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  1. Greebe

    Single vs Double Triggers?

    Hey guys. I am finally getting parts ordered for my build and had a question concerning triggers. I am trying to build a .40 cal early Virginia / Lancaster type rifle and need to decide on whether to get a single or double trigger. I am thinking of getting a singe trigger. Seems like if it is...
  2. Greebe

    lathing question

    No worries man. Sometimes I come off strong, but I get that from having working in the construction industry and being a machinist. There can be some rough people in these industries and sometimes it rubs off on the best of us, not that that is me or anything. :blah: That is cool if you friend...
  3. Greebe

    lathing question

    OK so it looks like you are wanting to make a swamped barrel. Look at this image to help you understand a common profile for a .62cal / 20 g smoothebore. It is profile "C". If it is swamped it will be the thinnest about a third of the distance from the muzzle and flare back out. So if you...
  4. Greebe

    lathing question

    Also you are killing me with your incorrect terminology for machine work. :headslap: It is not lathing. It is turning, or maybe as in your subject it would be plural as in "Lathe Question". It is not lathed. It is turned. A lathe is a machine tool. It cannot lathe anything, but instead it...
  5. Greebe

    lathing question

    First of all what exactly are you wanting to do? You mention getting an octagon barrel and using it and then talk about get a 1" tube. 1" tube as in DOM? Your question is not a complete sentence either so I am having a hard time knowing what your questions is. Your question is that you will...
  6. Greebe

    TOTW vs TVM

    Thanks guys. Yeah I think I have also decided to go 42" .40 cal barrel for several reasons. Mostly weight, accuracy out to further distances, 3/8" ramrod, and more versatility. I had originally wanted .36 for the cheap to shoot factor, but I have a lot of lead and I can dig it out of my backstop...
  7. Greebe

    TOTW vs TVM

    OK, so I think I have finally decided on what I am doing. I think I am going to wait to get a kit until we get moved up to MN and I can go walk into Track of the Wolf. Then I can check out things a little more and start buying what I want. I called Chambers and ordered a Golden Age Flintlock...
  8. Greebe

    bird's beak ball carrier?

    :PhotoSmile: This thread is useless without pictures. LOL
  9. Greebe

    Plier Style Bullet Mould?

    Haha, that is awesome. Yep the combination of the mould and lead dipper would make a cool little set up for recasting bullets when out on a trip.
  10. Greebe

    Another ugly rifle, suggestions?

    You could always send it to me. :thumbsup:
  11. Greebe

    .36 vs .40 cal rifle?

    Ah man. :headslap: Now I am thinking I might want to go with a .40 cal. Earlier I was thinking .36 because of using less lead, but now I am thinking .40 because of the lighter barrel, 3/8" ramrod, easier loading perhaps, and a little more power. Also I saw that "roundball" mentioned using a...
  12. Greebe

    Books- Building Flintlocks?

    Thanks guys for the input. I am going to order a few now and then get the rest later.
  13. Greebe

    TOTW vs TVM

    Thanks. I do not think a steel stocked lancaster style rifle would really be that ugly or Frankensteinish, but I guess that is just my thought though as a layman of the HC world of muzzleloading. Thanks for your thoughts.
  14. Greebe

    Reusing Bullets?

    Lucky lead? Hehe :blah:
  15. Greebe

    Making a Powder Horn -- Advise?

    Where would I find a full sized horn? Thanks
  16. Greebe

    Plier Style Bullet Mould?

    Thanks guys for the comments and pictures. Mostly I just think they are kind of cool, ah neat :blah: , and would be kind of fun to use it to cast a few bullets over a fire. I also was thinking with the mould and this little ladle would make a neat little setup. Besides casting really...
  17. Greebe

    question possible bags

    Oh man you are in for it by using those two words, "Possible Bag" together. :shocked2: I did this when I first joined the site and it turned in to a big heated discussion about that being the "wrong" term and not HC even though they all knew what I was talking about. Your going down man!!!! :blah:
  18. Greebe

    Making a Powder Horn -- Advise?

    Haha, yeah getting my dad to take pictures of his horn, wait that sound bad :shocked2: , pictures of his powder horn I should say, would be near to impossible. I have been bugging him for close to a year to take pictures of my great-great-great-grandfathers tools chest that is in his garage...
  19. Greebe

    TOTW vs TVM

    So the more I think about this one the more I am wondering if I should abandon the HC thing for my first build and just build something that I want. Chances are that I am never going to do the rendezvous thing and if I ever do, by then I should have a better idea for what I want that is HC...
  20. Greebe

    Plier Style Bullet Mould?

    Hehe, that is a good one.
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