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    A Mowrey

    Search Allen & Thurber on the internet and you’ll see quite a bit. They made a lot of guns, primarily pepperboxes and you’ll see a direct linkage from those pistols to the rifle. He also made percussion shotguns. The partnership was dissolved and in 1857 until 1864 continued production as Allen...
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    A Mowrey

    I own the original Allen & Thurber rifle that Bill Mowrey used to copy for his “Mowrey” rifle. i had dropped it off at his gun shop in Jacksboro, Texas In early 1964. It had (and still has) a broken sear spring so I left it to be replaced. Well, time went by and every time I checked it was not...
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    Coning Barrels

    David, I'm Joe Wood, maker of the tool, and you can find a lot of information about it by clicking on this link: MUZZLE CONING TOOL You can also click on my "F" on the left side of this post and start a private conversation with me. I'd welcome hearing from you. And THANKS to all of you who...
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    If I was a man living on the frontier during the revolution what would I have carried?

    Folks, I hate to tell you this but someone on the frontier most likely used whatever gun they had access to, if any. Ninety nine percent of them were dirt poor and were lucky to even have anything that would go “boom”. Despite images we have many did not even have a gun. And carefully worked up...
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    “Judge” H.E. Resley Rifles.

    I knew the judge fairly well back in the late 50’s. Y’all gotta remember at that time we did not have all the reproduction parts available now, nor the hands on experience of handling originals. You just used whatever parts happened to show up in garbage bins or gun shows. Or you shot...
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    Well I got the Smoothbore, but now...

    Almost every flintlock barrel I have has had the barrel bent. Back years ago over the course of several years I had rifles built for me. I had noticed on many originals that the sights were nearly always dead center on the barrels and was convinced the gunmaker sighted in his finished product...
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    Preferred Cleaning Patches?

    I best I have found is Scott Heavy Duty Shop Towels. Paper is solvent proof and works great! Just double the patch to get enough thickness. Cheap, efficient, and readily available,
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    GOEX PLANT

    How much powder can be stored on a shelf before a magazine is required?
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    GOEX PLANT

    My, how times change! When I started shooting muzzleloaders in 1958 our powder was made bu DuPont and sold in one pound flasks that fit neatly in a coat pocket. Cost about $1.50 pound!
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    FOR SALE MUZZLE CONING TOOL

    For over 30 years the premier muzzle coning tool. Click on this link for full information: https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/muzzle-coning-tool.121223/
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    MUZZLE CONING TOOL

    Copied from a letter I received: “Could I please order one of your barrel coning tools for a .62 caliber? I also wish to commend you on your tools as the .54 tool I purchased from you in May has worked perfectly on every rifle I have used it on. Loading from the block is a snap, with no change...
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    How we ordered before the internet

    Heck, I remember $1.00 pound Dupont black powder that came in oval flask shaped cans. Threw away a lot of the empties! Stupid!
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    How we ordered before the internet

    I remember ordering from DGW back in the fifties when he was a one man operation operating from his home garage. Most items were what we would today call poorly made but remember this was the beginning of the muzzleloading revival and everyone was starting from scratch. Yes, I recall the flints...
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    Whitworth rifle range report

    Don’t know if this helps but in my .451 PH Volunteer with Henry rifling I use a 492 gr slug, mold made by Ron Long of Denver a long time ago. I cast pure lead and grease the grooves with a mixture of beeswax and patch lube. .125 hard card underneath and 100 grains Goex FFg. Gun is deadly...
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    Manton, Master Gun Maker

    A near Manton. Here is my W.H. Wilson of London double made in the late flint era. My guess is it was built by Alexander Wilson, late of Manton. Has about every useful Manton feature imaginable. Gun is in immaculate original condition. Sixteen gauge and with very modern dimensions. Few realize...
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    How long do you spend cleaning your long rifle after an outing at the range

    For my flintlocks it is a quick, simple job. I pack paper towel into pan, close frizzen, and then begin. I scrape the face of the breech plug first. Then I wet patches with Windex and wipe several until fouling is out and patches are fairly clean. Then dry patches. I then open frizzen, remove...
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    MUZZLE CONING TOOL

    “Thanks, Joe..... I have done quite a bit of research on the topic of muzzle coning and your product is always at the top of everyone’s list! —Bill”
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    Weird blown patches

    Coning the muzzle will cure this problem. May I suggest you look under “Muzzleloader Sponser Market” and look at the muzzle coning tool. It certainly cured simliar problems I had with my rifles. And best of all, no more short starters!
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    How do you keep the ramrod from moving forward under recoil

    As said in a response above, if it is a wooden ramrod just heat the middle section over your stove and bend the rod slightly. Be sure the bend is behind the rear thimble. That’ll keep it in and is authentic. Old time ramrods were formed from split hickory not sawn so it was naturally bent in...
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    MUZZLE CONING TOOL

    “Joe I could not be more delighted with the results I got using your muzzle coning tool. Following your directions to the letter the whole process took about 90 minutes. Now I have a York County longrifle that is all the more authentic (surely 18th century shooters never heard of a short...
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