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    Some information for those interested in buying the 1859 Sharps (Be it from Chiappa or Pedersoli)

    Yeah LeadShark I get it. That is a RIFLE.
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    Some information for those interested in buying the 1859 Sharps (Be it from Chiappa or Pedersoli)

    I would avoid the Pedersoli Sharps paper case sporting rifle in .45 caliber especially. The much higher pressure of the .45 gas cuts the block and the stainless steel floating chamber so badly the resulting crevasse fills with fouling and the block begins to stick solidly after a few shots. I...
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    Charcoal

    Count me in.
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    Charcoal

    Here in my part of the Northwest quaking aspen is common. It is always found next to water, in a creek bed, a draw, or along rivers and streams. It is a soft fast growing wood like willow or cottonwood. You can use it for firewood, but it is not the best. If alder and willow are good woods...
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    Charcoal

    I watched a you tube video (probably it is still out there) of a fellow top loading round dry staves into a 55 gallon barrel. The staves were a bit shorter than the barrel. When he had them packed in all around the inside perimeter he fired the barrel up and fitted a lid with 3 or 4 feet of...
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    Can anyone identify the animal used for this fur hat and the style it’s stitched?

    According to my mentor, who has studied the fur trade Era most of his long life, the scathing incident of having the very much alive and po'ed Glass confront him had a lifelong lasting impact on the young Jim Bridger. In Bridget's defense, Glass was more dead than alive, and the country was...
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    #32 drill bit

    If you have enough volume consider opening an account with MSC. They offer all the machining tools of the trade, with imports and USA brands both listed so you can order and spend till you hit your pain threshold. Huge book.is free, or used to be.
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    Shooting round ball?

    I make my cartridges from modern printer paper. Once the lock is half cocked and primed I dump the charge and ram the whole cartridge ball end first. Probably I would NOT do that during the fire season though : ).
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    Tallow - Just have to ask this

    Mother always saved the fat from any deer or occasional bear that we got hunting while I lived on the home place. She would melt it, strain out the odd bits of meat, and pour it into sealed metal coffee cans. It lived in our root cellar, while Mother used it to make laundry soap, and we used...
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    #32 drill bit

    If you are going to do much hobby gunsmithing and you own a drill press of sorts, consider getting the whole set of numbered #60 thru #1 drills. They cover the sizes between .04 and .228, which are going to be the great majority of the drills you will need for the work. Buy a good brand such...
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    Poll: Will the closing of Goex dissuade you from buying a Flintlock?

    Good on you! I voted no, no meant no and I will rebuild, shoot and enjoy my little flinter if I have to hide in the basement to do it.
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    Poll: Will the closing of Goex dissuade you from buying a Flintlock?

    As I mentioned before a few minutes of research will reveal that the most likely cause of the explosion was a 1000 lb batch of wheelcake contaminated with quartz coming into contact with an aluminum corning device. I doubt that combination sparked, I can find no evidence that it would, so it...
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    Can anyone identify the animal used for this fur hat and the style it’s stitched?

    That is exactly what happened in real.life. Hugh survived on pure hatred and revenge crawling, then hobbling then limping to find the man who took his rifle. Upon finding out Fitzgerald had joined the army he went to the fort and requested Fitzgerald's release so he could kill him. The...
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    Can anyone identify the animal used for this fur hat and the style it’s stitched?

    Too bad they didn't just tell the story. It would be hard to come up with anything more incredible than the true event. Glass was blowing blood bubbles out the fang holes in his neck while Bridger and Fitzgerald were waiting to bury him, and they thought every breath would be his last.
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    DUDE, SMOKED HIM!!!???

    I reside across the continent, but that kind of hunting really takes me back. Every time you went into OR coast range it was a test of equipment and courage. The only sure thing was you were gonna get rained on and you had about six hours to get in, and get back out to camp, or you were gonna...
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    Hickory Dowels

    I envy you fellows in the East a little of your woodlots. We have native locust and mulberry here that might make a ramrod, but no hickory that I know of. I have a great hardwood supplier in a town close by where I can get about any kind of wood, but of course it's all processed and kiln dried.
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    DUDE, SMOKED HIM!!!???

    You are onto an idea I have played with. While employed in the plastic industry for several years in Western OR it occurred to me to get a full 4 x 8 ft. 1/8 in thick sheet of black repro UHMW and fit one end up like a toboggan with a pull rope. Then make some way to secure the critter on it...
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    DUDE, SMOKED HIM!!!???

    In Europe, the hunting is reserved for the high end. We are always just one generation or two behind it seems.
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    Hickory Dowels

    I keep a long hickory plank on hand from the local hardwood supplier, splitting out lengths, and get my ramrods out of those. It is a heck of a lot of work, but like a machine turned axe handle, the grain usually does not run true to the rod otherwise. Since I broke my thirty year old shotgun...
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    DUDE, SMOKED HIM!!!???

    Gotta mention one thing that nobody seems to have touched on. I have been predominantly a game bird hunter, just as my father was before me. The Old Man had me fetching birds and empties long before I was old enough to carry a gun. My first year at 12 years old when he turned me loose with a...
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