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    Leman Squirrel rifles

    "Awful' is a state of mine...get what you like and enjoy it every time you make smoke! :thumbsup:
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    Not a long barrel

    http://blog.davide-pedersoli.com/shooting-an-original-18th-century-flintlock-short-rifle/ Although the M.1787 Hussar Carbine was essentially a stocked, smoothbored pistol barrel and used by hussars who would seldom ever be involved in gun combat, although the 10 'Karabiners' of each squadron...
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    CVA Universal scope

    Scope? Scope?. We don't need no stinking Scope! Well, maybe.... http://www.wrtcleather.com/1-ckd/firearms/assault-bess-3.jpg
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    December VIDEO

    No capot in Texas! https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/7f/a7/0b/7fa70bc93d1de02fc6ffbae3d2089486.jpg
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    Ballistol

    That's fine at teh range but that "clean" smell will be picked up by Bambi at least a furlong away! :shocked2: :rotf:
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    TC patriot 45 Good/Bad?

    Gun Broker, Guns America and Guns International all list them at present
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    CONNECTICUT VALLEY ARMS (CVA)

    Sounds like you're into wall hangers...I would humbly suggest that if that's so you choose something more appealing that commercial muzzleloaders! :wink: :haha: http://up.picr.de/30810443yy.jpg http://up.picr.de/30810444yg.jpg 1.25" bore and 13 feet long! Now that hummer covers some wall...
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    meat on a rock

    If you're really interested, here is the real poop on the subject...well, maybe here the real skinny on whale poop! :shocked2: :headslap: :wink: :rotf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_feces
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    Antelope rifle

    Flagging works best from late September to mid October. Just tie a handkerchief to the muzzle and wave back and forth till ole George notices...then just up and down occasionally to keep his attention as he closes in. Appears to appeal to their curiosity, territoriality and herd dominance...or...
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    How to stain a hemp belt.

    Even better...let the grandkids play with it unsupervised a day or four...if they're like mine, they can unravel a cannon ball if you just leave them alone a while! End of the week end it'll look just finely weahtered. :shocked2: :headslap: :rotf:
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    New Member in Illinois

    Cool! Belleville is an old town with a lot of history. Fort Chartres in a bit farther down the river with another century of French History beyond that. My grandparents live at Signal Hill, the border between Belleville and East St. Louis. My folks went to see about my Mom's Mother who had a...
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    Rupp Smoothbore suggestions

    At least two of us here have 46" barreled fowlers...not a mistake at all. Especially when your eyes are three score and ten! :wink:
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    Northwest trade gun kit

    Check out TOTW site under gun making. They have a number of gunsmithing options including many steps that may worry a new builder. Most are $25.00
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    CONNECTICUT VALLEY ARMS (CVA)

    Hate to be a spoil-sport but not all .45's take the same ball size..."therein lies the rub!" :wink: :haha: Be sure to check and double-check! :thumbsup:
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    TC patriot 45 Good/Bad?

    They began the Patriot and the Seneca line in 1972 and quit all in 1997 following the factory fire the year before that destroyed all their tooling.
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    What Made You Choose Flintlock?

    If you're lucky, there's the Chipius Flintei Maximus bush! :rotf: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/1e/90/ff/1e90ff4d9e3830f06bb40198c9311777--flint-knapping-cherokee-indians.jpg
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    Hello from North Central Texas

    Yee-hah! & Heidi Y'all! Welcome to the addiction! The stuff is evil and will steal your soul! :haha: Actually, it's tons of fun and when you jump in, never fear about asking questions...and there will be questions. I'm just a couple years behind you and got hooked way long ago when Fess Parker...
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    Flint pistols

    Again it's going to depend on the style you choose but early in the 1700's pistols tended more toward 12" barrels and this shortened to more like 9" but mid century...this being in standard flintlock pistols. The Queen Anne types ran a bit shorter for their charging system allowed better...
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    Which two

    The hardest part in answering your question is a general lack of certain information about early rifles. The actual fact is there are few, if any, surviving rifles made prior to 1750, that can be accurately dated. Rifles appear to have developed over a decade or more from their Germanic Jaeger...
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    Just completed TVM Lefty .50 construction photos

    Somebody is going to have fun! :thumbsup:
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