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  1. OldNo7

    SOLD Battle At Sea 3000 Years of Naval Warfare

    PM sent -- I'll take it! Old No7
  2. OldNo7

    Stopping power of the 1860 Colt

    Back to the "stopping power" question... True enough. And we have to remember that back in 1863, even a .36 cal ball to the stomach area could be fatal due to infection -- many days or weeks later. (Sounds like a painful way to go...) Whether that stopped the fight at the moment or not...
  3. OldNo7

    Aging a Confederate D Guard Bowie Knife

    "Same womb" -- 14 minutes apart -- we're both Yankees! Old No7
  4. OldNo7

    WITHDRAWN Looking for a T/C Hawken .50 caliber barrel

    That's how an octagon barrel is measured -- across the "flats" (and not point-to-point). ...Hope the vice had padded jaws... (Been then, you'll be getting another one anyway...) Old No7
  5. OldNo7

    WANTED Whitworth or Volunteer rifle .451 cal.

    If that doesn't work out -- use this link for a ME Retailer who is selling a really nice Pedersoli Volunteer. https://www.kitterytradingpost.com/shooting/guns/used-guns/ Just click the search field for Blackpowder Guns. Old No7
  6. OldNo7

    Aging a Confederate D Guard Bowie Knife

    Now don't all too excited, as this isn't a great knife... I'm not a builder, so I didn't put it in that forum, and stuck it here... I recently bought a cheap $30 made-offshore D Guard Bowie. I'd bet that one whack on a watermelon would cause the "full length tang" to break -- that's cause it's...
  7. OldNo7

    Some Eye Candy : Cimarron 1860 "McCulloch Colt" Anyone Else?

    I'd have to agree with you Bill!!! Old No7
  8. OldNo7

    Shootout..Beauty vs The Beast

    You didn't say, but I'm guessing you used the same load for the Remmy? I'd give it a fair shake and try it some more; maybe measure the bore and chambers (it could need a ball 0.003" larger than the other) and try different loads. The same thing can happen with "unmentionable handguns" that...
  9. OldNo7

    Buggered screw purpose?

    I thought the "cleanout hole" was at the front??? Old No7
  10. OldNo7

    Deburring & Cleaning the Flash Channel of TC's Patent Breech

    Good eye, and good question! No, none. I left the tag end of string uncoated, so was careful to only pull back & forth after the string laden with lapping compound was past the threads. Thanks Dave, I do have a TC scraper shaped like the chamber too, but I find that brush I posted above does...
  11. OldNo7

    TC barrel windage out by 20 MOA

    This tool is offered on ebay for little money... I've used similar ones on several BP and CF rifles and always saw an improvement. Old No7 Brass Muzzle Lap 5/8" - Gunsmith Tools
  12. OldNo7

    Deburring & Cleaning the Flash Channel of TC's Patent Breech

    Thanks for looking. * * *UPDATE * * * I got 100% ignition!! -- and some nice groups at 50 yards today (despite the cold, high wind and snow squall) for 12 shots. Fired 6, then swabbed the barrel several times, and used the brush shown below to scrub the patent breech, then wiped it out with a...
  13. OldNo7

    Thompson center inter changability

    Those older TC 56 smoothies shoot better than they are supposed to! I had one back in the early 80's in Mass (before I escaped to Maine!) when a smoothie was needed for the BP season, and with careful load development (the details are long forgotten -- so don't ask!) I was getting an honest 2"...
  14. OldNo7

    Silly question about powder charges

    To follow up on THAT -- you gotta Google the SNL (Saturday Night Live) skit on "Washington's Dream". It's related to that comment -- honest! And it's hilarious! Old No7
  15. OldNo7

    Buggered screw purpose?

    You got some good advice up above (filing it smooth). I have a new-old-stock still sealed-in-original-package Treso ram rod (the aftermarket synthetic version) made for the TC Hawken; PM me if you are interested and I'll sell it to you for the bargain price of $10 to cover postage & handling...
  16. OldNo7

    Finishing Techniques

    If'in you don't mind looking at a Savage 99 stock -- this is one I refinished in Cabot's "Gunstock" color wood stain, with 10 hand-rubbed coats of Genuine Oil. The "after" refinishing is the bottom set in the image below. I do occasionally shoot it with blackpowder -- so don't delete my post...
  17. OldNo7

    Finishing Techniques

    I forget the exact name -- Stock Conditioner? or somthing? -- but Birchwood/Casey, the maker of TruOil sells a liquid/paste that can be used to tone-down a shiny TruOil stock. Old No7
  18. OldNo7

    Finishing Techniques

    If you want a low-gloss finish instead of glossy -- use B/C's "Genuine Oil", which is a new satin-finish version of TruOil. I've never seen it in any retail shops, but have gotten it from ebay. It goes on just like TruOil, protects the wood just as well, and looks great. "If that's the sheen...
  19. OldNo7

    1862 MOUSE KILLER percussion

    Back in the 70's there was a brick warehouse about 12 miles north of Boston that had neon signs in 3 windows saying TRAP GUNS SET. The local lore said they were 12 gauge trap guns loaded with buckshot, and that the town's Fire Chief said if there's ever a fire -- you're on your own. Then...
  20. OldNo7

    Deburring & Cleaning the Flash Channel of TC's Patent Breech

    Good luck doing that -- that's how the ugly vice marks got onto my barrel. :eek: I've read numerous reports that the dang things weren't meant to be taken off... Although I do recall TC selling breech plug wrenches back in the day. (I don't think they worked well, but never tried one...)...
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