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  1. Notchy Bob

    How to make jute tow

    That’s exactly how I do it, too. Great minds think alike, as my dad used to say. For starting fires with flint and steel, I start with about a two-foot piece… three handspans, from the tip of the little finger to the tip of the thumb. Cut that in half, then cut the halves in half, and you end...
  2. Notchy Bob

    Save your money...

    Thanks, Howard! That’s interesting. Sounds like the WD-40 treatment worked out all right. I don’t think I’ve tried it on wood, but I’m guessing the DCM rifle stocks in 1975 were either oil finished or varnished with an oil-based varnish. The WD-40 evidently worked pretty well on them. WD-40...
  3. Notchy Bob

    CLOSED Old buffalo hide

    Man, some of you guys have some really cool stuff! I don’t get out to rendezvous, but I’ve always wanted to have a buffalo robe here at home to spread over the bed and sleep under. The Lady of the House is a bit less interested in these primitive doin’s than I am, though, and if I got one I’d...
  4. Notchy Bob

    The real story about Hugh Glass Mountain Man & Grizzly attack...

    Yep, yep. The attack took place near the Grand River in South Dakota. I was last up that way in 2006. I think there is a historical marker near the presumed site of the mauling, but I didn’t see it. I did see the river. We think of grizzlies as mountain or forest animals, but that’s mainly...
  5. Notchy Bob

    Save your money...

    I agree with Sam. WD-40 can be very useful. It displaces water, dissolves grease, and lubricates until it evaporates. Those last two points can be problematic. It may dissolve and remove other surface protectants, then evaporate within a matter of days or weeks, leaving bare, unlubicated and...
  6. Notchy Bob

    Jackie Brown "Carolina Smoothbore"

    Those very large triggerguards were on the Northwest guns. The Carolina guns had triggerguards made from a simple strap, but the bow was not nearly as big as on the Northwest guns. Why did Northwest guns have such big guards? @smoothshooter has summed it up pretty well. The mitten theory...
  7. Notchy Bob

    SOLD $350 OFF Pedersoli Lorenz 1854 Infantry Type II Rifle

    @bornintheussr , I sent you a PM. Notchy Bob
  8. Notchy Bob

    SOLD Custom 54 halfstock.

    I have not examined the subject rifle, but the seller advised us that it has a .54 caliber Green Mountain Barrel. I can state that Green Mountain's standard twist for .54 caliber muzzleloader barrels is 1:70. Their barrels typically have eight grooves, 0.010" - 0.012" deep depending on...
  9. Notchy Bob

    1860 Army large screws for shoulder stock

    Yes! They look ugly and they are unnecessary, and @Snooterpup 's "fix" is very neatly done. I also saw his later post with some of the production numbers, and these suggest not all that many of the old Colts were of the four-screw variety. In my opinion, the "Military" (four screw) versus...
  10. Notchy Bob

    Jackie Brown "Carolina Smoothbore"

    Yessir. Mine if 5/64". No liner, either. Touch hole liners are vastly overrated, and unnecessary in smoothbores like these. Thanks, Walt! Notchy Bob
  11. Notchy Bob

    Jackie Brown "Carolina Smoothbore"

    Hey, @WALT53 , I use 7/8” x 1” black English flints, and they seem to work pretty well. Those are what was recommended for this lock by Track of the Wolf. You do have to make sure they are positioned far enough to the right (for a right-handed lock) so the left front corner of your flint won’t...
  12. Notchy Bob

    Dare I post the link?

    Ha! I wore gray. You and I would have been on different sides back then, but we would have had fun, anyway! That’s great, that you held on to your old pistol. I’d love to see a photo, if convenient. I really wanted one of those as a backup for my musket, but never did get one. Notchy Bob
  13. Notchy Bob

    Dare I post the link?

    I remember those! I had one of the muskets, and my best buddy had the pistol version. Both were genuine Parris (or Paris ?) models. Both of us also had real guns (bolt-action .22 rifles) that we used with supervision, and we knew the difference between those and the toys. No orange muzzle...
  14. Notchy Bob

    Save your money...

    Good old Hoppes! I still use the #9 on my smokeless britch-loaders. I haven’t tried their blackpowder solvent, though. How is it different from #9? Does it smell similar? The main ingredient in #9 is kerosene, although you might not know it from the aroma. Notchy Bob
  15. Notchy Bob

    Duck Target For Pattern Testing

    I thought the question was interesting so I Googled “duck target” and got a bunch of hits. Some ( maybe most) were irrelevant but Ballistic Products has flying duck patterning targets. They are big, like 40” x 38”, but they have rings pre-printed for counting pellets, and they are on sale...
  16. Notchy Bob

    .62 Rifle Build, 2nd Try

    Good shooting, Bob! That rifle sounds like a keeper. Notchy Bob
  17. Notchy Bob

    Spring bear #2

    Good going there, @victor#0 ! Please tell us more about your rifle and load. It sure got the job done! Notchy Bob
  18. Notchy Bob

    my recreation of the Shenandoah Valley double pouch

    I think that pouch you made is outstanding! It is very nicely put together and is a very good representation of a genuine original. I am also impressed by those buttons… they show very creative thinking and they look really good. I do have a question, if you don’t mind. What type and weight...
  19. Notchy Bob

    SOLD $350 OFF Pedersoli Lorenz 1854 Infantry Type II Rifle

    Yessir. Check out post #17 (by @Eras Gone ) in this thread: Pedersoli's M1854 Lorenz Rifle The video in that post is just under eleven minutes long. At about 2:30, he finds the spare front sight in the container, shows it, and briefly discusses it until about 3:00. At about 3:25, he shows...
  20. Notchy Bob

    SOLD $350 OFF Pedersoli Lorenz 1854 Infantry Type II Rifle

    I understood that the front sight was dovetailed in place. If I remember correctly, that was in a video from Eras Gone. However, I have not had an opportunity to examine one of these rifles myself, and could easily be wrong. It has happened before… Notchy Bob
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