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    Problems with Flint & Steel

    FYI, I just set my tin on the bbq. When smoke starts pouring out the hole I light it on fire. When it goes out the job is done, remove from heat. Be sure to allow it to fully cool before opening. Walk
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    .45 patch and ball load

    I was just rereading this post and I don’t know what I was thinking. Talking about one gun’s load while quoting anothers?!? Anyhow, the .45 load was 40gr not 60. I never played with potential hunting loads. Walk
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    History of hunting from trees

    You’ve never?? Walk
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    I joined the dry ball club today

    1/4x28 threads. Walk
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    Flintlock GPR Grouse

    Just as an fyi, two falls ago my girlfriend was hunting grouse with #7.5 shot in her rifled barrel .50, and was quite successful. Not so sure I would want to do this all the time, for fear of barrel leading, but that is the only reason. Her load was 50gr Pyro RS, .54 lubed wad, 50gr volume...
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Unpinned the barrel on my .50 Lancaster for an inspection. I like to do this about every three years or so. Found it in perfect shape once again so I applied new wax to both the channel and barrel underside. Re-pinned I applied a light coating of wax over everything, then rubbed it good with a...
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    T/C Hawken Percussion Misfires

    Up here in Alberta oil can be your downfall. When I was a kid I would use 3-1 oil until one cold november morning when the firing pin didn’t move on my rifle. Since then I oil things well but once the cold hits its time to break out the carb cleaner and remove all oils from the action, or in our...
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    .45 Caliber Browning Mountain Rifle.

    When I had my .45 Pedersoli Kentucky cap, it loved 40gr 3f Goex for accuracy. Never shot it for hunting though so I have no high vel loads. Walk
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    Part for T/C Hawken .45 cal

    There is actually no need to remove it. Some folks believe they must to get a proper cleaning done, others do not. The pumping of water through the barrel, once removed and placed in a bucket, flushes the area clean. TC did not recommend its removal or they would have said so in their manual. Walk
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    History of hunting from trees

    My mistake, memory ain’t what it once was. Asked him to send me some pictures. Here they are….
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    History of hunting from trees

    Brother has a wolf rug and bleached skull from a wolf he got many years ago. If you look in the skull from the rear you can see a 3-blade broadhead that pierced between the eyes area. Feeling the top of the skull and close examination of that same area shows just the slightest hint of a thread...
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    Not sure what this barrel/tang is?

    If it was swapped over from flint at one time, the person doing the work would have had to cut the breech end of the barrel to remove the original touch hole, then re-thread for the pattened breech you currently have, then swap out the whole lock as you can see it was never built for a flint...
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Cleaned up my TC .50 percussion New Englander. Barrel on this old girl is smooooth!! Previous owner drilled it for a scope, and that has bothered me since I received it. Walk
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    Williams Tang Peep Sight for TC Hawkens & Renegades

    Where did you find one to order? My understanding is they haven’t been available for a while. Walk
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    show me your plain and perdy

    My plain “Plains” shotgun, 20ga half stock. Hand carved walnut, sand cast steel components and TC lock/triggers. Walk
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    Mountain Men movie Short muzzle loaders?

    He is shooting a percussion until he looses it after being captured. After that he uses a flint. Walk
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    Remember your First ML kill?

    Well now, not really sure I remember exactly. First bow kill was a bear, followed by a 5x5 bull elk at 3 paces that same season. Muzzleloader was most likely a mule deer but can’t say for certain. Walk
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    Hunting In Cold Weather?

    I’m not so certain how much condensation would actually contaminate the charge, and personally do not think it would be much, but one can rationally believe that any contamination will have a result on accuracy. For myself, I mostly just want to avoid any moisture thus avoiding as much...
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    Hunting In Cold Weather?

    “Loaded” is a legislated term, and different by definition in the local law. For example here in Alberta, Canada, a loaded percussion muzzleloader is defined by having a cap on the nipple, not a charge and projectile in the barrel. Flint is the same however swapping the cap for a flint in the...
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    Problems with Flint & Steel

    I don’t pack a flint/steel hunting. I pack a couple lighters (one in pack, one on person), a small ferro rod/striker in pack and matches in pack and pockets. Flint/steel is for fun and games, not for serious stuff. However a tinder kit must be in the pack and T/P in the coat. Both work for...
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