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    First Two Horns

    A month or so ago, I posted a few pictures of a priming horn I made out of a cows horn I found out in the desert. That was the first time I did any horn work and I sort of got bit. So at the Western Regional I bought a copy of Sibley’s book and a horn to fool around with. I still work part...
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    I can still get a little horny...

    I got that lathe from a place called Leichtung workshop. It's a mailorder outfit. I haven't ordered from them in a long time since I stopped doing big wood projects 4 or 5 years ago. maybe you can findthem on the net. wirewiz
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    I can still get a little horny...

    :thumbsup: The last day of the waterfowl season was January 27th. Tom Slaughter and I were jumping some stock ponds out in the desert when I spotted an old cattle skull under some mesquite bushes. About 10 feet or so from the skull was this little horn, just about covered with dirt and mud...
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    Octagon Barrel Scraper

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    Octagon Barrel Scraper

    A few weeks ago someone asked about a scraper to inlet octagon barrels. It took me a while to find this homemade tool in my old Muzzle Blasts. I wish I had this scraper back in ’62 when I made my flinter. I hacksawed that scraper from a WWII machete. This tool is adjustable and can be used...
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    Saved From the Dumpster

    I would like to thank all of the members who have commented on my repair of Don’s old rifle. One thing about this forum, ask for advice, and you’re gonna get it, even some you didn’t ask for. When Don mentioned that he might like to fire the rifle a few times, I told him I’d run it by the...
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    Speed Loaders

    Paul V pointed out that this is a one accurate shot hobby. A fast second shot is more of having things convenient to reload the same as the first. I’ve used this setup in the pics for the range and field for at least 40 years; since I first discovered that the caps from disposable one-use...
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    any gun builders close

    I'm with you on this Mike. once in a while I'll have somebody want to watch me fix a tooth by holding up a hand mirror. Their jaw can be as numb as an inline shooter's brain and they are still gonna jump when that diamond burr comes close to their bombed out molar. That can cause bleeding and...
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    Saved From the Dumpster

    to identify when it was repaired. I know where the rifle is now. who knows what someone may claim years from now.
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    Saved From the Dumpster

    Thank You you've given me the final reason for not shooting this rifle, the wood. It was so dried out that the buttplate and toeplate would not fit together, I had to trim some brass to get it to line up. If you look at the 2nd pic you can see deep in the lock mortice a brown line, that is the...
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    Saved From the Dumpster

    Thank you for your kind words.I've already written the story of that first build, Iwanted to show it to the Dixie Gun Works folks at the Western Regionals last Feb.but they did not show up like they use to. It's really a tribute to Turner Kirkland. The story is still siting on the shelf.
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    Saved From the Dumpster

    The pouch had in it what the pic shows, the balls caps and nipple pick. I did what Zonie suggested, that is soaked it with neatsfoot oil. It did soften up nicely.
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    Saved From the Dumpster

    Thank you Mike, I was begining to get a big head. I guess we coud have let the patina coninue to develope in the local landfill. Sincerly, wirewiz
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    Saved From the Dumpster

    Thank you all for your kind words.I don't type and I paid people to do my computer work. I'm paying for it twice now. Be sure to make the Western Regionals. see you there. Wirewiz
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    Saved From the Dumpster

    Greetings fellow M/Lers, from a "NEW" old timer. I was informed of this forum by ZONIE at the Western Regional in Phoenix. this year. I think that I’ve been through every forum and post, many 3-4 times, the symptoms of relapsed addiction for sure. I can see that a person needs a computer...
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