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    Patch lube

    Poor Semisane, you've never really lived till you've experienced a cold, snowy winter. Why, we even have tourists coming to Winnipeg in January, just for the experience. Paul
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    rough brass

    For best results, use only a new 'dedicated' file for brass. If you use it once to file steel, it will never file brass well again. I learned that longer ago then I care to admit. Paul
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    getting a "canoe gun" would love to see some pic's.

    As an experienced Canadian moose hunter, the last place I would want to shoot a moose is in the water. Where I hunt, the only way in is by floatplane. You couldn't walk out if your life depended on it. Unless you have a crew and a good block & tackle to get that 1600 lb. critter out of the...
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    Gunbuilding Books

    Damn! Don't you hate how that happens sometimes. Paul
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    powderhorn staples

    I too, in my short time here, have learned much from you. If I may paraphrase a little nugget I picked up a while back in a marriage counselling course, "During an arguement, the one who has the weakest case is the one doing the most talking." I hope you will continue to share with those of us...
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    Gunbuilding Books

    It's time to improve my library. I've seen references to a couple good sources of information on ML building, but I'll be darned if I can figure how to search or find the ones mentioned. The Gunsmith of Grenville County (IIRC) and one other one I've seen mentioned come to mind. Any assistance...
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    Got A Nickle?

    I can see you're having a blast with that box of old 'Muzzleblasts'. Paul
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    home defense

    I've been reading the archives. Back around p. 134 there is a thread on 4-bore blunderbus with potential loads. Yeah, it would be only one shot, but awesome damage. Paul
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    WOW! Information overload

    Thank you for the referrel to the thread on Patent Breeches. As I mentioned when I started this thread, I had been reading through back posts for the wealth of information there, but there is just so much that I read mainly the ones that appeared to apply to me. I had missed this one. It...
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    WOW! Information overload

    Sorry, in my previous post to you, should have read 'Swamped Barrel Channel' near the bottom of page 3. Paul
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    WOW! Information overload

    You are absolutely correct, and 'authentic' is one word I would never use on this build. It will be a flint lock in .58 cal., using PRB, for, if I may borrow the word from another poster, 'Whompability'. There were full stock Hawkens with swamped barrels, but the jeager I plan to use doesn't...
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    WOW! Information overload

    Please see my previous thread 'Swaged Barrel Channel' that is now near the bottom of page 3. There were many variations in original Hawken rifles. Paul
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    WOW! Information overload

    Yes, it will be a radical build. It will be a fullstock with a hooked breech, using wedges, not pins, to hold the barrel in place. As has been said, I really don't think a swamped barrel would look right on a halfstock. There were original Hawkens with fullstock and swamped barrels. I don't...
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    WOW! Information overload

    I have been mostly lurking here, picking up tips for my next build. After just checking for new posts for a while, I decided to start back through old posts. What a gold mine. If there is anyone else like me,go to it. I restocked an old TC Hawken I had picked up with a wrecked barrel. I put a...
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    More noob questions

    Sweet!
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    Filligree Carving

    Check Lee Valley online catalog (google it), find carving chisels. I think it was p 268. Paul
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    More noob questions

    If you want to use a router for the barrel channel, as a custom furniture builder, I would recommend you use a router table with a router using bits with no less then 1/2" shank. I also would recommend using a solid carbide, spiral, up-cut bit,3/8" in diameter. If 3/8" is too wide for the bottom...
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    opinion, please

    Didn't your mama ever teach you it's not nice to tease your friends? That'll make a nice build. Paul
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    mystery trigger

    Looks like a Northstar from MSM. The mark is right. Paul
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    Swamped barrel channel

    My apologies. I had to reread your procedure a couple more times before it sank in. Much easier then making a template. Paul
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