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  1. Flint62Smoothie

    My latest daydream: A Kibler escopeta ...

    Wow, love, lOvE, LOVE that 2-barreled one! Super! And I too LOVE the Catalan stock shape. And built by none other than Brian … man, that’s a winning TRIFECTA right there! Can you imagine that someone on here once had the audacity to call mine ‘butt ugly’???? LOL! Built by Steve Krolick, as a...
  2. Flint62Smoothie

    Pyrite

    Cutting - Best method I’ve found, with significantly LESS waste than a diamond tile saw … but heed the CAUTIONS! Read: https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/cutting-pyrite-easy-w-diamond-dremel-discs.170513/ Size/Shape - Usually rectangular, sized thin enough to ensure the pyrite...
  3. Flint62Smoothie

    Swivel Gonne fun ... FORE!

    Yes, Dom made it.
  4. Flint62Smoothie

    Swede Snaplock, oh my what a cool lock ... and such a BIG girl!

    Huzzah! She shoots, she fires and with that BIG true 75-cal ball and 80+ grain charges, she kicks like a mule, even though hangs out there well at 10-pounds. She's a 46" barreled 77-cal EARLY musket. The stock design and workmanship is just superb and the lock mechanism is unique as all get out...
  5. Flint62Smoothie

    Swivel Gonne fun ... FORE!

    This is mine, but I let a friend shoot it who is having some ‘wife’ issues. It shoots golf balls. The maximum charge is 400-grains, but we were only shooting 100-grain loads at the 200-yard berm … and we never saw a golf ball in flight … FORE! I told him to light the TIP of the fuse ...
  6. Flint62Smoothie

    JB gun cleaning

    Fine ... but I only use it for 'light' frosting of a bore and see no need for regular cleaning, were tepid water accomplishes anything and everything I ever need for cleaning muzzleloading bores. For me, if I need something to be more aggressive, I like a strip of ScotchBrite wrapped around a...
  7. Flint62Smoothie

    TC 56 caliber, why 56? why not something smaller?

    Yup, unrifled 58 bores made expressly for Mass. I once had one and put 4-shots through the same ragged hole from a bench @ 50-yards. Told my Dad, he was with me ... but he didn't believe me .. and yet it was he who taught me 'how to' shoot, LOL!. Then I told him I'd intentionally hold 1" low...
  8. Flint62Smoothie

    reproduction smith carbine manual

    FWIW I have the same issue with a like new otherwise MINT Pietta Smith Carbine ... takes 2 hands to break her open, nevermind it is already not the most ergonomic designed opening feature for a lefty. I have heard of people adding a 'shim' under the tail of the locking strap (which is actually...
  9. Flint62Smoothie

    Why did odd stocks die out?

    Definitely style as prime influence #1, as one can look as many related aspects of things related to our pursuit, like clothing, hats or shoes, and see how the 'fashion of the day' had its influence. Heck, even throughout the middle of the 20th century here in the US, a man wasn't considered as...
  10. Flint62Smoothie

    CLOSED Handgonne

    793 steel, on a decorated tiller.
  11. Flint62Smoothie

    SOLD Eastern Possibles Bag, Jaeger style rifle sling, & Horn strap from The Leatherman

    That was a STEAL … already have one & still almost bougth that set!
  12. Flint62Smoothie

    CLOSED Handgonne

    I have a TRS 75-cal I can sell, pics later via PM.
  13. Flint62Smoothie

    DIY brass wire lanyard loops

    Nice work!
  14. Flint62Smoothie

    Camp chair

    … they’re dayum HEAVY though …
  15. Flint62Smoothie

    WANTED - Manual in PDF form for ASM or Pietta 'Colt' Walker 44-cal

    Yay! Got it, LOVE it, thank you @wiscoaster!
  16. Flint62Smoothie

    Stavlo Jezail

    The one Steve K. built is for sale! https://www.lodgewood.com/Custom-Sindhi-Indian-Jezail-Musket-By-Steve-Krolick_p_6637.html
  17. Flint62Smoothie

    The OLDEST in my BP collection …

    Well simple, that's because ... they don't at all. Don't let the curved design fool you, that is more of a strucural component than astestics, done so to join the large chambered 'mug' (containing multiple barrrels) to the one larger socket that's placed on a staff or remnant pike. By design it...
  18. Flint62Smoothie

    Acetone/AutoTrans Fluid - Tested to be THE BEST thread penetrating solution going!

    FWIW the best penetrating oil one can use is a DIY homemade mix of 50% acetone and 50% automatic transmission fluid (ATF). Recently “Machinist Workshop Magazine” did a test on penetrating oils. Using nuts and bolts that they 'scientifically rusted’ to a uniform degree by soaking in salt water...
  19. Flint62Smoothie

    Additional tips on removing stuck nipple

    The heat-cool-heat-cool cycle should do it. And the ATF/acetone mix has been proven to be 2 times better tha Kroil and 2.5 times better than Liquid Wrench. FWIW the best penetrating oil one can use is a DIY homemade mix of 50% acetone and 50% automatic transmission fluid (ATF). Recently...
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