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  1. ghostdncr

    Common loads for 20 ga?

    Spence's website is nothing but trouble, fellows. Stay away from there unless you want to learn a BUNCH of useful info. Here's a link to the home page: Bob's Black Powder Notebook
  2. ghostdncr

    My oldest smoothbore Warhorse

    That's an incredible find, and congratulations! An interesting write up, too.
  3. ghostdncr

    Help from Central Kentucky flintlock shooters

    Well sure enough, I had messages turned off! Sorry about that. Wonder what else I've missed? :rolleyes:
  4. ghostdncr

    Uberti vs Pietta, Not the same old, same old.....This could be news.

    I've been a machinist for about thirty-five years now and can't even tell you how many times I've seen this play out. The cycle has played out almost exactly the same in every case, too. Management fantasizes about all the free money they'll get from CNC machinery. Buy the CHEAPEST CNC...
  5. ghostdncr

    Traditions Kentucky Upgrade

    I fit an L&R flintlock to an old Jukar stock just last weekend and it took a couple of hours to get everything sorted out and working properly. Certainly not a drop in replacement but not beyond the reach of anyone with some basic woodworking skills and a little attention to detail. I was...
  6. ghostdncr

    Help from Central Kentucky flintlock shooters

    Hi Aaron, and congratulations on the new flintlock! I've had a number of these Italian jobs and thus far, have never seen one run like it should without quite a bit of adjustment and fine tuning. I have found them to be good rifles once properly lined out, though. I live in Brooks, Ky (about 15...
  7. ghostdncr

    Is everyone else ready for hunting season?

    That's my old buddy Milo. Best dog ever. He came down with bone cancer and went on ahead of me about three years ago. Ever read The Road to Tinkhamtown? That pretty well sums up Milo.
  8. ghostdncr

    What did I buy????

    You sir, appear to have "made out like a bandit!" I'd be surprised to buy that lock for $300! 😆
  9. ghostdncr

    thoughts from you guys?

    Where I grew up in southeastern Kentucky, "wolves" is what we call botfly larvae. Nasty things, but they do disappear when the weather finally cools down.
  10. ghostdncr

    .358” Round balls for a .36 gun?

    I've found most rifles can be made to shoot well using reasonably odd-sized balls if an appropriate patch can be found. Several years ago I was having really good luck with a .56 smoothbore using .54 cal (.530") balls and a heavier denim patch. I'll second ADK Bigfoot's comment that the...
  11. ghostdncr

    Is everyone else ready for hunting season?

    I have nothing constructive to add but wanted to say that I've thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread. Excellent photos, too! I don't have a single smoothbore in the house right now, but am well along in building a Fusil de Chasse that will likely see use later this season.
  12. ghostdncr

    First outing successful

    I love seeing this! Been working on it for awhile myself and it feels mighty good to free one's self up from depending on the mercantile.
  13. ghostdncr

    SMR kit

    I haven't built a kitted gun in several years but when I did, they usually came from either TOTW or Pecatonica. Always had good luck with both of them. I've got two builds in progress right now (a .32 Appalachian rifle and a Fusil de Chasse) and when those are finished I'm going to order a...
  14. ghostdncr

    SOLD Navy Arms 1863 Springfield

    Correct/original or not, that is one beautiful piece of work!
  15. ghostdncr

    Tennessee Rifle Trigger Guard Question

    I don't recall ever seeing an original that was pinned, but that's not to say it wasn't done. I have seen a lot of modern ones with the pinned trigger guards. I've seen several with a screw on one end and a pin on the other! Wonder what's up with that? I'd use iron screws on mine because that's...
  16. ghostdncr

    Tc

    I lean toward guns that have a bit of character and look like they've spent a decade out on the frontier. Been shooting almost exclusively flintlocks for around thirty years now! Still, I've got an early four-digit .45 Hawken percussion gun I'll probably keep from here on out. It's a good gun...
  17. ghostdncr

    thoughts from you guys?

    Our season's been open almost a month here in Kentucky and I've yet to go on a serious hunt. The thermometer is flirting with 90F and the humidity is just disgusting, plus the trees are still thick with green leaves. We typically start seeing a little relief in October and that's usually when I...
  18. ghostdncr

    Great Plains flinter to smooth bore

    I forgot to mention that almost all of the round ball shooting I did with that rifle used .530 lead balls and a really heavy patch. A thinner denim seemed to do the trick and allowed me to continue using the ridiculous amount of .54 balls I had cast up at the time. A friend had an old .56 cal...
  19. ghostdncr

    Great Plains flinter to smooth bore

    I reamed a .54 GPR flint with a badly corroded bore out to a smoothbore .56 cal several years ago and the project went very well. It was still a heavy gun so any kind of wingshooting was a challenge. Performance with a patched round ball was surprisingly good, but I shot it mostly with rolled...
  20. ghostdncr

    A fine walk in the woods

    Those are some incredible trees, right there!
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