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    Can brass bore guides cause damage?

    Yeah, brass isn't harder or stronger than steel. That is laughable. I have been working metal for the last 28 years, my day job.
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    A pair of biguns

    That's bitchin, really like the stock shape.
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    black rusting a barrel

    Brown it, then boil in distilled water for a few minutes. Neutralize the browning solution and coat/soak it with nondetergent motor oil for a day or three. Wipe and done, or degrease and wax and done.
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    Stain mixed with permalyn

    Don't. Get the wood the color you want and then seal and finish. Transtint will work, but if you do much more than a tint it can look muddy. I would not try to color change with it. The solvents in the stains and the finishes are the way they are so that the product works as intended and...
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    A pair of biguns

    Big tall and wide butt and straight comb they probably won't bite the shooter that bad.... Guessing you'd load 2 ounces of shot or there about? With 45 thousandths choke that should reach WAY out there...... This project has my attention, going to be very cool fowlers.
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    Only one muzzle loading rifle

    Flint, bore 62-75 cal, Early American style because that's what I like, if I stumbled on a pile of money I'd have Allen Martin make it, but I didn't so I will make it myself until I get it right, only one doesn't mean I can't have 5 this year one at a time......
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    Wet vs Dry lube, and best of either for hot, humid climate.

    Shoot with wet lube, unless it's below freezing, which we don't do in SE TX LOL. I hunt with mink oil, because my rifle might be loaded for a week or more. Mink oil shoots great, but it doesn't soften fouling well and in some barrels will require patch wiping between shots like my Investarms...
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    Permalyn

    sandpaper.
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    Japanese hardner

    If the wood is dry and sealed it won't move in the sun. No harm in having the barrel in either, whatever works.
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    bedding a indian made musket barrel

    Wood filler isn't strong enough to do anything to help you, in my opinion. Most of us use paste wax to keep the epoxy from sticking to the barrel and gluing it to the stock. I've been using Kiwi shoe polish because that's what I have, bedded at least 6 actions and barrels in the last couple...
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    A pair of biguns

    I like those!!! Fully done they will be what, just a bit over 9 pounds?
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    Need some input on a matter

    Kibler, you know the lock is solid, you have support if you need it with assembly, you have support if you need it for shooting too. Call Kibler and they will bend over backwards to get you straightened out. If you don't have someone to show you the ropes with a flintlock it is challenging for...
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    bedding a indian made musket barrel

    If there is a gap between the back/end of the barrel/breechplug and the stock I would fix it and I would fix it before shooting it. In that case the tang is taking all the recoil force until it bends enough for the stock to come in contact with the barrel and breechplug. It's a matter of time...
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    Japanese hardner

    Put your permalyn finished wood in the sun, you can do a full coat every hour to hour and a half at 80% humidity. If you can't do that make a hot box, put an incandescent light bulb in one end of a box with a small air intake hole, make sure the bulb can't burn your stock or the box or...
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    Advice for a new ML hunter

    Shoot some in as much crosswind as you can, a PRB moves a LOT in the wind, better to know how much it moves now.
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    Lymans great planes rifle barrel, want more twist.

    I'd be shooting some of the conicals in the barrel I have now before spending money on another barrel? It might shoot great.
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    Kibler 58 Colonial or (future) Fowler?

    For me it's the fowler, not even a question. I really like the colonial but the 58 is too small for a dedicated turkey gun. I wish they offered a big bore colonial. I want something 68+ cal up to about 75 cal for a dedicated turkey gun and it HAS to have some choke in the barrel. I am...
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    ID on Hawken rifle?

    I am not seeing confirmed bad inletting of the lock, I am seeing MILES of wood that needs to come off that stock. The lock is set super deep into the side of the stock, and the forearm forward of the lock looks to be almost a quarter inch thick. The inletting to me could be really good, just not...
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    Moravian inspired build

    Looking good Jack, first entry pipe I did was a pretty straight forward shape like yours and it took me at least 6 hours, could have been closer to 10 hours. But, like yours, it came out pretty good.
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    flintlock hawkin

    I think that Investarms is your only option short of Pecatonica for a 'kit', and will cost about 1/3rd of the Pecatonica, and will take about 1/100th of the time, tools, and knowledge to put together. In your situation I think I'd be looking for an old TC flinter or the Investarms and a 'drop...
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