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  1. buckleymarka56

    Bore butter

    Is anyone else having trouble finding Bore butter? I watched a video the other day , of a guy who makes his own. 1/2 heated olive oil, 1 stick bees wax, a few drops wintergreen scent. Thoughts, ideas? Thx Mark
  2. buckleymarka56

    cleaning my traditions kentucky rifle

    I also bought a bore endoscope,it wifi's to your phone, you can look all the was down the barrel. Before and after. The rust was surface only. Same barrel in both pics.
  3. buckleymarka56

    cleaning my traditions kentucky rifle

    This is what I do,it it has worked for 50 years. On my CVA and my traditions Hawken. I take them apart. Remove the flash screw, nipple and drum. Warn soapy water ( I use dawn, a few drops). Stuck the barrel in the water and with cleaning patches pump it up and down, it will blow all the...
  4. buckleymarka56

    1st time shooting a flintlock

    I wear regular glasses and I don't worry about it.
  5. buckleymarka56

    Buying scrap lead question ...

    I usually go to the store scrap yard and get the lead roof vents off commercial buildings..cut them up with tin snips.
  6. buckleymarka56

    Making gun flints

    Opinions and thoughts? Cut on a saw,, from bull gravel
  7. buckleymarka56

    Traditions Kentucky Flintlock help

    Triple 7 works just fine in mine, flash is ffff always
  8. buckleymarka56

    Dikar barrels and triggers

    That's exactly what I did. Works fine now
  9. buckleymarka56

    Flint Sizes.

    Here are the ones I made These are the first ones I ever tried..not to consistent at the beginning
  10. buckleymarka56

    Flint Sizes.

    Making my own. I tried my hand at knapping, all I got were turtles.. if you knap, you'll know what ybat is. So I thought, mumm, I have a 7 inch tile saw for cutting g slabs to pressure flake. I I cut some up using a flint I bought. Mine are 1 x 7/8. I used some flint I found, well commandeered...
  11. buckleymarka56

    Making flints

    I know curtis smith on FB Curtis cherts. I get my flint and obsidian from. He sells chips to knap for guns
  12. buckleymarka56

    Making flints

    Costco parking lot. It's from bull gravel
  13. buckleymarka56

    Making flints

    Costco parking lot , it's bull gravel , I busted into large flakes. Just don't pick up to much
  14. buckleymarka56

    Making flints

  15. buckleymarka56

    Making flints

    I will try it in a few days. Give me an excuse to go play in the garage if it's not too hot. I will let you know. But it was an idea. Mark
  16. buckleymarka56

    Making flints

    Ok fellow fainter. As I an not a knapper, but a pressure flaked. I cut my slabs for points on a saw, than pressure flake them. I had a thought, yea I know, stop that. Why can't I cut my own flints? I have a wet saw. Cut the thickness , length and width. From flint rocks I find. The Costco...
  17. buckleymarka56

    Thinking of casting my own round balls

    Here's what I do. I bought a lead casting furnace from amazon. The molds I buy are always 2 pre-mold. I get the lead from my scrapyard for a dollar a pound. It may have some organic material like pieces of roof tile because it's from vents from commercial buildings. I cut it up with tin snips...
  18. buckleymarka56

    Lead or Leather to hold the flint

    I wonder why only in Europe and military?
  19. buckleymarka56

    Lead or Leather to hold the flint

    That's what I did. Took wet leather strips, wrapped them around the flint, than wrapped a piece of waxed thread, to hold it together. Hoping the leather would mold around the flint and hold it better. That was my thought anyway. I had read in the old days they used lead instead of leather...
  20. buckleymarka56

    Lead or Leather to hold the flint

    What about these , are they considered 15 round magazines? Or a 5 round?
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