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    linen possible bags

    Sure! First, make the bag with "rolled" edges at the front. In other words, fold the two layers of cloth comprising the lip of the front of the bag in about 3/8 inch or so and sew it to add stiffness to the lip. Soak the bag in walnut die or whatever you like to get the color you want, then...
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    linen possible bags

    Yes, with one layer of cloth they become shapeless...two layers of cloth and treated with melted beeswax they stiffen up just fine.
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    linen possible bags

    I have made many of them out of heavy linen, lined with either light linen or ticking. Generally but not always I will use a leather flap. I waterproof the linen by melting in a mix of beeswax and tallow with an iron, then blotting off the excess by using paper bag material laid onto the bag...
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    Old Style Thompson Center locks

    I have one of the old style on my 80s vintage Renegade. It is NOT the original frizzen,it is a replacement hardened all the way through. It sparks great, and even though the lock is of the "old" geometry, it seems to work well enough. I think the key to make the old style locks work properly...
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    Farm raised wild game

    Gotta find some gopher gravy and pickled owl eggs to go with that possum! :wink:
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    ffffg priming powder

    You realize that you can substitute 3f or even 2f in the pan and not see any difference in ignition time, don't you? Actually there is a difference, the 3f being microseconds slower than 4f and 2f being microseconds slower than 3f. You need sophisticated electronics to detect this..you won't be...
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    Jed Clampet's Gun

    Just saw the episode where Drysdale took the Clampett's skeet shooting. They turned down the use of a shotgun. Jed broke the "saucer" with his long gun, Jethro with his lever action. Elly May, who "didn't cotton to firearms" broke her saucer with a slingshot, and Granny called for doubles and...
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    pillow ticking?

    Go to any fabric store and get ordinary cotton flannel. It is about a dollar a yard in most places and you can cut cleaning patches all day long from it, any size you want. It is fluffier and way more aborbant than any T-shirt material.
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    Possibles Bag

    I ran out of pure neatsfoot oil and did the same thing. It works just as well, softening the leather and giving a nice sheen to the finised product.
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    Civil War Powder Horns?

    John Burns, a 70 year old veteran of the war of 1812, is said to have presented himself to the commander of a Pennsylvania regiment at Gettysburg bearing a flintlock musket and powder horn. However, he carried a borrowed Enfield into battle.
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    Civil War Powder Horns?

    I have read accounts of southern militia units early in the war, primarily in the western theater, showing up for battle with flintlock muskets, shot pouches and powder horns. Armies of both sides in the western theater were always the last to receive up to date equipment. Militiamen providing...
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    58 caliber TC barrel

    That load should generate approximately 1500-1600 fps, and thus the optimal rotational rate for a patched round ball of a large caliber. See the link below for a discussion of this topic. [url] http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/203667/post/376147/hl//fromsearch/1[/url]/
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    58 caliber TC barrel

    May be getting off topic, but if that is the case, why not rifle roundball rifles with a 1 in 20 twist and just cut the rifling deeper to accept a patch? True, a ball may only be making 1 complete revolution in 48 inches, but how fast the ball navigates those 48 inches has a direct impact on...
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    58 caliber TC barrel

    I disagree that it is impossible to overspin a roundball, at least when practical hunting or target shooting ballistics are taken into account. As for the ball only making 1 complete turn in 48 inches, again that is true. However, put that into context as the ball is moving at something on the...
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    58 caliber TC barrel

    A 1 inch barrel will be a mighty tight fit into the 15/16 barrel channel of your TC 50. It would fit the Renegade, but that doesn't help you. I believe the biggest bore commonly found in a 15/16 is .54.
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    Shooting Bags

    I have been wanting to hit one of the Goodwill stores and find an old pair of cowboy boots minus the stitching and make a boot bag like what was written up a month or so ago in Muzzleloader. I saw a similar bag in Madison Grant's book. Seems to have been fairly common in the rural mountains...
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    Keep your powder dry

    A small ball of beeswax warmed in the hands and then kneaded into the space between the barrel flat and the stock just forward of the lock keeps water from draining down the barrel channel and into your vent. I much prefer a greased leather "cow's knee" to saran wrap or a bread wrapper. The...
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    New T/C Lock

    http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/193144/post/262083/hl//fromsearch/1/ Good discussion on the subject, with some pics of the old vs the new style. In a nutshell, the new lock geometry promotes a "scraping" action of the flint against the frizzen as opposed to the...
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    mold lube

    You can use parafin or beeswax or the like. It works fine. I have Richard Lee's reloading book and he says most of his molds are ruined by guys who do not lube the molds. Seems that aluminum gets "sticky" when hot and failure to lube the molds causes them to gall and first thing you know they...
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    seized touch-hole liner

    According to the article in Muzzleloader magazine, the chamber is only 1/2 in or so deep. The author had a gunsmith remove the breechplug, so he did not go into a lot of detail of the mechanics of the operation, but he did say that once he did it his ignition became close to 100% reliable. He...
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