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  1. JDBraddy

    Manufacturers of Thompson Center Hawken Barrels

    Had a disagreement with a college professor once, almost 40 years ago now. He insisted that a recently published sources where the more reliable and dependable, therefore prefered sources about the rise of Christianity, many contradicted older sources dating back past the middle ages, in some...
  2. JDBraddy

    Manufacturers of Thompson Center Hawken Barrels

    I've been shooting black powder less than a year, so I don't have a clue, other than what more experienced shooters here have been telling me. I get very confused when those who should know more give conflicting information, it becomes like religion and politics, you have to choose what you...
  3. JDBraddy

    Manufacturers of Thompson Center Hawken Barrels

    I have this one, would love to know who made it.
  4. JDBraddy

    lubing patches

    Has anyone tried using lanolin as a patch lube?
  5. JDBraddy

    lubing patches

    I like it a lot better, you don't always get the patch material consistently wet during a match or hunting, the dry patches are consistently slick. They are easier to store in folded in a snack-sized ziplock, of course I do swab between shots with a patch dampened with a couple squirts from the...
  6. JDBraddy

    lubing patches

    I cut at the muzzle, and have had good luck with cutting patch material into 1.25" - 1.5" strips, rolling them up and placing them in a solo cup, then vigorously shaking then pouring either 1:7 ballistol / water, or olive oil / isopropyl alcohol, over them in the cup, then laying them out flat...
  7. JDBraddy

    T/C Seneca .36 caliber

    Mine works ok with .015" patch, but groups better with .018" to .020" patch, lubed with 1:8 ballistol / water.
  8. JDBraddy

    T/C Seneca .36 caliber

    .36cal 33" Rice barreled T/C Hawken arrived this past week and is impressing me so far. Sighted in @ 50yds using 30gr. Then, just to see what it would do, moved to the 100yd. line. Increased the charge to 55gr. It was a hot windy August afternoon in Central Texas, 107'F with wind full value...
  9. JDBraddy

    Calibre questions

    If those are the rules, then that's fine, but if not, then why be at a disadvantage?
  10. JDBraddy

    WANTED Flat bottom, leather, drawstring, ball bags.

    3-4 bags about 3" diameter by 5" tall, conservative colors, but easily able to tell them apart at a glance without having to open them. The ones I currently have, hold .40cal and .45cal balls, also carry .32cal, .36cal, and .50cal balls in my range box.
  11. JDBraddy

    WANTED Peep sight

    No, sent you a PM.
  12. JDBraddy

    Calibre questions

    Am new to the small stuff, only had it a couple months, so am still feeling them out and testing their limits. Have a .50cal Hawken with GM barrell that I keep as a dedicated 100yd gun. I also have a. 40cal Hawken with GM barrell that is my primary match rifle, and will shoot cloverleaf groups...
  13. JDBraddy

    2024/2025 Squirrel Hunting Thread...........

    Yea, am dating myself, but had a Crossman 160 not the much improved 760. I don't even know the laws here anymore, am sure they're not the same as they where in the late 60's - early 70's. You know how our ruling marxist oligarchy loves to regulate everything enjoyable until it isn't enjoyable...
  14. JDBraddy

    2024/2025 Squirrel Hunting Thread...........

    I went small game hunting almost daily as an adolescent, usually with a crossman pellet rifle, but haven't hunted in almost 50 years. Thinking I would love try going again, especially with a muzzleloader, but live in a city, don't own land, and wouldn't have a clue where to go anymore. 🤔
  15. JDBraddy

    Calibre questions

    Brought out the .32cal Cherokee and tried shooting sillhoettes at 50yds again, hit the pig three times using 20gr, increased the charge to 30gr hit it twice more, it turned sideways, but didn't fall. Increased the charge to 40gr, and hit it twice more before it finally fell over. Don't think...
  16. JDBraddy

    FOR SALE WTB T/C peep for Hawken

    Fair enough.
  17. JDBraddy

    WANTED Peep sight

    Have a Lyman 57 GPR that I will part with for $80 + shipping.
  18. JDBraddy

    Well I will tell ya...

    Yea, nothing like going to a public range, and sitting next to the guy trying to sight in an AK with $30 red dot at 300yd. and boucing steel case brass, off your $$$$ custom rifle and March scope, all the while complaining about rich a**-holes with "pretty -guns".
  19. JDBraddy

    WANTED Flat bottom, leather, drawstring, ball bags.

    Anybody on the forum make flat bottom, leather, drawing ball bags similar to these? Would like 2-3 more in various colors, for different caliber balls.
  20. JDBraddy

    Well I will tell ya...

    Guess my experience is sorta reversed, I was a competitive benchrest/ F-class shooter, frustrated with restrictions and novices at public ranges. I had no interest in black powder guns at all, but found a black powder club and joined just to have access to their range. Went to one of their...
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