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  1. tenngun

    When was the last percussion shotgun sold in the United States

    I don’t know how many came to the US, but Belgian smoothbore percussion guns were being made up to the 1960s, most went to Africa and south or central america
  2. tenngun

    Cleaning Kibler Woodsrunner?

    I like to paint the underside of my barrel and barrel channel with bees wax. I pull my barrels now once aver few years and that treatment keeps them clean.
  3. tenngun

    Boot Pistols?

    I think you’re right, been years since I was there. But I was taken aback by the amount of single shot boot pistols sold in such numbers.
  4. tenngun

    Boot Pistols?

    The wreck of the steamship Arabia in 1858 had barrels full of boot pistols in this style. Like today folks buy expensive working guns, but also el cheapo. I expect a lot of folks would carry one who couldn’t afford or did not want to spend on more expensive guns
  5. tenngun

    Why a Fowler

    I took mule deer in New Mexico and Wyoming , elk in Colorado and antalope in Wyoming or Utah, I was hunting Wyoming but may have got over the line. All with .50 or .54 rifle It was all in smoothbore range. That’s not to say a rifle isn’t better in the west, but Indian, Mexicans , French and...
  6. tenngun

    Did military blunderbusses use buckshot paper cartridges?

    Civilian blunderbuss were loaded with buck. We have an autopsy of an English Lord who was killed in his carriage by a hired killer. In places blunderbuss(i?) were used they were used for their sawed off shotgun effect. I would think they would be loaded with shot
  7. tenngun

    Personal Care Lubricant for Muzzleloaders-What do you think?

    You can only find out if you give it a try. As long as the lube prevents the patch from burning it seems to work. We all have magic formulas cooked up in the kitchen with arcane knowledge, but iv shot spit, wheel berring grease, transmission fluid, lard, possum fat, mink oil, olive oil, olive...
  8. tenngun

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

    American rifles cr 1750-1800 typically had some sort of carving. I can’t do it, so all I have on my Lancaster is some raised molding and cuts in the cheak plate. That’s historically incorrect for my style gun. But for me better none and incorrect, then garbage I would get if attempted
  9. tenngun

    Robinson Crusoe's guns?

    Spanish general use knife. They have an edge that sweeps to a point then a false edge for about the half of the blade length Some could be Bowie sized and was the go to knife for Spanish I use one in my Santa Fe trail outfit as I could have gotten one in Santa Fe
  10. tenngun

    Hey all from Daetsville.

    Where is Diatsville
  11. tenngun

    Food Wraps

    Townsend sells an imitation animal bladder to top a jar with. I got some but didn’t really have a need for it Much stuff was covered in lard or tallow. So a greased cloth could keep it clean.
  12. tenngun

    Question for the many builders about lock finish

    Me too
  13. tenngun

    How long does 1’000 caps last for an average shooter

    I’ve got a life time supply as I only use them on my revolvers, many twenty a year I live in the Ozarks and flint grows wild around here. I buy plenty but shoot a lot of home made
  14. tenngun

    Question for the many builders about lock finish

    That wasn’t the point Bill, it was wrong info I got from trusted people, suppliers of the parts. I have to say, I learned more from your vids then so many book I’ve got
  15. tenngun

    Who among us are PIPE smokers?

    You don’t see that with pipes, there is no ‘addiction’ related to it
  16. tenngun

    Question for the many builders about lock finish

    My first build was in the late 70s and my lock was the L and R English ‘waterproof’ style. I was told by the dealer not to finish it, or the barrel too, as that would make the browning solution easier to apply. It was twenty years and a few guns made before I learned the right way
  17. tenngun

    Who among us are PIPE smokers?

    Call up surgeon general ant tell him, or why your at it try NIH in England, who found it took five bowls per day to set a pipe smoke to the same life expectancy as non smokers, and seven to decrease life expectancy As I pointed out in my post the increased life span isn’t related to pipe...
  18. tenngun

    Raw wool instead of flax tow

    That would be a neat thing to investigate, could Cotten stripped like hemp both loaded as wad, I wonder if it would act different I shot tow as a wad and dog hair, I had a yourkee that I could brush enough hair from to make good wads, I mixed them with lard and ran a ball down the bore. I...
  19. tenngun

    Blackening

    Candles smoke, I’ve bought inletting black, and that’s handy, but cheap red lipstick is real cheap at Wally World
  20. tenngun

    Who among us are PIPE smokers?

    According to the surgeon general of the USA, after extensive study it was found on average pipe smokers outlived non smokers by three years Now I doubt there are any health benefits of pipe smoking but pipe smokers tend to be type B personalities. And that has an advantage that’s not injured by...
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