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  1. Mike in FL

    Contacted Kibler about Hawkins rifle.

    When Jim offers a Hawken kit, you can bet it will be authentic in form and function and appearance. It will be percussion. The barrel will be at least 34" and at least 1" across the flats. It will not be like the lightweight easy-carrying rifles that is about all we've known since 1970. It will...
  2. Mike in FL

    Roundballs verses Conicals..??

    Well said, sir.
  3. Mike in FL

    How clean is your bore?

    Not to say the amber coloring is not WD-40, but how do you know? I just never saw that before. Never used it on a gun but it is a great protectant for tools like pruning shears and hatchets, or loosening stuck nuts and bolts, etc.
  4. Mike in FL

    Roundballs verses Conicals..??

    When did conicals come into use? After percussion rifles came on the scene? I've never used them but I can see the benefit on large game.
  5. Mike in FL

    How to cut grease notches in a ‘58 Remington cylinder pin?

    Me too. Ballistic or more often Moosemilk. I might be the only person alive that does a sort of cleaning every six shots. That includes cleaning the barrel with Ballistol and squirting some into the action. I'm weird that way. With rifles I clean after every shot.
  6. Mike in FL

    Built a Range Box..

    I like it! All my BP stuff is in a large hardshell brief case. Digging around inside for whatever I need is a real chore. You done good.
  7. Mike in FL

    32 accuracy at 50yds,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    I have no use for a 32 caliber anything. That's just me though. Obviously I'm in the minority.
  8. Mike in FL

    Contacted Kibler about Hawkins rifle.

    A percussion gun removes me from the list of potential customers, but I'm sure Jim will attain many new ones who have thus far not bought any Kiblers because they don't care for flintlocks. And I'm certain Jim knows what he's doing.
  9. Mike in FL

    Adding an APERTURE to your glasses so you can SEE the sights!

    Pete is "on target" with his advice. You can actually buy a device you attach to glasses frame which provides the hole. I've not used one for years because I discovered how well low magnification reading glasses work. I use 1.25, which is weak enough that the target is only slightly fuzzy but...
  10. Mike in FL

    Kibler woodsrunner

    That's what I would have done. Working on the innards of a lock is definitely not my thing, especially when you shouldn't have to because it is new and I think it's always better to let the master fix it.
  11. Mike in FL

    Kibler woodsrunner

    Lost in shipping or lost my Jim?
  12. Mike in FL

    Kiblers Woodsrunner

    Anyone who has assembled that many knows everything there is to know about that product. The OP should contact you directly with details and photos.
  13. Mike in FL

    Hudson bay Blankets

    I've got a four point I've had for many years. I keep it in a plastic ziip up thing to keep out moths. Also got a Capote made from one. Without that pointy klan-looking hood which I cut off it is a very warm garment on cold autumn days. I dearly love those blankets. Remember Blanket Brigade? I...
  14. Mike in FL

    Track of the Wolf

    You think the hump can be knapped off? I hadn't thought about that.
  15. Mike in FL

    Track of the Wolf

    W0w, 50. That would do me for evermore.
  16. Mike in FL

    Track of the Wolf

    That is good to know and the answer I need. I didn't keep the receipt nor the packaging, but I will ask for flat next time.
  17. Mike in FL

    Track of the Wolf

    I tried twice before to post this but never saw it get through. Problem may have been on my end, don't know. Anyway: has anyone bought flints from Track lately? I ordered a dozen Black English flints for my Colonial. Each one has a very high hump, so high that the jaws screw had to be backed out...
  18. Mike in FL

    Test

    Okay got it fixed
  19. Mike in FL

    Test

    Test. I've not been able to post. I can respond to posts, but can't start a thread. Test test test
  20. Mike in FL

    .36 vs. .44 "Stopping Power"

    "No such thing as stopping power" has become a made up truth by gun writers. Consider the truth that when we defend ourselves with a firearm, our intent is to stop the assailant, not to kill him. Or rather that should be our intent. Some calibers hit harder than others. A hard hit produces more...
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