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  1. Phil Coffins

    Fire Retardant Paper Cartridges

    How about trying it yourself? Do a test piece then use a match at home to see if it’s worth testing in a firearm.
  2. Phil Coffins

    Musket Nipple Replacement Question

    I would expect it to work well. The large musket caps are easy to handle and can be placed on the nipple correctly with out looking. This, I believe is why the military used them.
  3. Phil Coffins

    Brass Black

    A deer will see, hear, and smell you long before noticing a brass tack.
  4. Phil Coffins

    Brass Black

    Easily.
  5. Phil Coffins

    Woodsrunner Builders - Tools and Supplies?

    A tip, start with the bottom flats to develop your filing technique.
  6. Phil Coffins

    Storing your powder and pouring it

    Paper.
  7. Phil Coffins

    Woodsrunner Builders - Tools and Supplies?

    Draw filing with a clean sharp file that you knock and brush the filings out of often will get to about 320 grit with sharp corners pretty quick. This barrel shows the extra writing removed by draw fileing before sanding. IMG_0525 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr
  8. Phil Coffins

    Seeking Opinions on a Recent Kibler SMR Purchase Experience

    I think it came out to your advantage. Buying on the internet is always a gamble, just move on would be my approach.
  9. Phil Coffins

    Skill - barrel making - where to learn

    Look up “ colonial Williamsburg, gun smith” video. It will give you a good idea of the process. They do it without power machines but the process is what it takes. Or visit Kibler’s web site and he shows how he rifles a barrel with state of the art machines.
  10. Phil Coffins

    Not enough actuation in T/C Hawken hammer?

    Short answer, the hammer throw is not adjustable. Changing locks or parts isn’t adjusting but may get what you want.
  11. Phil Coffins

    Woodsrunner Builders - Tools and Supplies?

    I sand with backing blocks after filing. It depends on what finish you want, I prefer no file marks and that includes a mat finish all the way to very smooth. Quality isn’t just skin deep! :)
  12. Phil Coffins

    Woodsrunner Builders - Tools and Supplies?

    On files, a 8” single cut smooth mill file for draw filing the barrel. And a set of jewelry files to detail the brass. Most of the chisels to complete nearly anything are in the picture but as I make them they don’t have names except the vainer. Tru-oil is first rate to me, you can get any...
  13. Phil Coffins

    Would you trust these threads?

    No, don’t use that nipple and the breech threads are not to be trusted! You need a machinist or gunsmith to do the job or risk losing another hat or far worse.
  14. Phil Coffins

    Investarms Plains Pistol Half-**** Not Secure

    That fly should move freely when the sear is in the full **** notch, if not it is being held up by something. Clean, oil and / or deburr, it won’t take much.
  15. Phil Coffins

    Investarms Plains Pistol Half-**** Not Secure

    This lock has a fly as well, easy to see in the second photo.
  16. Phil Coffins

    Investarms Plains Pistol Half-**** Not Secure

    This one has a fly and that second click is the sear going past the fly. Normal operating and correct operation.
  17. Phil Coffins

    Opinion on maple stock

    Typical effect of AF showing off the figure. That 3D effect is seldom achieved by common stain, the darkness is controlled by how and how much you apply it. Nice wood.
  18. Phil Coffins

    Investarms Plains Pistol Half-**** Not Secure

    Is this with your finger on the trigger or completely off the trigger? If the trigger is pulled this is exactly how it should work.
  19. Phil Coffins

    Shot the old Lyman 54 some yesterday

    If you can’t load more then two your doing something wrong. What’s all the details of your load? I shoot an entire match without swabbing so it can be done.
  20. Phil Coffins

    couple of questions

    I wonder what Kit Carson or the rest of the frontier rifle men used?
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