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    Plastic black powder containers

    Thanks for this useful information.
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    Plastic black powder containers

    Are Goex screw-top lids used on their plastic one-pound bottles interchangeable with screw-top lids on Swiss plastic one-pound bottles? How about on Kik plastic one-pound bottles?
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    Finally - Treasure Island done correctly

    I just watched the movie again and realized I have no idea how it ends. I don't refer to the novel or movie. Rather how the treasure was divided among Jim and his entourage, Hunter the loyal sailor, and Ben Gunn who found the treasure and moved it to a place of safety. While my first impulse...
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    Finally - Treasure Island done correctly

    Prepare yourself for a satisfying experience. I would be interested in your evaluation.
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    Finally - Treasure Island done correctly

    Found a flaw. If someone viewing the DVD is hard of hearing or otherwise uses English subtitles, good luck with that. I have seldom noticed subtitles that are as far from the DVD's dialogue. I suspect someone is messing with our heads.
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    Finally - Treasure Island done correctly

    For many years I loathed the comedic, "Disneyfied" motion pictures of "Treasure Island" - MGM's with Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper, and Disney's with Robert Newton (an MGM wannabe). Stevenson's novel was nothing like these. The library had "Treasure Island" as a made-for-television movie. I...
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    Swaged lead slugs for competition

    Some muzzleloading slug gun competitors swage two-piece bullets, base being softer than nose. Among these I anticipate some swaged bullets are [also] mechanically joined in addition to the swage, perhaps by a male teat inserted into a female hole. Would the male to be inserted be integral with...
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    Bringing a cold rifle into a warm home?

    I keep several long guns in a safe in an outbuilding. I have been reluctant to bring them into the house because of the extreme temperature difference of winter. Is there a sealable rubberized or flexible plastic container into which I can put the rifle, bring it into the house, and allow the...
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    How were derringer "hideout" guns carried?

    Among replies so far, this carry appears to me to be least dangerous - for accidental firing AND for improving the likelihood the derringer will "go bang" when its user wants it to.
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    How were derringer "hideout" guns carried?

    Single barrel single shot cap lock derringers - a Philadelphia "John W. Booth" type of hideout gun - seems to be intended for concealed carry in a coat pocket or vest pocket, et al. If carried concealed and capped, how did carrier make sure the cap stayed where it belonged? And how did carrier...
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    Cleanest burning bp?

    Mike: I'm uncertain that we are on the same page. While you ask about black powder that leaves less residue than others, I think - I hope - your real question is: How can I reduce fouling, preferably as low as it can go? I make the distinction because I shoot BIG bore muzzleloading rifles that...
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    Cap lock safety device?

    Neither of these items is to what I refer. I wish I had the ability to furnish graphic and blurb of the device. If possible, examine the Dixie catalog of the year and the specific item identified by Dixie - that is, 2001 Dixie Gun Works catalog a cap lock safety device-and-cap protector...
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    Cap lock safety device?

    Among attractions of the device I asked about is it is spring activated - that is, seat phyical protector atop cap and lower hammer. **** hammer and spring pivots protector 180 degrees. Cap-nipple-hammer function conventionally, as you would expect. At least that's what photograph and...
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    Cap lock safety device?

    Does a Kap Kover allow hammer to rest atop nipple, cap being protected from [any] impact until hammer is cocked? This hammer-down feature is what interests me. With hammer-cap juxtaposition where cap is physically prevented from leaving its nipple as hammer is physically prevented from touching...
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    Cap lock safety device?

    In my 2001 Dixie Gun Works catalog a cap lock safety device-and-cap protector Cap-Locker Automatic Cap Protector (NP0790) was available. Is the device, or something comparable, still available?
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    Restoring a double - well, kind've

    While my query is not really appropriate for this forum, it is as close as I'll get. I have the fixin's for a percussion cap lock Over/Under howdah pistol partly assembled. It definitely needs a new grip/stock, plus relatively routine restoration. I seek an American gunsmith/restorer for it...
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    Sidearm when hunting bear?

    The problem overlooked is what do you do with your long gun when you're field dressing your kill? . . . How long will it take to drop your knife, retrieve your long gun, and defend yourself from a bear who has invited himself to your lunch buffet? Unfortunately, a sidearm will not be...
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    Sidearm when hunting bear?

    Oh, boy. I believe I have located a bigger sidearm. If it proves to be usable and useful, my Clements-ROA .50-caliber will go on the block. *** And for those who are immune to recoil, about 15 years ago, there was a man who always had a table at the Evergreen/Monroe, Washington, Rendezvous. His...
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    Shiloh Sharps .54-caliber "Buffalo Slug" wadcutter mold?

    Dan: I discovered the wadcutter "Buffalo Slugs" in an old Bucksin Report by the late John Bivins. The part that struck me as interesting was that, at the time of the two-part article, Shiloh-Farmingdale had just begun production of their cavalry carbine. I had assumed - incorrectly - that such...
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    Shiloh Sharps .54-caliber "Buffalo Slug" wadcutter mold?

    In the late 1970s, perhaps into the 80s, Shiloh Sharps offered two .54-caliber "Buffalo Slug" wadcutter or "trash can" bullet molds for their 1863 Sharps carbines (and rifles, if these were in production), the larger of the two molds dropping a [nominal] 580-grain wadcutter bullet. Does anyone...
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