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  1. Onojutta

    Lyman trade Rifle

    The Lyman TR is a great gun. It was my first muzzleloader (flintlock) and it has taken more deer than my modern scoped rifle. Is yours 50 cal? My 50 cal load was 80 grains FFFg with .490 ball and .020" pre-lubed patches. Honestly I never tried anything else because that worked just fine.
  2. Onojutta

    Differnce between early and late Lancasters

    Not close at all, especially by 18th century standards. While you're right about gunsmiths being exposed to other areas, migrating, etc. there were many other schools closer to Lancaster, e.g. York, Berks, Lehigh, even Emmitsburg, MD is just about as close or even closer to Lancaster than...
  3. Onojutta

    Patchboxes...What for?

    That's right, it's a wonder how many different interpretations there have been of that brief excerpt I provided. In its context, the author was simply stating that patchboxes are rarely used in modern times and suggested that a decorative inlay that looks like a patchbox but does not open or...
  4. Onojutta

    curly maple finish.....guestion

    There have been lots of threads on this so some searching the forum might yield some good results. Suffice it to say that applying any sort of finish to any wood work is more art than science. Two or three guys could follow step by step instructions and end up with very different results. The...
  5. Onojutta

    Patchboxes...What for?

    All this reference to grease is interesting. Am I understanding this to mean the grease was simply placed inside the patchbox or hole, right in contact with the wood without any sort of container? If so, that sounds a bit messy, and prone to running out on hot days. I have a hard enough time...
  6. Onojutta

    Patchboxes...What for?

    That sounds a bit awkward to me. Once the powder is poured into the barrel (tube), now the shooter must go to the other end of the rifle to retrieve the patch material in this case, risking dumping out the powder from the business end. Wouldn't it be more practical to first retrieve the patch...
  7. Onojutta

    Patchboxes...What for?

    ...which was the point of the quoted reference.
  8. Onojutta

    Patchboxes...What for?

    Why not keep these items in the shooting bag?
  9. Onojutta

    Patchboxes...What for?

    Just curious, do you put anything in your patchbox? One of the authors of "Recreating the American Longrifle" commented that patchboxes are rarely used in favor of shooting bags. That may be true today, but I'm sort of wondering how they came to be, since shooting bags have been around for a...
  10. Onojutta

    My First Build is Done - TVM Lancaster

    That looks fantastic, and I can't see a trace of that PC Woody anywhere. :grin: I wasn't as fortunate to have a mentor for my first build, but this forum sure served as a close second. Lot's of great advice here from some real masters who are willing to take the time and help any of us...
  11. Onojutta

    Front sight issues...

    On my first build I made a similar mistake by not cutting the dovetail deep enough. My site looked just like yours. The problem was that I had already filed the angled dovetails into the side, so I could not deepen the notch without also making the angled sides too wide at the bottom. I came up...
  12. Onojutta

    Final Barrel Oil Finishes

    I'm also in the camp that any oil will do. My first barrel that was treated with cold blue i used BLO after watching a Larry Potterfield video on YouTube in which he used BLO because he said it was traditional. But he did say that any light oil would work. Maybe the advantage BLO has over...
  13. Onojutta

    Creeping trigger

    A little play before the trigger contacts the sear is normal, as someone else explained earlier. But if you're complaint is that once it contacts the sear, you feel like the trigger is moving too far back before the gun goes off and it's not very crisp, this could simply be that the pivot point...
  14. Onojutta

    Beginner Patch Questions

    These guys have given you great advice. Zonie is spot on about the thickness. It's important to maintain the consistency of the thickness of the patch material, otherwise you may find your groupings really change if you change patch thickness. You can also buy the pre-lubed pre-cut patches...
  15. Onojutta

    Lexington riffle progress

    Thanks for sharing. I like that trigger guard and have one very similar to it. I find the way the rear is shaped to be very comfortable when gripping the wrist.
  16. Onojutta

    Inletting a Toeplate

    I used a rasp and a file to remove wood from the rectangular portion down to near the thickness of the toe plate, and a small chisel and sharp knife for the rounded front. Then from there, inletting black and a small chisel to achieve the final fit. Leave a little tail sticking out the rear...
  17. Onojutta

    Another rookie takes the plunge....

    Fred, in that picture you posted of the lug, why did you do a dovetail slot and solder, as opposed to just solder directly to the barrel flat?
  18. Onojutta

    Your thoughts? Thinking of getting a flintlock.

    Totally agree, and that's what inspired me to build my first longrifle. But the Lyman was an affordable way to get a good quality flintlock rifle to start with.
  19. Onojutta

    Your thoughts? Thinking of getting a flintlock.

    A .50 Lyman Trade Rifle got me hooked on flintlocks. Extremely reliable and accurate for a production gun, and very affordable.
  20. Onojutta

    Some silver wire inlay on an English rifle

    Thank you for taking the tame to generously share your work and knowledge. Could you incise the line using a venier the way some layout carving designs or would that make too wide of a cut for the wire? Also, is it difficult to prevent from staining it, or difficult to apply the stain to the...
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