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    WANTED Seeking~ "In The White" Pietta 1851 (octagon barrel) navy to complete pair. Will do cash or trade. (Pic is of the lonley one)

    Have you shot this revolver yet and if so is it accurate? .451 or .454 round ball? Wonder if you are the same Jim O'Meara called Irish Man who wrote for magazines, lived in Colorado, then Cheyenne and moved to Great Lakes region? If so Erin go Bragh (sp.). Sure miss marching in Denver St...
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    Making a front sight shade for my Hawken

    Could you show us a picture of your Lyman peep sight? If it is the tang version it no longer qualifies for open iron sight matches anymore. Why not pop off that front blade sight and install a globe sight with interchangeable posts inside the hood? This will make a big difference in your...
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    Wanting a piece of wood turned.

    A. duplicarver will make hickory handles for oval eye tomahawks. Curly maple depending on amount of curl will indeed chip out and gouge. An M-1 carbine 6 stock routing jig will turn out lots of handles. For your single project I would find a hickory handle that fits the head as close as...
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    Roundball casting balls slightly oversized

    Ask the guy who sourced you the ingots if he loads for modern bullets. I don't like aluminum molds because of the cooling and expansion. Prefer steel blocks. There are hardness testing tools to help determine your lead hardness. Pure will be the softest. I quit casting with a friend who...
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    ITTY BITTY BALLS

    Pushing the ball past the bottom of the board to leave it proud can dry out the lube on the patch if stored very long in bag or hung from neck in hot hunting weather. I actually inlet an octagon in the bottom of my first board to center the patched ball. Too much work. Forster bit drills...
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    What historical rifle would you most like to shoot?

    Timothy Murphy's rifle. From Phil Collins collection donated to the Alamo museum is a leather pouch for holding loose round balls along with a Brown Bess musket that David Crockett supposedly used. If not just muzzle loaders then Alvin York's rifle at famous battle (not necessarily a 1903...
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    Ramrod shortage?

    Straight grained hickory is best but you take your chances ordering by mail sight unseen. Made lots of arrows from shoots, canes and lumber since 1957. Ramin is hit or miss. Stuff I ordered from Track wound up being pegs for rendezvous furniture. Snapped in just light hand straightening...
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    How old are ya?

    Black powder only in muzzle loaders 50 of past 72 years.
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    Southern "Bear" Rifle

    I think I read somewhere that a son of Daniel Boone said his dad had a rifle in .60 plus caliber. Rich Pierce's excellent book has not only southern mountain rifles but also long barrel pistols under .50 caliber. Those modern ones made .50 or bigger can be uncomfortable to shoot with the deep...
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    Proof Hawken made a flint

    John Brown (not the abolitionist who attacked Harper's Ferry) was in the Mormon army and used a .66 caliber full stock percussion Hawken rifle against the U.S. army traveling through a canyon going to Salt Lake City. Photo of he and his rifle are in a book compiled by Craig Boddington. Bill...
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    Hoyt Thumper Carbine Velocity results..chronographed

    Wonder what the .54 barrels for the White Moutain carbines cost. Did you take the breech and snail off the TC and install on the new barrel or did Bobby Hoyt make a breechplug for it?
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    Anyone else shoot Flintlock?

    Dave_person, Masterful workmanship. The barrels on the matched set of pistols look like they have a twist pattern. Were originals ever artificially etched to simulate Damascus or wire twist barrels? Fourth photo down.
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    SOLD 54 hawken

    RUDY MR, Pictures? Poker's sold so quick because of all the photos he submitted. Would like to see the scope mount. .54 cal? Looking to test different patch lubes from a scoped, benched .54 like Stutzenburger or Bevel Brothers (?).
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    Sourcing 4F

    Andy J. Are there any other muzzle loaders in your area or a club you can join? If there are you can split up an order with them and not buy the entire 5 pound minimum yourself. Bulk orders can spread the haz mat fees with others so if doesn't make you wince. A wood or porcelain mortar and...
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    Stubborn Stuck Bullet

    If your bullet is stuck half way down and won't go to powder, don't try to shoot it out. It is an obstruction in the barrel. Larger thread screw might not work at this point. If you can unscrew the breech you could drive the bullet out with a metal, not wood, range rod. The closer to bore...
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    Bear Grease..............

    Mad L, A chunk is larger than a smidgen which is more than a dab but less than a mess of which is more than a doodle but smaller than a handful, etc. Look up the dialog of Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies for her kitchen measurements and recipes. I think you will find that the 1:1 ratio...
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    Why only one?

    Although there have been early breech loading black powder guns (Lorenzoni, Puckle, Hall, Fergusson) they certainly have not been around since the inception of muzzle loaders. They're in most states not legal to use during a ml big game season. Hunters worked very hard to introduce and...
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    How is a short starter held together?

    Any danger of scratching bore with steel pins securing the jag or tip? I use brass pins on mine. Many commercial short starters have the ball glued to the wood rod and cheaper versions have a brass sleeve instead of a jag or tip with solid end. It is just dimpled and not pinned. The...
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    Bear Grease..............

    rmefbowhunter: is that with a .610 round ball and anything added to the bear grease for lube? I mix mine with beeswax. ETip: Red stripe and blue stripe pillow ticking will get you .015 and .019 thick patches. Seems peculiar on the patch destruction you're experiencing. Is ball too small or...
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    Carolina Gun build / canoe length

    BCWILL. I've shot a canoe gun made from a North Star West kit that has been through 4 owners. Is 20 gauge and shoots a .60 patched round ball. Pretty poor accuracy and its barrel was considerably less than 26". I wouldn't hunt mule deer with it unless I could get within 10-12 yards or...
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