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    Taking the plunge.

    I’ve got lots of deer killing equipment just building one for play. Future plans somewhere around .50 or .54 Hawken. Sheer pleasure and fun .40 .45??
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    Taking the plunge.

    Missouri's minimum is .40 but i probably will end up with a .45.
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    Taking the plunge.

    Silverfox advice on cleaning, loading and being able to down load rounds is a big deciding factor in selecting my kit. Not because you can kill deer with if but the ease of caring for your rifle. Thanks for the help.
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    Taking the plunge.

    Yah Mike I really didn't have a good concept between small bore muzzle loaders and conventional firearms. Old LeatherMoose answered my question with his .22 analogy.
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    Taking the plunge.

    LeatherMoose thats exactly the info i wanted on these small calibers. Hunting ethics are vary important to me and we owe it to our pray that we make a good clean and humane kill. Kudos to LeatherMoose. I shoot several deer every year with my high power and my bow. Eventually ill build a deer...
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    Taking the plunge.

    I knew in Missouri you need .40 minimum for white tail but still didn't know about knock down power. Several years ago i retired my .30-06 in favor of my .22-250. This year she's killed 2 nice bucks. So for deer its not a big deal to have another deer rifle yet. Im pretty sure a .32 of .36 will...
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    Taking the plunge.

    Hi All After a long time researching and gathering some extra play money I decided to take the plunge and buy my first kit. I’m planning on buying tracks JP Beck rifle kit. They offer several different variations of this rifle; 13/16 or 7/8 barrel and .32 - .50 cal. Not having any practical...
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    TOWT Vincent Rifle

    Bioprof thats a beautiful finnish. What grade of wood did you order with your TOTW kit?
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    Stock wood with heartwood

    Its a Granberg chain saw mill. My uncle bought in the 70's and the company is still making them. Im using a standard cross cut chain. It takes longer than a rip chain but your final results are smoother. The ones standing up are cedar but the rest are Black cherry and Sugar maple. If every thing...
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    Stock wood with heartwood

    Fatdutchman is right. The dark center of the tree is the hart wood and the sap wood is the white wood next to the bark. I shared these pics with you guys before but this is my first go at slabing trees and im pretty proud of the results...
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    Stock Blank

    Here are the photos of the slabs i cut this year. Researching on the internet i found that the wood needs to be no smaller than 3" thick. All of mine are 3"1/4 and 6'1/2 - 7' long. You want them to be at lest this long for long rifles. Can be cut shorter for Hawken. The wood will shrink alot so...
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    Stock Blank

    Hi Doc Im trying to post some pictures of the wood i slabbed out of some trees at the farm. I use a Granberg chain saw jig to cut them and it works great and it is a lot of fun. I have 14 slabs of Black Cherry and Sugar Maple i cut with it and am planning of cutting more. Before i cut them i...
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    Slab'n wood

    That's a beautiful box call. Since i have this chain saw jig and plenty of tall straight Black & Honey Locust on the farm i'm just going to take a couple nice slabs of each and in a couple years find out what we have. I have my eye on a nice walnut and cherry im going to drop. If i can figure...
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    Slab'n wood

    Right on Top Jaw. That's the answer i was looking for. I knew Locust was used for fence post etc. but that was some good advice. Ill look that guy up and see what he has to say.
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    Slab'n wood

    Hi gang. I recently got a hold of my uncles sawmill jig for a chain saw. I have had great luck with it. I have 5 great slabs of Sugar Maple from father inlaws back yard and 9 slabs of Black Cherry from the farm. I plan on making a couple great rifles for the boy's when they come of age. Getting...
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    Barrel Twist

    I'm interested in buying a Hawken kit from Track of the wolf. The three rifles to choose from basicaly have different size barrels with different twist. Im planning to building a .58 cal. The 1" octagon has a 1-70, The 1" 1/8 tapered to 1" has a 1-66 and the 1"1/8 straight has a 1-70 twist. Are...
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    Rifle Calibures

    Thanks guys for all your info. I am planning on buying a Hawken kit from Track of the Wolf in .58cal. Don't know exactly what im in for or doing but im going for it.
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    Rifle Calibures

    I'm wanting to start muzzel loading to extend my whitetail season. Out of all the calibures what is the best, ie,.50 .54 .58? Why and why not.
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