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    Question about Loyalist Arms and Repairs

    If you take any prescribed drugs, they are probably made in India. Major segments of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry include generic drugs, OTC medicines, bulk drugs, vaccines, contract research & manufacturing, biosimilars and biologics.
  2. M

    Military Heritage Arms aka Access Heritage arms in Canada ?????

    You’d easily double your money and still give someone a bargain. And have 20 years of fun behind you.
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    Moulding balls

    That’s 800-900 degrees celsius, not Fahrenheit. (1400f+) Bullet casters will never get lead hot enough to “fume”. If you do smell something, it’s flux or impurities, not lead.
  4. M

    Truck Gun?

    Black powder doesn’t have vapor like gasoline.
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    Moulding balls

    This is from the stained glass industry… Lead Poisoning The concern about lead poisoning is mostly irrational paranoia steadily fueled by propaganda dispersed by companies that would like to have lead banned so you will be forced to switch to their more expensive alternatives. Leaded gas was...
  6. M

    Moulding balls

    I don’t believe you were “smelting”. Smelt; verb extract (metal) from its ore by a process involving heating and melting.
  7. M

    How many barrel wedges are enough for a heavy halfstock barrel?

    One will do since the wedge don’t hold the barrel on. The wedge holds the stock to the barrel, not the barrel to the stock.
  8. M

    Does anyone use homemade Cut Shot?

    “It would be an easier proposition of there was such a thing as lead wire” There is, it’s called solder.
  9. M

    Finishing nails for barrel pins

    Bright finish are plain nails. Bright means polished.
  10. M

    Dumping Ballistol and Gun Oil

    ... a substitute for sperm whale oil Fortunately, Jojoba oil - available at your local health foods store - is the next best thing, and easier to get now that the Japanese are no longer harpooning sperm whales.
  11. M

    Antiquing percussion revolvers

    Defarbing is not related to making something look old or antique. Defarbing is removing modern markings on replicas.
  12. M

    Primitive Arrow(s)

    I doubt that the Cherokee were using stone points in the 18th century. Once the Europeans showed up with metal the American “Stone Age” probably ended.
  13. M

    Themed License Plate Ideas

    Several years ago I had “44 WCF”.
  14. M

    Harper's Ferry Flint .58 Rifle?

    Are you positive it’s .58 caliber? All the Pedersoli Harpers Ferry pistols I’ve seen are .54. Edit. Your are correct, it’s the conversions that are .54 cal.
  15. M

    Indinan Trade Gun Nosecap

    If you’re asking about the British, I believe they supplied most of the world.
  16. M

    Why Muzzle Down?

    I’ve seen many military armories and read many historical accounts, and have never heard of service arms stored muzzle down. Quite frankly, if oil is running out of your weapon, you’ve used to much oil and/or didn’t wipe it down properly.
  17. M

    Muzzleloading Myths

    And now it is sold in plastic containers.
  18. M

    Vent liner

    The threads being removed aren’t holding anything now. How would removing them make it “unsafe”?
  19. M

    Tap and Die Set

    But charts are less prone to mistakes.
  20. M

    Tap and Die Set

    They make charts for that. No maths involved.
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