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    Accurizing the ROA..

    Would it be possible to use jeweler's rouge and a properly-shaped felt to smooth the forcing cone and get the same results, i.e. and improvement in accuracy?
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    Was there ever such a thing as a Michigan rifle?

    During the flintlock/early percussion era was there a rifle or design that was considered uniquely "Michigan"? While researching this question I've read about Indiana guns, Illinois guns, and Ohio guns but nothing that could be unique to or uniquely from Michigan. Just about every state touching...
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    Trouble with inletting lock-what's wrong?

    Thanks guys, I feel much better about it now. I was afraid that someone was going to say something like "you mean you didn't. . ." or "you forgot to...". It's already starting to break into the ramrod channel, though. It sounds like everyone has a pretty good grasp of what's going on with it...
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    Trouble with inletting lock-what's wrong?

    First, I would like to say how appreciative I am of this site and would like to thank everyone on it for all of the help that I have received. I would recommend this site to anyone new to muzzle loading/building as being as helpful and as necessary as any book on the subject. I’m putting...
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    Longest lasting flint?

    What is the longest-lasting "flint" commercially available? I say flint even though there are a variety of strikers available, some that are true flints while others are not. I realize that every lock is different and what works for one may not work for another but there are some designs that...
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    Low cost vs. high cost barrels

    How much of a difference in accuracy can one expect between a Green Mountain barrel and,say one made by Colerain or Rice? Is the Colerain really worth the extra seventy bucks and the Rice worth the extra one hundred and seventy? I realise that the G.M. barrel requires more of a break in period...
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    Please tell me that I didn't ruin my gun!

    The best measurement that I can get seems to be about 5/64 inch, .085 or so. A gentleman that I spoke to at Track of the Wolf said that as long as I had at least fifty thousands of an inch thickness left it would be fine. That seems awfully thin but he confirmed it, as long as there was at least...
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    Please tell me that I didn't ruin my gun!

    While assembling a J. P. Beck kit from Track of the Wolf I fear that I may have inadvertently ruined the barrel. I stupidly removed too much metal for the front sight dovetail, leaving the barrel wall thickness in this area around 1/16 to 3/32 inch thick. Is this too thin, thin enough where...
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    How important is barrel inletting to accuracy?

    The stock that came with my kit is the exact same way. The forearm is visibly warped from right to left and tilts down. Can I just hold the warped portion over a heat source such as a hot burner on a stove and carefully bend it in the opposite direction to take care of this problem? I've read...
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    How important is barrel inletting to accuracy?

    I'm working on my first kit, a J.P. Beck from Track of the Wolf. I'm concerned that unless the barrel is perfectly inletted into it's channel that I may hinder the accuracy of the finished rifle. The channel that I've ended up with isn't horrifically sloppy, but then again, no one is going to...
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    How accurate can I expect my flint lock to be?

    My kit is in the style of J.P. Beck. It's my first one as reported so it's a learn-as-I-go project. I'm having a heck of a time inletting that octagon barrel! Especially the top side flats. I ordered a Rice barrel. After seeing all of the replies to my question I feel much better about my...
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    How accurate can I expect my flint lock to be?

    Yeah, one good point of flint lock shooting that seems to be universally agreed upon is that shooting them will make you a better shot with your other guns because of the steady hold and longer follow through required. The kit that I am getting comes with a Colerain barrel with a 1 in 56" twist...
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    How accurate can I expect my flint lock to be?

    I'm seriously considering getting my first flint lock.It will be a kit from Track of the Wolf , since I really enjoy working on things like this. I've been reading as much as I can about this type of weapon but can find little on what I can expect in the accuracy department. Mostly people will...
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    No more fast-twist Grenn Mountain Barrels?

    I was talking to a rep. at Track of the Wolf about a rilfe kit that I was interested in and when I mentioned that I would be primarily shooting conicals out of it and therefore required a faster-twist barrel, he informed me that they no longer carried such barrels because Green Mountain stopped...
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    Conical bullets for .32 and .36 caliber rifles

    Could I expect properly sized .32 or .36 caliber pistol or rifle bullets meant for cartridge guns to work and be accurate in a muzzleloading rifle?
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    Conical bullets for .32 and .36 caliber rifles

    I've seen several rifle kits that could be used for target shooting that come with fast twist for conical bullets available in .32, .36, .40 and .45 caliber. While I've seen a large variety of conicals available for .45 caliber and a few for .40, I've never even heard of conical bullets for the...
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    No more fast-twist Grenn Mountain Barrels?

    I was told by a reputable source that Green Mountain is no longer making muzleloading barrels with a fast twist any longer, just patched round ball barrels. If this is true, how can Pecatonica and others still continue to offer rifle kits with fast-twist barrels? Can I expect to get one of these...
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    Muzzleloading accuracy

    I'm not really new to black powder shooting per se as I have been shooting percussion revolvers for about 15 years, but I am a complete neophyte when it comes to long arms. They just seem so much more complicated, like they are from two different worlds. There are just so many more variables in...
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    Muzzleloading accuracy

    I just getting into muzzleloading and something that I was wondering is, how accurate can I expect a good quality long arm to be? I'm talking percussion-lock, small to medium caliber rifle. I used to target shoot cartridge guns competitively so accuracy is very important to me. I would like to...
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