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    Source for deer tallow

    Go to the local guy who process deer and ask him to save you some..He will give you all you want. It is scrap to them and they have to dispose of it. While you are at it, ask him to save you some bear fat if somebody brings one in. I asked my guy and he said "gee, I wish you would have asked...
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    Where to buy tow?

    Leftover fibres from the processing of flax, which is grown to produce linen.
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    Buck and Ball?

    Buck and ball is a military innovation designed to increase shot dispersion and hit probability at the combat ranges of the time. A hit anywhere on a man, (even on a man other than the one you were aiming at) with one of the buckshot, would wound him. When the state of the art medicine is taken...
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    NMLRA Member or NOT

    As mentioned in an earlier thread, I recently dropped my membership. I had been a member for over 20 years, but I figured I was paying the dues for a magazine which I did not even think was very good. I have never been and will probably never go to Friendship, and the NMLRA has little or no...
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    Dental Xray Lead Pure?

    Lead used in X ray or Nuclear shielding is perfectly safe provided it has not come in direct contact with the radioactive source. The contamination at that point becomes fixed, and cannot be removed by ordinary methods that you or I would care to use. However, if it was merely used as a shield...
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    Sealing leather dye

    Always had the same problem with Fiebig's black. Started cutting it some with dark brown, and that stopped some of the bleeding. Still looks black enough. Gotta buff the heck out of it and seal it with a wax-based polish. If you want the leather to remain stiff, the go real easy on the...
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    Shooting shot from a rifle?

    Del Gue in "Jeremiah Johnson", when planning to ambush the Blackfeet to get back Del's horses, told Jeremiah to "fill that bear rifle full of nails!" Always seemed to me to be a great way to ruin a Hawken Rifle!
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    High Hump Richmond Rifle

    Ranger, let me ask you this: I ended up buying the rifle....could not pass it up at the price he was asking....but why would JRA put a non-functioning Maynard primer door on this piece? If it is supposed to represent a firearm made from captured stores, would not the trapdoor be functional? I...
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    High Hump Richmond Rifle

    Seems like a bit of a pain, but the price is sure right. I also read that the original Richmond muskets were made from battlefield captures and parts from the Harpers Ferry Arsenal. That is why they used the 1855 locks but with no tape primers, they just used caps. Later, when they started...
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    High Hump Richmond Rifle

    Gentlemen: I have a lead on a James River Armory M1855 Type I Richmond Rifle with the Hoyt barrel. It has the dummy Maynard priming mechanism and uses regular musket caps. I read where there were complaints from the field that the high hump made for difficult capping, so later models of this...
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    felt wad

    They way I do it is to go to Lowes and get some copper tubing with an ovesized ID. Cut it off with a pipe cutter, and hone the edges sharp. I soak the felt in my favorite liquid lube, then freeze it. Put the sharpened pipe in a drill press, lay the felt on a board, and I knock out wads as...
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    revolving carbine

    I don't know if the simple expediant of replacing the nipples is going to do you much good. I had one and it was not the cap fragments that was hitting me in the face, it was the gas blowback, and I don't think there is too much that can be done about that. As for hand placement, I learned to...
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    Gun rack dimensions

    I don't think the dimensions are critical. The Lyman is not a real thick rifle through the stock, and the barrel is only 15/16, so I would go maybe an inch and a half across the hook. You don't want a press fit or anything, all it will do is lay in there and it doesn't need to be "gripped".
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    who does rebore jobs

    Bobby Hoyt rebores the Civil War muskets all the time. I bet he could do it. So could Ed Rayl.
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    Springfield '63

    "How about . . . cap & ball rifles, only, used by Americans. And, please offer good reading resources that you know of." If I misinterpreted your question, then I apolgize. However, to me the phrase "used by Americans" when taken with the knowledge that no other nations were actively involved...
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    rendering lead pure?

    I don't think that under normal conditions it is possible to separate the alloys from the lead in wheelweights. It can be done with an industrial type setup, but not with the equipment that the home caster would have access to.
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    Springfield '63

    You may want to define "Americans" a little better if you want to narrow it down. The Confederate forces were as American as you and I. Assuming you meant "Union" vs "American", then it is well documented that the Springfield 1855 thru 1864 models were most used by both Union and Confederate...
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    Powder measure

    Not if the spark is not hot enough it won't. Lots of folks still buy into the old myth about static electricty and black powder, and a lot of companies make a lot of money selling all brass powder dispensers for reloading BP cartridges. They are both expensive and unnecessary.
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    Moose Juice separating

    You have materials of various densities mixed together in that bottle with no way to homogenize it. Other than a vigourous shaking, which of course is only a temporary solution, I think we are talking laws of physics here. Perhaps the patches could be "gang soaked" and stored in another...
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    Pedersoli 1861Springfield rifled musket

    For less money than the Pedersoli, you can get a correct Springfield from James River Armory. He takes the Italian repops, redoes the wood to make it look like an original, and the barrels are re-rifled by Hoyt. You don't have to limit yourself to a Springfield, either..He does a wide variety...
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