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    Hand Morters

    Since the original post was about hand mortars which only had a 2.5 inch bore and were used to lob lit grenades, I doubt there'd be enough bore room for much beyond a grenade ball. There was one specific design intended to launch a grappling hook but not sure exactly how it's barrel was...
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    What Made You Choose Flintlock?

    Beauty is in the eye of the bee holder! http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/07/20/00/427A0EDE00000578-4712504-image-m-15_1500506566088.jpg
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    Curious Matchlock

    [/url] You can tell everyone it's the Jezail that shot Dr. Watson. Since he once said he was hit in the shoulder and later says the leg and Mrs. Hudson even remarked the cold or rain "won't do your old wounds any good" the retort to "Where was Dr. Watson shot" is 'in Afghanistan'! The...
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    Curious Matchlock

    Our pleasure. Great to think one day it might even go BOOM...even if lightly. Now you got to assemble the proper togs so you can do your Eunuch's Squadron impression! :shocked2: :rotf: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/47/2b/d0/472bd0008f4c883c8b4dd80765125d03.jpg
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    New gun!

    Congrats...that's a keeper. Love the hat too...trying to decide on what good mountain man name we need to give you but stuck between Zebulon and Jedidiah! :haha: What kind of outfit you got on Jess? They may help with the decision! :rotf:
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    .66 Caliber Flintlock Tower Pistol

    IF someone has adjusted and hardened the lock parts it's probably a shooter. Dixie used to do that on orders for an additional $4.00 back in the day. They can all stand the removal of a lot of extra wood so they'll have the lines of the originals.
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    Blueprints with dimensions

    Dixie and TOTW do , or did, have layouts to scale of some rifles and pistols. I got a full sized set of the guns made by North Star West made from the second owners Bill Wescombe and Bob Rathbun. I had asked about their guns and they sent full sized blueprints of the standard trade gun, the...
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    .66 Caliber Flintlock Tower Pistol

    Back in the 60's & 70's Dixie Gun Works sold them and would tune the locks and harden parts for the princely sum of $4.00...them were the days! :wink: They could all stand to have about half their wood schnitzled off to make them have the clean lines of the original Land Pattern Pistols that...
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    I have no idea what I have

    It does bear a strong resemblance to a Tryon made O/U gun I saw in a set of pics recently. The JHS letters pin stamped on the breech are interesting but the only connection I can find so far are for the Jacobsburgh Historical Society, who does have a muzzleloading program. Not a likely match but...
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    Loading question

    Sneaking up on it! https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2117/1952946982_ff0ce5b9b7.jpg
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    Hawken sights

    https://www.trackofthewolf.com/imgPart/rs-ha-5_1.jpg TOTW also carries that sight and their pics are great. They even have additional riser bars in case you make an 'oops' filing for range.
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    Camp and Trekking Food Favorites.

    Here's one I used to make for my late wife. Finding hulled barley was a bit tricky till whole foods came to Austin. She was from Iowa and taught me all about using the asparagus...like rhubarb, pick it small and tender! :wink: http://www.doctoroz.com/recipe/hulled-barley-shrimp-salad
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    Down to the wire.

    Good going guy...I vote for smothered venison over homemade noodles! :thumbsup:
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    Loading question

    Would you settle for one of these? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/90/0c/01/900c01be4acc81841403fb07ef49f865.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/50/3c/a6/503ca621f91fdc0bed643e9c57c8b10c--funny-certificates-award-certificates.jpg...
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    .66 Caliber Flintlock Tower Pistol

    TOTW, and others, sell pre-cast round balls. .662" would you be a bore size fit and probably hard to use. Next descending sizes are .648" and .626" and would depend on actual bore size and thickness of patch material. Or, you can load them as military style paper cartridges.
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    Loading question

    Eligibility in the Knights of the Golden Whanger Award! :shocked2: :rotf:
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    What Made You Choose Flintlock?

    Oh yes, certainly. To me the whole situation is best summed up by some of our own local history. The head of ordnance, he also being Sect. of War, for the Republic of Texas was George W. Hockley, one of those dyed and true 'flint & steel' and didn't mind telling anyone who'd listen. When...
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    Vertical ambush

    Seen 'rattling' for bucks but never 'scraping' for squirrels! :wink: :haha:
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    What Made You Choose Flintlock?

    Would have to do some digging to find them but have seen several original comments about old time Texans keeping their flint rifles but toting percussion pistols and revolvers. No one ever said specifically why they did it but just noted it as what was being done. Go figure! As for Zombie...
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    Loading question

    At least we're closing the terminology gap! :wink: We've got "whanger", "wanker" and "dinker". Now all we need to do is figure out how to include John Madden's term for a kicker hitting the upright..."doinker" and we're there! :rotf:
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