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  1. Gooddaytoya!

    Traditions rifled musket.

    The 1842 Springfield 69 rifled musket. Does anyone here own a traditions rifled musket? I wonder what kind of reputation this rifle has in this day and age. When I was in my early twenties my boss told me quote love is buying unquote. I must admit I'm attracted to this rifle, mostly because it's...
  2. Gooddaytoya!

    Has anyone soldered on an under-rib?

    I sure am sorely tempted to use epoxy. The kind that takes 24 hours to cure is much much stronger than 5-minute epoxy and is not brittle. I would thicken it with a little cab - o- sil. Then I could use the rest to bed the barrel. Call me New Age. In the meantime I'm going to experiment by...
  3. Gooddaytoya!

    TC Hawkins 50 with pitted barrel

    I have a 60 caliber muzzleloader that I thought had a pitted barrel. I scrubbed it with everything I could think of, and soaked it then scrubbed it trying to get rid of whatever might be resistant fouling. No luck. So I thought it needed lapping and got ready to do that project. But then I read...
  4. Gooddaytoya!

    Unreliable ignition Traditions Hawken Percussion

    Because the grinder created quote flash quote, at the end of the threads, I used a needle file to very carefully shape the threads at the end of the nipple. Then I very carefully screwed the nipple in making sure to not cause a cross thread. Once it screwed in the first time, all was well after...
  5. Gooddaytoya!

    Has anyone soldered on an under-rib?

    Good clean advice guys. I'm thinking about about putting a heat sink inside the thimbles so they don't fall off. I'm thinking the heat sink would be small pieces of damp terry cloth towel. That might cause the spine solder under the thimbles to not adhere, but that would only be too short...
  6. Gooddaytoya!

    Has anyone soldered on an under-rib?

    From what I know, you have to tin the under rib. I take that to mean that the bottom flat of my barrel needs to be tinned also. I tried looking up how to tin long pieces of steel like that. The closest I can get to it is to rub sal - ammoniac on the part while running the solder right up against...
  7. Gooddaytoya!

    Should I bed my barrel?

    Black shoe polish might have the advantage of giving you the ability to actually see how the coatings are coming along.
  8. Gooddaytoya!

    Should I bed my barrel?

    For those wanting to use wax plus PVA, I found out that heavy hold hairspray is a water soluble plastic that either is PVA or something very similar. Apply five coats of Wax, then mist-coat it with the hairspray just as you would with PVA, then apply a solid coat of hairspray, just as you would...
  9. Gooddaytoya!

    Ready-made patches for sale?

    In post number 27 I conceited your points. You guys have made me realize that there's little difference between a .015, .014, or .016 patch. That's a difference of . 001, which I now realize is inconsequential to me or that is, us in general, in this sport. So now I really can afford a caliper...
  10. Gooddaytoya!

    Ready-made patches for sale?

    I do appreciate the offer, my brother in arms.
  11. Gooddaytoya!

    Ready-made patches for sale?

    I just have this Android phone so maybe that's why I couldn't find patches at t o w or ox-y I think you and Grizz44magnum are right. My precisionism must come from 45 years of finish carpentry. I concede your points.
  12. Gooddaytoya!

    Ready-made patches for sale?

    I'm thinking I need accuracy of plus minus .0001. I wouldn't have any confidence with plus or minus .001. that's why I'm hung up on the $350 micrometer. Maybe my local machinist will do me another favor and measure a few patches for me that I find on my own in the local fabric stores. The last...
  13. Gooddaytoya!

    Ready-made patches for sale?

    I don't own a good enough micrometer to measure the thickness of cloth. Is there a place that sells patches made for loading balls? I'm not talking about patches for cleaning, I use everything from terry cloth to old t-shirts for that. A good-enough micrometer costs $350, which I can't afford.
  14. Gooddaytoya!

    Unreliable ignition Traditions Hawken Percussion

    A problem I ran into with my rifle was that the nipple threads protruded into the nipple barrel, which prevented The flash from getting out of the nipple reliably. So I just shortened the threads on the nipple, and it worked after that.
  15. Gooddaytoya!

    Does Track of the Wolf have a phone number?

    Track of the Wolf is the ONLY place I've ever found .595 round balls.
  16. Gooddaytoya!

    Does Track of the Wolf have a phone number?

    Thank you good buddy.
  17. Gooddaytoya!

    Does Track of the Wolf have a phone number?

    All I have is an Android phone, and creating an account with them is impossible with this device, not sure why, also I can't see a phone number for them. Unless they only want to do business by mail or by account, then I guess they wouldn't need to staff a telephone.
  18. Gooddaytoya!

    Should I bed my barrel?

    Lockup never occurred to me. It's a fearsome thought. I wonder how I would heat my barrel to release a lock up if one should happen. The barrel would be in the stock, so I couldn't use my propane torch. Maybe a hair dryer, maybe removing the nipple assembly and aiming the propane flame down the...
  19. Gooddaytoya!

    Should I bed my barrel?

    You're right, the gaps just bug me is all.
  20. Gooddaytoya!

    Should I bed my barrel?

    Dam Dang good idea.
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