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Personal Protection
Wouldn't it be nice if all confrontations could be resolved by a single response? What bothers me about several of the replies in this thread is that some of us are apparently willing to depend on the presence of a personal weapon of any sort as a deterrent to violence. It often works out that...- Tanglefoot
- Post #43
- Forum: Handguns
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Kentucky Longrifle percussion one piece full length stock
All of those already mentioned, plus the Log Cabin Shop.- Tanglefoot
- Post #8
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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20 ga. Bunny Busting load?
In South Texas, I use 60 grains of FFg behind a .600" PRB and aim between the eyes. If'n ye wound `em, they're apt to charge.... !- Tanglefoot
- Post #7
- Forum: Smoothbore
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Feather Hole
Mostly I carry a couple Jay feathers in my hat band. Can't imagine drilling a hole in my rifle stock for that. They ride there with no problem, don't seem to get lost, and don't get in the way either. I don't keep `em in the vent unless it's wet outside or if I'm going to leave my rifle...- Tanglefoot
- Post #36
- Forum: Flintlock Rifles
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What do you carry in your patch box when hunting?
Spare flint and leather wrap, tiny loading board with two patched RB, a few cleaning patches.- Tanglefoot
- Post #23
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloader Hunting
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Source for Vent Plug Feathers
I use Blue Jay feathers. There's a pair that lives near here and they frequent my wife's bird bath in the back yard, so they "donate" feathers from time to time naturally.- Tanglefoot
- Post #13
- Forum: Shooting Accessories
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Powder Horn Explodes today
Thanks for the Don't-do-this story. That's a serious case of "Aww, Shucks!" but I'm right glad that you weren't hurt worse. Those are nice looking buffler horns too.- Tanglefoot
- Post #28
- Forum: Shooting Accessories
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Your most 'interesting' muzzleloader transaction ?
Once upon a time when the world was young and so was I, my Dad called to say a friend of his was closing his "camp" and had some old guns he wanted to get rid of before the place sold, and was I interested in looking them over. I was. Long story short, Dad and I visited his friend and looked...- Tanglefoot
- Post #111
- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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Dumb question?
Move the rear sight in the direction you want to move the bullet strike. The front sight - just the opposite. It ain't deffi ... difi ... hard.- Tanglefoot
- Post #32
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Another "No" to muzzleloader hunting....
Like most things, folks, it depends on where you are -- eastern state or otherwise. I've hunted in New England with muzzleloaders, particularly in New Hampshire and Vermont, but we did a lot of ML shooting in other localities too, even Massachusetts. Shucks, the whole Muzzleloading Hunter...- Tanglefoot
- Post #43
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloader Hunting
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Taking a Blacksmithing class
Howdy Mulebrain, Just a suggestion: A section of tree trunk (Oak, maybe?) might be better'n that cinder block as a base for your anvil. If you do much pounding ... and how could you not ... the block you've got might start to crumble. Nothing spoils a forging project like having the anvil...- Tanglefoot
- Post #23
- Forum: The Craftsman
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Just a show of hands, how many make their own ammution?
Cast my own RB. Always have. It's part of not being any more dependent than I have to be. When I was doing considerable magazine work, I got swaged RB's from the manufacturers because they were the most consistent I could get, and I weighed the ones used in testing. Sometimes now I cast...- Tanglefoot
- Post #123
- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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Taking a Blacksmithing class
You might want to check out a book titled: Blacksmithing Basics For The Homestead by Joe DeLaRonde. Joe operates DeLaRonde Forge in Mancos, Colorado and he's been hammering black iron for a living for 40+ years. You can look over his website at [email protected] and get a copy of the...- Tanglefoot
- Post #10
- Forum: The Craftsman
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Yet Another Kibler Longrifles Kit Build...
Take heart, gents. I spent many years juggling eyeglass prescriptions, first just glasses then bifocals, then trifocals. Then cataracts kicked in. When the eye doc fixed the cataracts he fixed two of the three vision problems and mended an astigmatism for good measure. Now in my late (very...- Tanglefoot
- Post #175
- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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Too Pretty to shoot
By the bye ... I once went into a roadhouse in an eastern state for lunch while I was working there. The place was recommended for it's food and that was good, but the bar section was decorated with antique firearms hanging on the walll paneling. There were flintlock Pennsylvania rifles, and...- Tanglefoot
- Post #67
- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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Too Pretty to shoot
A lot of years ago, I decided that since I wasn't wealthy, I could spend what I had on the best quality I could afford - a better barrel or a better lock or some fine craftsmanship - or on "pretty" but I couldn't afford both. So my `skins ain't beaded or quilled and with one exception my tools...- Tanglefoot
- Post #66
- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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How often do you run into other muzzle loader hunters?
It depends on when and where I'm hunting. If it's "ML Only" season, there are plenty. If regular season, not many. Here in Texas a lot of hunts are on leased land and then the only hunters on the place are muzzleloaders. On public lands it's back to which season, which legal arms, etc.- Tanglefoot
- Post #33
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloader Hunting
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Ramrod for loading in the field...
It's a personal decision like so many of them, but as Zonie so accurately described, there's a safety issue also. Hickory ramrods are traditional, authentic, and functional but you really need to do some prep work and be aware of the issues. I use hickory rods for all my shooting, but I do...- Tanglefoot
- Post #31
- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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Testing the flintlock?
Zonie, That was a very patient and considerate response. Good for you!- Tanglefoot
- Post #22
- Forum: Flintlock Rifles
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Baker Rifle builds
Doc White has built Baker reproductions. You might check with him at: White Muzzleloading | White Muzzleloading- Tanglefoot
- Post #19
- Forum: Flintlock Rifles