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    Drying your tent?

    You can do it. I'm 66. Cots are big for us old guys because you wake up with something to sit on. Grandkids get the floor. SW
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    Drying your tent?

    Agreed mostly, but really only "stronger" by weight. A well made, heavy canvas wall tent is pretty bullet proof and it does hold heat better than its modern counterparts. And a wall tent with a wood stove is downright luxurious in freezing weather/hunting season. The right wood stove can keep...
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    Drying your tent?

    Got our tent from the Wall Tent Shop and it came with a mildewcide option. That doesn't mean we pack it up wet, but it does help. We keep the h20 proof fly on and have a good fire the morning we are packing up. We keep the fire going through the night in cold weather anyway. The stove is the...
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    Caps Made In Idaho

    Art, Hodgdon made a mint on surplus WW2 powder for 40 years. In any line of stick, flake or ball powders, the basic component is the same, whether single or double based powder, with added coatings determining the burn rates. They make the base material by the trainload and then apply the...
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    Caps Made In Idaho

    If we were fighting the Houtis with percussion rifles, we'd suddenly be up to our armpits in caps. The entire cap 'shortage'[subset of primers in general] is a pure contrivance with bogus regulations thwarting any new competitors. Not making a profit at $12-$20 a tin is pure bs. This isn't...
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    FOR SALE Ithaca Hawken Rifle .50 Cal Unfired

    And Hoyt does 'sell' rebores. SW
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    The Words We Use and How They Define Us

    Kill, bone out [gutless method in field] and butcher the meat at home. Harvesting is done with a scythe or a combine. Domestic meat gets slaughtered. 1st time I heard "harvest" for animals was at a hunter's safety course for my kids, and the instructor was doing cartwheels to soften the reality...
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    Flinching?

    These two are huge along with breathing control. I take a moderate breath, releasing about a 3rd and hold. The shot needs to be taken in no more than 3-4 seconds. If not, relax and start over. If you shoot while wanting another breath, you are already toast. SW
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    Flinching?

    If you have been practicing with heavy loads to the point of them causing some pain, you are dealing with a reflex "flinch" that is hard to break by just wishing it away. 1st thing to do, if that's the case, is to eliminate the pain with some padding while practicing. If you are using heavy...
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    FIREARMS! Shhhhh

    So, Marplot, you are bringing this up because....???? SW Those aren't 'states', Sam. They are communist dictatorships. Just a clarification. SW
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    Love This Gun

    Amazing, ETipp, how inexpensive ML enjoyment can be. I feel the same way about my 2 Traditions 50's. I have 2 TC's and while I think they are well made, they are far heavier, less accurate and way more finicky about ignition. When I go hunting I take my Trads. You guys that have the Crockets...
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    Percussion Firearm Safety & Hunting Tips;

    Just wondering...Since I am fairly new at the ML thing, has anyone concerned about the safety of half **** and carrying capped, ever heard of such an accidental mishap in the field ? I carry capped with a padded leather 'pillow' wedged between hammer and cap. I have no illusion that the cap...
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    Triple 7 3f

    I'm thinking about using a quarter of a cotton ball under a PRB, with t-7, for the same reason. I have been using the cotton under a .50 card and PA Conical for hunting, to prevent lube contamination of the powder during extended periods when my rifle is loaded. This has not hurt accuracy a bit...
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    Triple 7 3f

    I can't speak for the small bores, but t-7, 3f seems to shoot pretty close to the same in my two 50 cal Traditions. One is a Woodsman, the other a St. Louis. For all practical purposes, the same rifle. I use 70 grains of either t-7 effectively with 3 different projectiles; PRB, Pa Conical and...
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    2024 cap update, bad and the bad

    What, wait, did 100 lawyers get run over ? Oh, you mean his cap collection. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz SW
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    Lyman Great Plains rifle

    I agree. I believe Montana has the muzzleloader season he wants. Sidelocks only. No scopes or magnifying optics of any kind. Fiber optic dots on front and rear sights allowed to keep blind old f_rts in the game are allowed as a concession and I am ok with that. Still an open sight and we need as...
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    What the heck

    Yeah, I think that's what the holes in the trigger are for. The string. One, two or three pound pull. Your choice. But maybe the hole were an attempt to make it a "Featherweight". Early "Accutrigger" ? SW
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    Civil War Gun Value

    No idea, but the gurus await pictures. SW
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    What the heck

    Looks like it seconds as a garlic press. One clove of garlic down the bore 1st. Rattle into drum, add powder, cap and shoot. Hold your bowl of linguini and clams under the drum. It's a real multi-tasker. SW
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    Looking to get my first flintlock rifle

    Stephen, I have 2 TC Hawkens and 2 Traditions Hawkens. If the TC's were still made they would go for double the price of the Trads new. The Traditions whip the TC's in performance-slightly better accuracy and way more consistent and reliable ignition. The Traditions are pretty light duty in...
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