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  1. oncewas

    I'm going to get a flintlock but what Caliber?

    Really do appreciate all the responses everyone has posted. It’s been must helpful. But I should clear things up. I want a Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle kit for my first flintlock. They come in .32, .36, .40 and .45. I wanted either a .36, .40 or .45, at first I thought I’d like a .45 but...
  2. oncewas

    I'm going to get a flintlock but what Caliber?

    My son-in-law recommended this. Original British Royal Navy Nock Seven Barrel Flintlock Volley Gun Circa 1780 in Magnificent Condition Original Items
  3. oncewas

    I'm going to get a flintlock but what Caliber?

    We have a 50yard range set up out back but my daughter just bought 27 more acres so we are thinking of adding a 300 or 500 yard range for long range shooting. With the ablility to have targets anywhere from 50yds out.
  4. oncewas

    I'm going to get a flintlock but what Caliber?

    You may or may not be familiar with my thread about whether I should get a flintlock or not. Well, I’ve decided I need to get one. But that has only the beginning of my quandaries. I’ve narrowed down my choice of rifle to a Kibler SMR. But I’m just not sure which caliber I should get. I started...
  5. oncewas

    More nipple questions

    It's to keep the back pressure from blowing the caps off the nipple and falling down in front of the hammer.
  6. oncewas

    Hawken Reproduction

    It’s interesting isn’t it when we talk about Hawken rifles the talk always seems to go toward “they really weren’t used that much” or “there really weren’t that many made or carried” and of course “most mountain men carried this or that but not Hawken’s”. Really? Who cares? Was it used by the...
  7. oncewas

    Hawken Reproduction

    On my GPSR when the assembly is removed the guard is attached, in fact you can't remove the guard until you remove the assembly. But the guard does have a small plate on the rear end that is screwed into the stock.
  8. oncewas

    More nipple questions

    I to use Slixshots with no. 11 CCI caps and they work great on my 1851 Pietta.
  9. oncewas

    Percussion or Flintlock?

    It was a quote from an article. Not mine. If you really want to nit pick I'll find it for you. I was just trying to make a point that a lot of people used or had Hawkens. It was Kit Carson's gun who gave it to Beale who's heir gave to TR who in turn gave it to the Boone and Crockett Club. Did TR...
  10. oncewas

    Percussion or Flintlock?

    From: The Carson-Beale Hawken-Its Identification and Recent History Lee Burke, with the collaboration of Bill Pirie ...The Carson-Beale Hawken is pictured in a book published in 1912, with the statement that Carson gave it to Beale, and Truxtun (Beale's heir) had given it to Theodore Roosevelt...
  11. oncewas

    Percussion or Flintlock?

    I understand your reasoning. And I'm going that way also. I just need to wait until June 1st when I get paid then I'm ordering a Kibler SMR I believe in .36 unless I change my mind and go for a .40.
  12. oncewas

    Percussion or Flintlock?

    Thanks, appreciate your response. Yeah I decided to get a Kibler SMR in either 36 or 40, not sure yet which but since it will just be for target shooting thinking I’ll go 36. But yes ready I'm ready purchasing my first flintlock most likely first of June when I get paid.
  13. oncewas

    How many shoot bp only?

    I'm very new to BP but I've owned guns since I was 18, shot my dad's before that, I'm 71 now. I never new what I was missing. Can't wait until I can afford to purchase a good flintlock and try that. But I will keep my non-BP guns and continue to shoot them but for now I'm just having too much...
  14. oncewas

    Percussion or Flintlock?

    I don't know maybe he bought one from their shop in Xenia which opened in 1816. I'm not saying it's true just that was where I found the information. Just like Teddy Roosevelt was given a Hawken but I saw nothing about him actually hunting with one.
  15. oncewas

    Percussion or Flintlock?

    I'm just going on what was written here https://ccheadliner.com/opinion/mozark-missouri-s-hawken-brothers-and-their-plains-rifle/article_947484b0-f85e-11e6-abf6-738326db634a.html
  16. oncewas

    Kibler Kit help

    Chapman Mfg makes very nice sets of gunsmithing screwdrivers also.
  17. oncewas

    SOLD A new unfired Lyman Great plains with slow twist in .54.

    Okay call me ignorant but what is the deal about the notch in the under rib. Don’t mean to hijack the thread just in familiar with this and I just built a GPR.
  18. oncewas

    SOLD A new unfired Lyman Great plains with slow twist in .54.

    Oh okay, I missed that. Thanks
  19. oncewas

    SOLD A new unfired Lyman Great plains with slow twist in .54.

    Looks pretty nice and the price seems resonable. Did you build it yourself or did someone else build it?
  20. oncewas

    Break Free CLP

    I believe it is mineral oil and not petroleum oil.
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