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Lee 12 cavity 490 mold
For historical reference I actually ordered one of these online a while back. I see various online stores have them listed as discontinued such as this midwayusa. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1010217520 I've liked mine for faster casting, but hardly ever can cast a full set perfectly, but...- 4deer
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- Forum: Shooting Accessories
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Colt Walker vs Dragoon more fun to shoot?
Lol that's what I was about afraid of based on a YouTube video I saw. I see Uberti claims the Dragoon does well with the loading lever. Does that match other people's experience? -
Colt Walker vs Dragoon more fun to shoot?
Every now and then I get to thinking about the Colt Walker and it's 60 grains of black powder and how fun it would be to shoot.... So far I've kept my wallet safe for quite a few years. Today I caught interest again and was reading more about the differences between models and saw one author... -
Pedersoli Frontier Rifle -- Replacement Barrel
Yes, that's the size of it. I love the .36 and no way I'm getting rid of that--I have some squirrels to shoot later this year :wink: . I do wonder if what others are saying about never bothering to swap their barrels may apply to me. I have the SIG P250 with about 5 conversion kits and I...- 4deer
- Post #13
- Forum: Flintlock Rifles
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Pedersoli Frontier Rifle -- Replacement Barrel
Hello, Earlier this year I bought a Pedersoli Frontier Rifle Flintlock in .36 caliber. I really really love that gun. It seems way more accurate then my short 25" barrel CVA :grin:. My long term plan was to eventually contract someone for a custom long rifle for deer hunting. However, I keep...- 4deer
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- Forum: Flintlock Rifles
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Made My First Trigger!
My CVA kit gun I've been building for the past 8 years was missing the trigger for it. Since I have a forging hobby I decided to give a try at making my own trigger. At first I was planning to just pin it to the stock, but I found that the wood cutout in the CVA stock was going to allow a...- 4deer
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Amazon Had Endoscopes On Sale
Good trick Idaho. I noticed it didn't take pictures well if there wasn't something to reflect back. Eric, your camera does work much nicer. Which one off ebay did you get?- 4deer
- Post #11
- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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Amazon Had Endoscopes On Sale
Zonie let me know that the pictures were not showing up properly so here is a second try at it: Weird glowing dot. Fuzz from patch maybe? The breach plug is interesting. It looks like I've beat it to death with the rod checking for empty. Interesting, square sections towards the...- 4deer
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- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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Amazon Had Endoscopes On Sale
So the other day Amazon had endoscopes on sale for like $12 so of course I ordered one and scoped my muzzleloader barrel as soon as it arrived. :) I have a nickle plated CVA so most of the barrel looked about like what I'd expect--shiny. Anyways, fun toy. I just wish the image quality was...- 4deer
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Thoughts on my touch hole alignment
Great advice! I gave it a go this morning shooting just powder. Upright it went off each time for about 3 or 4 shots. I tried firing it upside down and out of 6 tries or so and it went off twice. I know my factory CVA will shoot upside down, but I can't remember its percentages of going off. Do...- 4deer
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- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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Thoughts on my touch hole alignment
I've got an old CVA kit that was missing a few pieces. On of those pieces was the lock. For a replacement I have been trying to make a small Siler lock fit. I thought I had it pretty decent and already have the lock plate drilled and tapped in alignment with the pre-drilled screw holes. Tonight...- 4deer
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Stewmac Guitar Repair Vise vs Versitile Vise
Hmm, thanks for pointing out the Gunstock vice. I'm looking at side by side pictures with the guitar vice and I see these differences: A different handle and possibly smoother cranking on the guitar vice.55 cents price difference after shipping and taxes are added to both placesRed / Green...- 4deer
- Post #8
- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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Stewmac Guitar Repair Vise vs Versitile Vise
I'm looking for a new vice so I did a search on this forum and read most of the topics about vices. It seems that a lot of people will use two vices. One that is a "normal" vice and sometimes one of the fancy dual-axis vices. Such as the Versitile Vise. I also found a mention of this Guitar...- 4deer
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Dovetailing Front Sight On Pietta Revolver
Do you have a link to one? I'm having trouble finding one online.- 4deer
- Post #6
- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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Dovetailing Front Sight On Pietta Revolver
My 1858 Pietta shoots to the left very consistently. The other day I was shooting at 10 yards and got a 6 shot grouping, with all bullets touching but one, all about 4" to the left. From what I have read the front sight on a Pietta is silver soldered on. Some Uberti revolvers on the other hand...- 4deer
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Newbie's first build - pictorial build-along
You did a great job writing up the buildalong and showing all the mistakes you made. Its not always easy to admit your own mistakes. Also from a technical standpoint Google Docs was a great way of sharing the document. Thank you for all the time you spent on this. I enjoyed it. :hatsoff...- 4deer
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- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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Targets?
http://www.mytargets.com/ has some pretty nice targets. I mostly use their Bullseye Target With 1”³ Line Spacing. http://www.mytargets.com/Target4%20red%20circles.pdf- 4deer
- Post #18
- Forum: Shooting Accessories
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Got my first gun building project!
I never owned a gun before that had a patch box, so I did not know if the patch box cavity extends into the cheekpiece any. :redface: How deep is a typical patch box cavity while we are on the subject? I just got a tang for it off ebay today in the mail and made brass inlays to go around the...- 4deer
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Got my first gun building project!
:hmm: I never really thought about ordering a catalog from them before, because it costs so much. However, they would have a lot more useful stuff in there. Thanks for the idea J.D.- 4deer
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- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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Got my first gun building project!
After looking around for a while to find my first gun project I finally found one. I got a really cheap unworked on CVA pre-carved frontier stock with barrel, under rib, and end cap. The rest of the parts are missing from the kit. I think I will mix and match the pieces missing and not worry...- 4deer
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