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  1. Mike in FL

    Patent Breech Investarms Hawken failures to fire

    I have found my Lyman/Pedersoli GPR doesn't like the powder dumped in, but trickled while tapping the butt plate on the ground as it goes in.
  2. Mike in FL

    Hey!

    Out of surgery! Woke up talking about patch thickness, nurse kept saying, what? What? Spine fixed with bolts. I be sneaking thru the wildwood in no time dragging expired carcasses. Thanks for support.
  3. Mike in FL

    Am I the only one who doesn’t really care for carving on a rifle stock?

    I ought not have called it vanity. Sometimes I screw up. Didn't mean to ruffle feathers. A shrink would likely tell me I'm jealous of those with beautiful rifles.
  4. Mike in FL

    Hickock 45 Dry Balls It

    Me either. He's not such a nice fellow off camera.
  5. Mike in FL

    Am I the only one who doesn’t really care for carving on a rifle stock?

    I agree. A rifle with machine carving (let's assume it's a Kibler) is not unique or custom in the sense of "special" because others are just like it, while hand carving is one of a kind even if the pattern is basically the same. I guess paying for ANY carving is vanity, and if I want to be vain...
  6. Mike in FL

    Am I the only one who doesn’t really care for carving on a rifle stock?

    Not just carving, but ANY decoration on a muzzleloader is functionless and has vanity as its motive. I don't like it. Just like engravings on an unmentionable, it merely adds to the cost. Not only that, but if the owner uses a gun with a carved stock, it will gather dings and scratches, and how...
  7. Mike in FL

    Who among us are PIPE smokers?

    I'm of the opinion that if you do not smoke a pipe because you fear health consequences you ought not speak about those concerns to those who do. Obviously those who smoke pipes and enjoy it do not share your concerns. So why tell them they are wrong, especially if you engage in other activities...
  8. Mike in FL

    Well, here’s my woodsrunner (pic heavy)

    Wow. The finish is amazing. Looks like a liquid surface. I almost expect it to move.
  9. Mike in FL

    Dark Finish on standard maple

    I've noticed a trend in stock coloring, in my area at least. In the 80S it seemed most wanted light shades of stain, darker in the 90s, and very dark now. The prettiest stock I ever had I left the color up to the builder having seen rifles he had made. That wa about 1978. He made the walnut very...
  10. Mike in FL

    Kibler fowler - Has anyone shot round ball?

    I hope you will keep us posted on results. 'Tis extremely interesting.
  11. Mike in FL

    Kibler fowler - Has anyone shot round ball?

    Very interesting. You know your stuff.
  12. Mike in FL

    Kibler fowler - Has anyone shot round ball?

    You sound confident in bending the barrel. Have you done that before? I'd be freaked out by that. Can you look down the barrel and see the bend? And how do you know how much to bend it? It seems to me it would no longer fit the barrel channel. My ignorance is because I've never owned or fired a...
  13. Mike in FL

    Kibler fowler - Has anyone shot round ball?

  14. Mike in FL

    New from north west North Carolina

    Welcome, sir, from FL. You live in a state that has it all, especially if you are a hunter or fisherman. From the Outer Banks to the Bule Ridge, NC has a rich history Black powder guns make up a big part of that history.
  15. Mike in FL

    .62 smoothbore as an all around gun?

    I've never had a smooth bore, but you fellas have got me more than interested in a 20/62 flintlock.
  16. Mike in FL

    patch knife?

    Phooey, I posted that twice. I thought the first one didn't go thru.
  17. Mike in FL

    patch knife?

    I don't think we can declare or say as fact that the 16th and 17th folks didn't have patch knives or short starters. They would certainly have the means to make such things. About the strongest thing we can say we can say circumstantial evidence indicates they did not and that none have been...
  18. Mike in FL

    patch knife?

    I don't t I don't think we can know or declare there were no patch knives or ball starters. All we really have is circumstantial evidence. Just like ball starters and flintlock Hawkens. I think we should consider what COULD have been made. Maybe there were individuals living here and there who...
  19. Mike in FL

    3F powder vs. 2F in .54cal flintlock rifle

    Yes, each rifle is an individual.bWe can only get in the ball park with loads that did best with recommended loads or one that that worked perfectly in another gun.
  20. Mike in FL

    32 Crockett cleaning headaches

    Good point.
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