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  1. The Appalachian

    Another option for caps.

    Materials, plus labor, plus shipping. Mark up materials to cover all overhead incurred, calculate enough labor time to make it worthwhile, and ship as cheaply as possible. Incorporate all costs into one "price" per 100, or 500, or 1000, and say "free shipping".
  2. The Appalachian

    Another option for caps.

    I think my son just bought a printer off the Amazon. Maybe the same one. Added: Nope, he says his is an ANYCUBIC photon 2. I know NOTHING, about these things.....
  3. The Appalachian

    Another option for caps.

    Think outside the box. Print a new dimension capper for the printed caps......
  4. The Appalachian

    Fears Deadly Deer Disease Could Infect Humans

    2 years in whitetails according to a Virginia F&G biologist.
  5. The Appalachian

    Front sight advice PLEASE

    Honestly, given the choice, that's what I would do too.
  6. The Appalachian

    Front sight advice PLEASE

    There is a good reason to "tin" the mating surfaces of the two parts. It's an old plumber's trick. Look in any plumber's box of copper fittings and the ones he's using that day are already lightly tinned. What it does is in this case, 1) ensures there's a good adhesion of solder to the base...
  7. The Appalachian

    Front sight advice PLEASE

    Because that wasn't the question. The OP wants to reattach the same sight.
  8. The Appalachian

    Front sight advice PLEASE

    To re-solder without damaging the metal finish: you need bare clean metal on the mating surfaces. Create a perimeter line on the barrel with a light scribe by tracing around the sight base. Sand up to but not over the line. Clamp the sight to the barrel in its precise location. Generously but...
  9. The Appalachian

    Pawnshop find , what is it ??

    Not a Bambi, it's a Fallow Deer, or Axis. They wear spots their whole lives.
  10. The Appalachian

    Shining Times

    000 3M synthetic steel wool and some very patient work. Use a head lamp so you can see where you've dulled the shine, and where you haven't. Do your level best to NOT break through the finish or you'll be stripping it off and starting over being poly. Then, when you've dulled the shine, use Axe...
  11. The Appalachian

    Convert percussion to flintlock.

    It's called switch ignition. Done with a drum for percussion and a vent liner for flint, with a flat faced breech. Easy, and perfectly safe. My main rifle right now is a switch ignition. Siler percussion lock, L&R flint lock, Colerain barrel.
  12. The Appalachian

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Was gifted this FFFg yesterday. Told the guy it was worth a couple Venison Summer Sausages at least. He didnt say no to that. Gonna use it in the CVA flint pistol I recently put together but haven't fired yet.
  13. The Appalachian

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Melted down 4 clean/fluxed ingots worth of bullet cores that were in a 50 cal ammo box full of shells that my son dragged home, and were in a really ugly state of corrosion. Mixed core lead is usually one or one and a half brinell point higher than dead soft but still works great for...
  14. The Appalachian

    My Mail Lady.....

    Well, she did speak to me dropping off my brand new 20 lb melting pot this morning. She wanted to know what the heck was in that heavy package. I told her 50 lbs of lead. She said well gold always comes insured and signature so we figured it wasn't that. Lol. I told her it's Hillbilly Gold......
  15. The Appalachian

    My Mail Lady.....

    So, what's your total price, shipped, on 50 pounds of clean pure lead. Serious question........
  16. The Appalachian

    My Mail Lady.....

    Nope, and I'm not even going to try. I've watched videos of guys breaking one down and recovering the lead. LOTS of flushing (acid), and LOTS of messy nasty work getting the plates seperated from the innards of how a battery is made. Unless I was absolutely desperate with no other options, the...
  17. The Appalachian

    Who's got the best lube?

    Gets old doesn't it.....
  18. The Appalachian

    My Mail Lady.....

    When was the last time you bought from them? Lead has been reclassified and all the scrap yards around here will buy everything you can haul in to them, but won't sell a single ounce unless you have a hazmat license.
  19. The Appalachian

    Who's got the best lube?

    Pretty fond of 50:50 bear oil and deer tallow.
  20. The Appalachian

    My Mail Lady.....

    Kinda sorta makes up for my brand spanking new 20lb ladle pour lead pot coming out of St Louis Missouri getting sent to Utah first where it's apparently STUCK and not moving. Last time I checked a map, Virginia is east of Missouri, not west.
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