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    options for inletting barrel and drilling ramrod hole

    Thank you all for your replies. Fred Miller seems to be a popular guy! I'll contact him. I asked Chambers about doing only the barrel and rr hole, but they said the best they could do would be to leave the butt untrimmed. I'll talk to them again and see if I misunderstood. Don
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    options for inletting barrel and drilling ramrod hole

    I plan to build a rifle using Chamber's York parts, but doing the stock from a blank so that I can adjust its drop and length of pull. However, since this will be must first build, I am reluctant to take on the swamped barrel inletting and ramrod hole drilling. Can you suggest alternatives to...
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    Straps for bags

    Do card-woven straps stay flat when stretched, or do they roll over? I bought a sash at a rondy this summer, and the weaver warned me that inkle-woven sashes would roll over when stretched, but that his were woven in such a way that would stay flat. But I can't remember what technique he used...
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    .54 wad punch

    Would a 9/16" (.563") wad punch produce OP cards and fiber wads useable in a .54 rifle barrel? Or would they be too big? Thanks, Don
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    prepping and using deer tendons

    I have the leg tendons from a friend's deer harvested, cleaned, and stapled to a board to dry. After it's dried, how do I prep it for leather sewing? Then do I simply peel it into segments like string cheese, or is there more to it then that? Finally, what's the shortest piece of raw tendon...
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    ball bearing range rod handle

    bpb: I'd have my old fixed handle rod around if I needed to twist a screw or brush. PaulV: I hadn't thought about that. As you suggest, I don't use the handle when inserting the rod, so a different handle arrangement wouldn't change anything. Duh! Maybe I'll start trying to rotate the rod...
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    ball bearing range rod handle

    The cleaning jags keep loosening on my range rod with a fixed handle, and it’s only a matter of time before I lose a jag in the bore. So I’m considering getting a rod with a ball bearing handle. Any downsides that I haven’t thought about? I imagine in some ways a rotating jag would clean...
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    problems fleshing deerhide

    Many thanks for your advice, Sean and others. Don
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    problems fleshing deerhide

    Sean, et al, Do your remarks about liming also apply to using a wood ash solution for de-hairing? If I got the plain water route, do I just scrape the loosened hair and epidermis off with the back of a dull tool (drawknife)? Will treated city water work or should I use lake water? Thanks for...
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    problems fleshing deerhide

    Thanks for your replies. Daniel, I hope to avoid dry scraping, given its problems with tools and time needed, and the risk of damage to the hide. Desert Rat, Are you saying that I will still be able to remove the flesh-side membrane after liming and dehairing the hair side? Won't the fat...
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    problems fleshing deerhide

    I've begun the process of braintanning my first deerhide. I fleshed it out yesterday (one day after it was shot). I used a drawknife over a log, pushing the tool away from me. For the most part, it went well, but there are areas where the membrane between the skin and muscle simply will not...
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    To lube or not to lube your wad?

    Will wool wads soaked in melted beeswax/oil-based lubes affect the powder after some time? Can I leave my gun loaded for several days with a waxed OP wad without degrading the charge? DonB
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    Next Projects

    Sniper68, What is it that you see in the top stock that has you so excited? DonB
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    Range Rod: What to Look For?

    Paul, Try as I might, I can't picture the grip you're describing. Fingers only, palms out, thumbs down? I can't picture it. And more importantly, why is this grip safer than a fingers only, thumbs up grip. Don
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    felt wad questions

    I've received some 1/8" wool felt wads that I'm going to experiment with. But first, a couple of questions. I lubed some by putting them in a shallow puddle of melted Moose Snot and letting them saturate. This resulted in some very greasy wads. Is this OK? Or should I warm them up again and...
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    Coning Question

    Since the coning effectively shortened the barrel slightly, could the change in accuracy using certain loads simply be due to the fact that the shortened barrel's optimum load had changed? Don
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    capping at half-cock

    Is there any reason to not walk with the capped gun with hammer down on the nipple? Is there any real risk of snagging the hammer and firing the cap from the hammer down position?
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    Swammped barrels

    What about Green Mountain. Or don't they make swamped barrels? Don
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    building a well-fitting stock

    Much of my problem is that I don't have any rifles that fit me well enough to use as a model. I think I need to plan on hacking a model out of a 2x8 to get some idea what numbers I need to be looking for. Thanks for all of your replies. Don
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    building a well-fitting stock

    Hank, Was the stock scratch built. If not, where did you get it? Don B
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