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  1. Shine

    Taping the barrel

    The air that's pushed ahead of the projectile blows off the tape before it's gets there.
  2. Shine

    the officers fusil - its place in history

    38 inches was considered short.
  3. Shine

    Dangerous mass produced muzzleloaders

    Yeah , what he said :grin:
  4. Shine

    Delhi Gun house - have you held one?

    It is my general rule not to buy a gun from a country that does not allow it people to shoot one.
  5. Shine

    Sno Seal?

    I don't think it even works on boots very well.
  6. Shine

    Mike Lange Fowler

    :grin:
  7. Shine

    Mike Lange Fowler

    If you add tacks it wil be more tactile the next time you have reach down the outhouse pit
  8. Shine

    Mike Lange Fowler

    Don't question my tactics you know how my tactical mind works. :blah:
  9. Shine

    Mike Lange Fowler

    Its an inside joke. Bryon comes to our rondy. Im not that tackey :grin:
  10. Shine

    Mike Lange Fowler

    now add some brass tacks and you'll be all set. :slap:
  11. Shine

    Muzzleloading the sport, hobby, or what you call it needs

    For the most part when my little boy sees me enjoy something he joins me. He is 4 its my job to teach him the skills. He has a little plastic Hawken that loads rubber bullets from the muzzle. He spent the whole day hunting an inflatable joke deer head I had in the cellar. :thumbsup:
  12. Shine

    1795 springfield

    Im thinking of trying to track one of these down. I know pedersoli used to make one. Has anyone had any experience. I have a cool rack for one in mind for the the décor in my den. :grin:
  13. Shine

    Native American 1812 era Brown Bess?

    I'd spank him then
  14. Shine

    Native American 1812 era Brown Bess?

    Flintlocks were in use on reservations longer than anywhere else. Mostly because of rules governing use of firearms by Indians after the 1870s it may be a gun that was provided to hunt with be not really a threat to the modern guns of the day. This might account for the tacks they do look like...
  15. Shine

    Native American 1812 era Brown Bess?

    It could have come out of mexico also. Imagine a gun pilfered from the Mexican army. :wink: A few years ago I owned a 3rd model in shooting condition. It came out of a gun shop in Old Town maine. It had come from Canada and remained in one Penobscot family all these years. Some knuckle head of...
  16. Shine

    fusil de chasse?

    They were used well after I have seen several originals here in maine converted to percussion . That being said very few if any were brought to North America after the French and Indian war
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    Charleville "blessing hole" question

    I have heard of this for a long time. I have seen several of these plugs. A lot of original French arms show up here. I actually had a special "business" rifle blessed by a chaplain once. Chaplain Madden was quite a cat he blessed it with a grin. :grin:
  18. Shine

    fusil de chasse?

    This is my current one. I have owned at least 5 it is by far my favorite style of smoothbore. Im a little Biased I was born and raised in what used to be New France.
  19. Shine

    fusil de chasse?

    Or you could ask a bunch of guys who love to talk guns on a muzzleloading site. Just sayin
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