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    What went wrong with this browning?

    BEFORE you start with any kind of sandpaper, emery paper, wet and dry.... check it out and make sure the bonding agent that holds the abrasive doesn't contain Silicon. A bunch of boys ran into that once and went crazy trying to figure out why the browning was going goofy.
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    Problems with my Euroarms Enfield M 1858 Naval

    Charley: try some card board shims under the bands. For a thin shim try a 3x5 card thickness cut so that you have enough to stick out about a inch on either side of the band. Thighten the band in place, rip the inch card board that sticks out either side of the band. What your trying to do is...
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    cleaning on the trail

    Musket Man your on the right tract. From some reading of factual accounts of the times. Urine was indeed employed in the cleaning of barrels. It's been many years back since I read the text/account mentioning it. At the time I shared it with others , showed them the written word for...
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    First Organized ML shoot

    My MISTAKE. Yep it's the shooter to one's Right who has to duck the flash for a right hand flint lock. HAD A DISCONNECT IN THE THINKING PROCESS...AGE THING. I really screw the line up because I shoot a left-handed flint lock and I had some guys walk up on the left when all hell broke out...
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    First Organized ML shoot

    Courtesy Hint: One courtesy when shooting A FLINTLOCK competitively at the line. As you prepare to raise your rifle and shoot - call out “Flintlock” so the shooters to your Left (for a right hand lock) is/are aware that a commotion is going to happen. (of course if shooters are spaced out 20...
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    Shot Bags -

    Addressing: "I'm getting active in ML shotgun shooting and have yet to come up with a good way to store, carry and use the shot." For a temporary solution to carrying shot. Obtain some spent 20 and 12 gauge shotgun shells. Dump your premeasured shot into the 20 gauge shell and slip it into the...
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    moose milk

    Any one know the formula for BLACK SOLVE? The stuff comes in a small container at $4.25 and you mix it with water. The stuff must have a simple receipe.
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    Shot Bags -

    For hunting with a ML-Shotgun I use a flask and English type shot pouch. The flask is for shotguns, in that the charger/(measuring assembly) is graduated in Drams. I prefer the English type shot charger as they usually have adjustible capablity for 1 1/4 ounce or 1 1/2 ounce loads, and the...
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    Powder Horn vs Flask

    I like to use a flask and have several. Also have several horns. I find that when loading a Cap and Ball revolver- that the use of a flask greatly speeds up the loading. I have attended shooting events where one was not aloud to pour powder directly down a barrel from a flask (or basic open...
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    MUZZLELOADING QUIRKS! ! !

    I appreciate your comment on the "Chaw Strap" I was wondering whether I was the only one in the world that ever heard of it's implementation. When you mention it is illegal ... at your shoots... Is that addressed somewhere? Like NMLRA rules (In print ? Where?). I'd like to provide some...
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    MUZZLELOADING QUIRKS! ! !

    Per your statement "I wipe the underside of my rock and the face of my frizzen before every shot (seems the humidity forms a sludge down there) and it seems to increase the reliability of ignition." I have a question... Do you use cloth with some kind of cleaner or just use your thumb/(finger)...
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    MUZZLELOADING QUIRKS! ! !

    Sounds like you have reached perfect Zen thru your shooting. This might sound a little nuts...but if one does concentrate on the loading sequence, shouldering the rifle and sighting the target with follow-thru. One can shun the other worries of our society - - - momentarily. "To relieve...
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    MUZZLELOADING QUIRKS! ! !

    I admire a man who can shoot a perfect ORION. The best target I ever got after shooting all day was shot to PISCES.
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    MUZZLELOADING QUIRKS! ! !

    Have you ever heard or better yet seen any one using a CHAW strap on their gun. "CHAW STRAP"~ the shooter ties a leather strap to the wrist of the stock or to the back of a trigger guard if possible and then to assure the shooters face has constant position on the stock bites the "Chaw...
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    MUZZLELOADING QUIRKS! ! !

    "putting the stopper BACK in the horn" WHOW, I HAVE TO AGREE. That's a safety issue. Stopper it! If your not pouring powder for the next shot. If there are flintlocks on the line.... Whow... could be a nasty thing with the stopper out. Ever see a FlintLock touched off at night...
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    MUZZLELOADING QUIRKS! ! !

    Can’t Help Myself Here it Goes. . . So the weather is lousy and you can’t go out and shoot, cabin madness is about to grab you. Let’s hear here from you on this topic: What’s your opinion on a MUZZLELOADING QUIRK/QUIRKS. Here’s some to get things going: What do you think about a Fouling...
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    Patch Cutter

    I have a Forster patch cutter. For making a half dozen patches it's ok. One has to take adequate provisions for backing to cut the cloth and not dull the cutter tips, or BREAK them. I stongly advise you implement Pauln/KS post. Use a hole saw - grind off or file off the teeth and sharpen...
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    Ball tumbling to remove imperfections

    My dad used to mold balls with Lymun molds then take a pocket knife in one hand and jersy glove on the other an cut the little lip off. After cutting a bunch of balls he would place them in a tin cookie can (10 or 12 inches round) and roll them around and around. Drive Everyone (With a...
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    RIFLE NAME

    JUST SO YA KNOW .... here's the statistics on the Gun name ART.... Next time it comes up on the shooting line. - Here's the anwsers: 14% of the submitted names were of a Masculine nature. 26% were of a Feminine demor and 40% were of the Neuter caste. And "Thumper" seemed to have a...
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    RIFLE NAME

    AS to your question "Why do shooters give their guns names?" I believe responses by Lennouenoxie, Stumpkiller, RC, and Walker 357 seem to get to the heart of the answer. The "WHY" we name them doesn't bother me so much. But, when we start taken 'em to bed {see "Halftail" post} ~ THEN I have...
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