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    Barrel and lock color

    I have used Naval Jelly rust remover on bright metal to tone it down some - gives what used to be called "French Grey". I've also been told that Pilkington's American Classic "Logwood" stain will give a gray patina if the metal is boiled in it. It was also used to bring out the twist in...
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    CVA kentucky Rifle

    My first muzzleloader was a .45 cal CVA Kentucky I got at OTASCO (Oklahoma Tire and Supply Co,);I think I paid $69.95 in 1979. All that's left of the original gun is the barrel and nosecap. I replaced the two-piece stock with a Dixie blank back in '85, converted to flint in '87 In fact, I've...
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    A Thread Thread

    "Machinist handbook" is an awesome book - I have the 19th Edition (1974), and it covers everything from trigonometry to heat treatment - over 2,400 pages. It's kinda expensive - over $40 I think, last time I checked (several years ago) I found a real handy-dandy book that has most of what the...
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    RIT Dye instead of walnuts?

    I'd heard of boiling traps in "logwood" - what exactly is that?
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    Flintlock Rifle Builders of Albany NY

    I had an ancestor, Wynant Geritse, who lived on Pearl Street across from old Fort Orange from about 1647 to around 1660. He owned a sawmill up near Troy, on Wynant's Kill (named for him). He was listed in some court records as being a "gunstocker". Now whether he obtained separate parts and...
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    Your First Muzzleloader?

    I got my first, a CVA Kentucky .45 cal., in 1979, from OTASCO. In about 85 I was in Union City TN a picked up a new stock from Dixie to replace that two-piece job I never liked, plus converted it to flint. Only thing left of the original kit is the barrel, sideplate and trigger. Barked quite...
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    Use for Bone?

    If you got an anthill close by that works good too. The bug box keeps other critters away, or draggin it off
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