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    Pecatonica gun supply

    They're great! I've bought two from them.
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    vent liner question/problem?

    I buy mine from either Dixie or Track Of The Wolf with a shoulder also.I put a slight chamfer on the threads in the barrel giving the shoulder of the vent an area to seat to. Then I file it flush. Never saw a Stainless Steel that was magnetic.
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    A new .32, or a 2nd .58?

    Pecotonica Long Rifle Supply for a nice kit or individual parts. They make a very nice stock in various grades of curl. Track Of The Wolf for parts. Dixie gun Works for parts.
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    R.E. Davis locks

    Chambers Locks #1 Davis triggers #1 L&R . . . don't even want to talk about it.
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    Maker of this rifle

    The shape of your lockplate looks like an L&R Manton. Nice looking stock.
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    Enlarging Flashhole

    It isn't that screwdriver slots have anything to do with pushing the liner into the barrel. It is just that sometimes liners are too long for the thickness of the barrel & have to be trimmed. Screwdriver slots are there to screw the liner into the barrel & depending on the liner one uses...
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    Plugging TH

    Wow!! Thank you . . . I didn't know that! That is a definite plus in that I didn't like handling a scalding hot barrel. I will definitly do that next time!!
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    Bolt Locks on Jim Chambers "Siler"

    Do yourself a real big favor & invest in a spring vise! They don't cost much. I thought that a pair of vise-grips would work on my first build . . . wrong. Result: broken mainspring! So then I had to buy another mainspring AND a spring vise!! Pat R.
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    Ram Rod Length

    Mine are actually about 2 1/2" longer than the muzzle with the jag tip on. I like having enough to grab on to. Besides, I think it looks cool. Ah! Channel locks! Lifesavers!
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    Hard to start the ball

    I have a .50 cal. Issac Haines with a Getz swamped barrel. I used to use a .010 patch with a .440 ball & got 2" - 3 shot groups @ 50 yds.. I have since gone to .018 pillow ticking with the same size ball and am getting 1" - 3 shot groups most of the time. I found that when I went to the .018...
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    Question on lock & breech plug

    I, and an accomplished local gunbuilder that I see at gunshows were discussing L&R lock quality. Both of us have had to rework brand new L&R locks to get them to work & fit properly & the concensus was that we shouldn't have to do that when paying (at that time) $130.00 for a lock. I stay away...
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    breech plug tolerances

    I am in complete agreement. I have on two occassions had to cut a little off the face of the breech plug . . . not that I wanted to. Then once I removed enough, it was all file work to get it timed right. I like the breech plug to fit tight or at least really snug. If it were "loose" I'd have to...
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    Plugging TH

    I take the barrel out on my flinters. Yea, I know, the lock has to come out too. But that way I can thoroughly clean the lock too. With the barrel out, I don't plug the flashole. With gloves on I pour boiling hot soapy water down the barrel & work a cleaning patch on the end of a jag back &...
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    carving on trade gun stock/Type D

    Correct?? What is correct for you? I recently built a .45 cal. Southern Mtn. rifle in Curly Maple #3 stock. I was chastied by others (others who never built a rifle in their life) for finishing the stock "Blonde" & not the traditional red/brown. When talking to a much accomplished...
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    Swamped barrel sight placement?

    Ditto on that!! :bow:
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    Enlarging Flashhole

    Vent life with the modern Stainless Steel vent liners is dramatically extended due to the SS not reacting to the corrosive effect of Black Powder. Stainless steel will take a lot of heat as will ordinary steel over & over again without pitting or eroding the metal. Remember, even with the "Old...
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    Enlarging Flashhole

    I've built two flinters. The first being an Issac Haines in 50 cal & the second being a Southern Mtn. in .45 cal. I used a stainless steel flash hole liner in each and both are coned inside & out. Never a problem. No danger there. Am building a .40 cal. Tennessee Mtn. Rifle now & will do the...
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