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    NY State wins the 2023 New England Flintlock Championship shoot this year!

    Gee, late to the party, but as a NYer (Hey!!! Upstate NY, not downstate!) I was real happy to see this post. I will have to keep my open for next year, and if able reach out to the team. I am relatively new to flinters, but what the hey?
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    Stuck

    a mouse grabbing the end?
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    Hunting with glasses

    Lifetime eye glass wearer. As mentioned, be sure not to cover your nose....keep a bit of ventilation around your face. When you go to use your scope, what is most effective for me is to simply slow down your breathing/gently hold your breath and dont linger at the scope. The longer it is up to...
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    New to traditional muzzleloaders. Questions on loading

    Generally speaking....most standard sidelock muzzleloaders use #11 primers, with the nipple designed to take them. Military muskets used a much larger 43 winged cap, likely designed that way for a larger ignition spark and easier handling. The nipple itself is probably twice the size of the # 11...
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    Chunk Guns

    ....they dont exist if you dont have pictures to prove it!!! :)
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    Ingredients required

    I looked up flint mining in NY....and was amazed at finding out a several thou8sand year old flint quarry existed towards the Hudson. The area is now owned by an Archeology association, but is publicly accessable. I am very much looking forward to checking it out in the not too distand future. I...
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    Ingredients required

    Huh. Interesting. I hadnt heard that before, surprisingly. Gotta look it up.
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    Ingredients required

    Not much flint here in Central NY. I did read where there was a vein of a low quality flint no too far from here, but I havent had a chance look for it. I was once assisting on a trail where it was known Indians summered, and in one spot open to the summer breeze they always looked for flints/...
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    New to traditional muzzleloaders. Questions on loading

    graffs and sons for powder and primers, probably your best shot. Primers are chancey, and it initially seems expensive when you factor in the hazardous shipping costs, but if you buy 3-4 lbs and a grand of primers, it levels off the cost greatly, and you will probably be well set for a while...
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    To clean or not clean??

    I shoot league using Bore Butter and patched ball. (heads up...BB is no longer made!!!!) . I do not do any cleaning or wiping between shots, and can usually go about twenty shots before I need to run a few patches. Fouling is minimal. BUT....absolutely without fail clean your rifle when your...
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    Another Cherry Colonial

    Very nice job.
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    Kibler barrel lug drilling/ relief cuts...

    Thanks guys! Lots of great tips here I am looking forward to trying out. I think I will start with correcting my Colonial before I go to the SMR. A good new saw is on my xmas list.
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    working on SMR

    I like the horn! I am thinking about doing something similar with my SMR for a toeplate when I can finally get to the durn thing.
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    kit build help please

    most all bluing/browning solutions have specific instructions to plug the barrel. You shouldnt have any problem finding compatible screws. I am sure you should be able to find a schematic for the rifle online showing the screw size, then order them up from any of the suppliers/amazon. You may...
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    Kibler barrel lug drilling/ relief cuts...

    Thanks guys, a lot of information here. I am thinking perhaps the cheap crap saw I bought initially may be a big part of the problem. Any recommendations on a good quality saw that wont break the bank? I find them ....jeesh from a few bucks (junk of course) to a hundred bucks and more, which is...
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    Kibler barrel lug drilling/ relief cuts...

    Hello all! When building my Kibler Colonial, I felt I "cobbed " it, in that I was totally unable to make the relief cuts on the barrel pin lugs. I ended up just using the drilled holes figuring I would get back to them.... Now I am preparing to get started on my SMR, and thinking....lets get...
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    New member from upstate NY

    Welcome from the Tug Hill!
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    What blows me away...

    ...but that is not to say that there were not....there were.....gunsmiths /blacksmiths who could produce firearms from the blanks of iron rod/plates, to the finished product. It was a matter of economy, and advancing technology continuing to today.
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    What blows me away...

    I am always surprised that folks nowadays seem to think folks two hundred years ago were not as intelligent as today....that what we think of couldnt have been thought of before. Labor was cheap....subsistence level. Learned frequently from young childhood until you dropped in old age. Also...
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    Kibler's Hunting Pouch

    It looks very nice, but a lot fancier than I think would match up with my SMR.
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