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    Priming Flask

    It is Maccassar ebony that is gray/brown, ebony does not follow the stereotypes, as I have a considerable amount of Gabon that is gray/white, and Macassar that is nearly jet black. What is earmarked for woodwind instruments etc. (Gabon) is streak free jet black, so that is what is normally...
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    Priming Flask

    Yep. But I will probably make it out of a different wood. :hmm:
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    Priming Flask

    This is the priming flask that I made in response to a previous post. The valve is a TOTW article, the body is hollowed out Maccassar ebony (clamshell), and the fill plug is made of walrus ivory. It will hold 130 grains of 4F.
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    How to contact TRS?

    Go figure...after posting the lamentation...I got through. I just rattled of about 9 locks that were cool, and took what was "claimed" to be in stock. I will be getting a set of assorted screws in about 22 weeks. Just kidding! I ended up getting the "Matchlock Caliver", and the English...
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    How to contact TRS?

    What is the best way to get in contact with TRS? I have been trying for weeks to establish contact. :confused:
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    Fun project

    Wow! That is super sweet. How about a class on building a lock from a set of castings? :hatsoff:
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    lemon oil with bees wax question

    I make quite a bit of furniture, and have been using "Briwax" as a base wax finish. Howards is used for maintainance purposes still however. I live on the ocean, and the front door is made from teak and pernambuco. Howards wax will not protect it for any longer than about 2 days, but Briwax...
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    Need Cannon Maker/Machinest

    It is A2? A2 is typically used for applications that require/warrant subsequent heat treating operations, and is desired because warpage of small or elongated (thin) components is minimal. It machines "easier" than 01, but is still difficult. You are talking about having someone turn a very...
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    Flint or Perc.?

    All I know is this...in my opinion, I would not try to "catch it all" in the first build. I labored and sweated scheming and dreaming, mentally constructing a perfect "Jack of all trades" rifle. I wasted about 500 dollars. Too large of a caliber, incorrectly shaped, and gaudy were the results...
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    Jim Chambers Locks

    I am the "newbie" at my gunclub, but for the demonstrations (flintlock arms) for non members, I am called to show up with my Trans rifle with a Chambers "Early Germanic" lock. It is not my building skills, by any stretch of the imagination, I am shooting with folks that have been building for...
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    New Style Chambers Lock

    Thanks- After I received the Chambers round face, I saw just how little room there was any modifications. Hopefully the L-R lock gives you a little more breathing room. From memory, I was thinking that this particular style of sliding safety was perhaps .250" wide, but after I actually...
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    Priming horns

    Thanks for all the responses! I just ordered a 3-4 grain spout from track and a small "straight as possible" dark cowhorn. I can now see that I will end up making quite a few of different styles. It seems the general consensus is to carry the horn around the neck or tethered, with a range of...
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    New Style Chambers Lock

    About 8 hours of thinking, sketching, and looking at pictures....and maybe 1 hour to excecute. :hmm: But these times might not be exactly accurate, as I inlet a buttplate in 2 hours, but later was told by an impartial individual that I was down in the shop for 14 at least. :confused: :shake:
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    New Style Chambers Lock

    This is the configuration of the safety. The pin is slightly retracted to illustrate the proper location. The correct setup for this type of safety is a pin that engages while the **** is "half bent" (halfcock). The raised forward portion of the sliding safety is hidden under the ****, and has...
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    Dryball

    For the record...the ball puller was the first tool that I built for muzzleloading. Well, I did manage to get to my 5th pound of 2F before the deed. I knew I needed a puller when someone posted that they had dryballed, and some other folks claimed that they had never done it. Knowing a little...
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    New Style Chambers Lock

    This Chambers "Virginia" fowler lock has a correct 18th century sliding (pin in tumbler) safety. This is the lock that will be installed on the coaching carbine being built. The extensive research on the coaching carbines of the day yielded many examples of safeties, from sliding with a...
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    Seasoning a bore

    Easy. :haha:
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    UN Gun Ban

    I have been an NRA member since 1986. I have been watching the NRA slowly become an affront to logic. Instead of changing with the times to address reasonable young people, it is now sounding like 1970's paranoia. The scare tactics are beyond BS. The statements on the mailed literature is...
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    Priming horns

    I need to make a priming horn, the old "4F in a Zip-Loc" is getting tedious. My Trans rifle loves the 2F Goex, and a dash of 4F in the pan gets it going about as fast as it's gonna' get. Anyway, any good ideas for a sweet priming horn? What works for you? Where do you like to carry it? What...
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    Dryball

    It was a dryball alright. No powder. My ramrod witness mark cannot tell a lie!
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