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    My Handgonne

    Aha! Thanks- Andrew B.
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    My Handgonne

    What a cool project, I have the fixin's to make Gonnes, but never had the gumption. The serpentine (is that the correct term?)on the Gonne makes it all seem like a reasonable venture. How did you anchor the tiller?
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    Blackpowder Respect-

    I have an assembly table at my shop that is covered with very short "outdoor" type carpet as to not scratch product. I filled one of my priming horns at the table a few YEARS back. A little amount spilled, a Pixie Dust quantity. I hit the spot with a shop vac and got it all...
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    Can anyone help identify this flintlock?

    Good eye! I like that stop too...........now that you pointed it out.
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    My Handgonne

    That thing actually looks practical- Give us the lowdown when you get to firing it!
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    Next step pin barrel or tang bolt?

    I have in no way the vast building experience of the builders above, but I will always pin the barrel first. I have made quite a few rifles/smoothbores by now, and like to get the barrel settled in the channel, and the breech contact area nice and square. Securing the tang first can pull this...
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    How do you get you patches to come out clean?

    I will give it a try, it is some slippery stuff! Andrew B.
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    How to age ruff out leather

    For what it is worth, the ingredient that oven cleaners rely on is a percentage of lye with a vehicle. We use a lye mixture to strip anodization from aluminum parts that don't come out of the bath right. Pretty caustic stuff. BTW- Getting suede to "age" without looking forced/faked might be...
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    How do you get you patches to come out clean?

    I just ran a patch through a bore that had not been touched in well over a year. It is a Colerain barrel with 400+ firings on a Flintlock. I have never used water, only TOTW Blackpowder Solvent, Break-free CLP, and BC "Sheath/Barricade". It came out perfectly clean, no rust, no flecks, and...
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    Spring Temper Question

    Thanks for the info- TRS uses the "Turbo Torch" (brand name) setup. I have one, it is just a torch head assembly that goes directly on the smaller bottles and has a 1/2 or so opening, with a mixing vent about 4 inches back. TRS uses 2 of these in unison and grabs the springs with needle nose...
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    Casting a nose cap from pewter

    Great job! I would have figured 450/500 to be a problem, evidently not. :hatsoff:
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    Spring Temper Question

    Ok! Just got off the phone with TRS- Had a great conversation, a TON of useful information on springs. In a nutshell, the say a water quench works perfectly (26+ years) if the spring stock is heated evenly throughout. They use Propane exclusively, as the correct color can be identified more...
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    Removing blueing

    The Birchwood Casey bluing remover works fantastic. It is fast, and any polished surfaces will not be molested. I have used it twice before, and have been VERY pleased. IMO- Andrew B.
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    Spring Temper Question

    Yep, the water quench is a no-go, at least for me. I always order another set of spring castings from TRS on my projects, and I went 1500 with water and experienced cracking on any stock over .050" in thickness (TRS kit alloy) I went to oil, and have had great success.....so far. I don't...
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    Spring Temper Question

    All the smaller springs from this lock (castings from TRS) went 1500/1550 in motor oil, then were drawn back to an even blue, and work just perfectly. I will dig out my notes though, I might have this info at home- or I may have to try to get a hold of TRS :shake:
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    Spring Temper Question

    I have a very large Mainspring here, that is .225" at the bend and tapers to .140" at the tumbler engagement end. I have successfully made mainsprings perhaps a third smaller, but this guy has me worried a tad. I have Oxy/Acetylene so getting it to 1500/1550 for the linseed/motor oil dip is no...
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    4 bore barrel balance

    I make breechplugs from scratch where required. The carbine build used a .750 diameter plug. The ideal setup is so that the thread root diameter (valley of the thread) exceeds bore diameter, even by a little bit. That way a shoulder is machined inside the barrel for the face of the plug, and...
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    4 bore barrel balance

    I have made some barrels from scratch for replica builds. The above barrel from an old build copies a Coaching carbine from a book. The dimensions are identical to the original. Bore is .620 with a wall of .310 across the flats. Why go against centuries of proven dimensions? A 4 bore with a...
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    Rare pistol made by a genius

    Some scrawled initials were near the breech on the top flat, and the name he stated I could not recognize. I checked the credits and found no name that rung a bell. There was a flintlock pistol at another table that appeared to be quite old and somewhat ornate. The asking price was $12,000 and...
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    Rare pistol made by a genius

    Traditions Kentucky pistol kit poorly assembled. Gunshow in Ventura, California. The pistol had a large diameter cable running through the triggerguard with a substantial padlock joining assorted wares. Price tag? $1000.00 no joke. I asked about it and was told this line...."Have you ever seen...
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