Great knife, just dont drop it..
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    High aspirations

    This time of year the 2yr. olds are being kicked out of the lodge...gotta root hog or die,but they know all the good eats are at the to of the tree.knock a big one down cut all the branches for the feed pile, use the rest for a dam. usually up stream of Mom and Dad A 2yr. old can drag a 100#...
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    High aspirations

    No doubt Bear,,L believe it to be so, I've seen bigger than I've caught.
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    High aspirations

    I've had 47yrs of trapping beavers.Truth is they ain't worth the work any more..no market for them. My largest was 86# taken on the Platte river here in Eastern Nebraska. stretched and dried at 74 inches. Beaver are skinned vent to bottom lip. then stretched round and fleshed..I tack mine to...
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