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    question about browning (help)

    thanks everyone for the replies. I did not wash it with baking soda but will tonight, after I clean all the oil off. How do you make a solution of baking soda? A paste or a liquid?
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    question about browning (help)

    did a search and after reading for about an hour I still do not have a definitive answer. I browned a Rice barrel this past friday. It browned until monday. I took all the solution off and cleaned everything up, steel wooled and coated with oil. As my lock parts are working on the brown, the...
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    new gun pictures

    Great looking rifle Flinch. I can only hope my build comes out half as nice
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    Wiping The Bore Between Shots

    I only swab about every 12 15 shots. I use the regular ramrod
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    Who makes the best roundballs?

    I have always used Speer. that is what mine likes
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    3f or 2f?

    I have a .50 and shoot 2f and 4f to prime never had an issue
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    Essential ML items

    cleaning jag worm extra flints powder measure / container for flashpan powder and load patches / bore butter (or equivilent) ball starter appropriate sized balls pick I am sure I am forgetting something and someone will chime in
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    barrel / breech plug question

    thanks everyone. I used a bigger wrench with the vise and finally got the marks to line up. This being my first time I did not realize the force needed to torque it into place. I really appreciate everyones input thanks again
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    barrel / breech plug question

    I made a guess for "shipping purposes" because I could not figure another reason to having it partially unscrewed. I have leveraged this with a big wrench and it ain't going
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    barrel / breech plug question

    I just got a 45 from Chambers. The barrel just arrived yesterday and I was looking forward to starting the build today. I ahve been waiting for 3 weeks for the barrel The barrel is a Rice. The breech plug was partially unscrewed for shipping. The two marks have been stamped into the barrel and...
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    Man Made Wasps Nest

    Can someone educate me? I read this whole thread and still have no idea what is trying to be accomplished nor for what pupose? I never heard of nest paper in conjunction with muzzleloading
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    New guy from PA

    Yea another pennsylvanian Welcome to the board
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    Sorry, more Chambers questions

    I am just starting a Chambers "York" rifle in a .45. I will be hunting deer with it.
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    Inquiring Minds Want To Know

    I have been slowly collecting tools to start my first build. So Chambers "York" rifle and associated tools were my presents
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    stupid question (blackening)

    As I embark on my flint build I have seen, in the books and the video (ehlert) to use a Kerosene lamp to blacken the metal. My question is: can any oil lamp burn kerosene to perform this or do I need to find an old "kerosene" lamp? Second Question: will the same effect happen if I just use the...
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    stain

    oooohhhh I think that finish is stunning
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    Risks

    My ex brother in law and I were golfing and he got whacked by some granny blue hair :cursing: ...3 hours in the operation room for brain surgery. :( needless to say I gave up golf
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    hello from pennsylvania

    welcome, where from in pa?
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    Vinegar stain.

    any pics?
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    bees wax for water proofing

    ditto on the sno seal
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