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  1. Tanglefoot

    NMLRA members

    It was 1976 that the first classes were taught in New Hampshire. Somewhere around 1982-83 that the recertification was denied.
  2. Tanglefoot

    NMLRA members

    Earlier this month I posted a lengthy description of how the Muzzleloading Hunter Safety courses got started by members of a local ML club in New Hampshire, which spread through New England, New York, and Pennsylvania. One of the individuals who was deeply involved with that effort changed jobs...
  3. Tanglefoot

    Powder horn sizing plug

    Interesting. You can buy a tapered sizing plug from Powder Horns And More. Me, I use an old earthenware flower pot of the appropriate size. It's tapered, it's heavy enough if you're careful, and the water wont hurt it. Once you work it into the soaked horn as far as you want, leave it there...
  4. Tanglefoot

    FFFFFFFFFpowder????? I just have to laugh

    Sometimes a “new guy” doesn’t know enough about the subject to ask a good question. Sometimes they have been given information and don’t understand enough yet to know that the person who told them was clueless on the subject themselves but acting knowledgeable. Here’s a case in point. It’s...
  5. Tanglefoot

    Ditch The Patch Knife

    Well, the question never has come up for this child. Been a traditionalist since I started shooting muzzleloaders back in the 60's with a battered Remington 1858 and and a Harper's Ferry rifle, both originals. There weren't a whole lot of sources for supplies and materials then and I didn't...
  6. Tanglefoot

    Classic muzzleloader photos.

    Here's one taken at the 1985 NMLRA Southwestern Rendezvous near Marble Falls, Texas.
  7. Tanglefoot

    Classic muzzleloader photos.

    Here's one from a while back, on the Brazos River. Me on the pony, with my GRRW Leman Indian Trade Rifle. That's my buddy Mike Hughes, aka "Two Bears" in the fur hat with his .50 caliber J&S Hawken Slant-Breech. I believe this was around 1981.
  8. Tanglefoot

    Tenessee Mountain Rifle

    There's a "Blast From The Past!" We got hold of a couple of those rifles when DGW first started carrying them and ran an evaluation of them, worked up loads, and did some accuracy testing. Published a write-up with the results in a rag called The Trade Blanket, and another in The Buckskin...
  9. Tanglefoot

    Zippo lighters and media images.

    My old PX Zippo cost me $1.60. Somewhere along the way it got a coin brazed on the side of it -- I disremember what kind of coin, but it was one I got in change in a far place. The lighter itself was battered and worn, had been back to Zippo two or three times for repair and they always...
  10. Tanglefoot

    St. Louis Hawken recoil

    Huh! My .54 J&S Hawken loves a 90-grain load of FFg and doesn't have an uncomfortable recoil. Nobody has asked that I've seen, but what round ball size and what patch/lube are you using? Is it hard to load --- ie: Do you have to hammer it down? An oversized ball or too-thick patch (or both)...
  11. Tanglefoot

    Wedge stuck on an 1851 Navy

    Several people have already suggested making a brass drift with a rectangular cross-section. I have one of those, and also one made of red oak, which doesn't scratch or scar soft metal surfaces like brass or mild steel. Both of them were made from scraps found in my "Someday" box --- ie...
  12. Tanglefoot

    Old ball mold

    That’s easy, 45. You wrap the grips with rags or leather, or just cut a couple of branches and put temporary wooden handles over the metal ends. Dixie used to sell “nutcracker” molds that looked very much like that. I’ve got one for my Trade Gun because I couldn’t find a .610 round ball mold...
  13. Tanglefoot

    Where do you draw the line?

    Well shucks ..... ! Some years ago, I was invited to a "Primitive ML Match" at a site 3 or 4 hours drive away from where I was living. I loaded my tin pony and went. Got there in my buckskin britches and calico shirt and moccasins and discovered that the host club's idea of a "primitive...
  14. Tanglefoot

    Where do you draw the line?

    I’ve been doing this for a while now, and after seeing and hearing a great many “expert opinions” I formed a personal approach to such folks. I listen carefully and politely, thank them for their inputs and ignore them from then on. My good friend and hunting partner for many years, Jim B...
  15. Tanglefoot

    Guess The Price That Was Paid Circa 1990 !

    I bought and/or won several pounds back about that time, so didn’t need to buy any. When I was in college and feeding two originals - a battered 1858 Remington .44 and a .54 flintlock - I used to buy Dupont at the local hardware store for $1 a can. As I recall I bought caps for the Remington...
  16. Tanglefoot

    Swamp rabbit!

    Thank you, gentlemen. That's Cody and bushy, for the folks who don't know. T'was the truth. For every really great shot I've made over the years, there have been a bunch of misses so it's fun to tell folks about the good `uns.
  17. Tanglefoot

    Swamp rabbit!

    Nope. Texas ******* rabbits are a whole different critter. They're mostly hind legs and big ears, and when they get up to speed they can cover a lot of ground mighty quick! A friend of mine up in West Texas used to hunt `em riding cross-country standing in the back of a moving jeep. ( That...
  18. Tanglefoot

    Chert

    I could use some flints —- rifle, pistol, and musket size — and I have plenty of chert but I’m unable to make my own. It’s a skill I never mastered. Also, between “clumsy” and “arthritis” I’m barely able to scratch my …. Well, never mind. While I’m posting, several folks commented about...
  19. Tanglefoot

    WANTED Black Powder Themed Necktie

    Wear a ML themed tie tac with a regular tie. Before I retired I wore one often. Got miy mineature flint lock tac from Pilgrim Pewter. Got one hats a tiny pipe tomahawk too.
  20. Tanglefoot

    Curious diagonal stringing

    Chances are good that what you've got is a high spot in the barrel inletting. As the barrel heats up it will bear on that spot more and more, causing a change in the barrel vibration and therefore changing the strike of the next bullet. I had the same problem once --- a new rifle was centered...
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