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    Restocking Help for T/C

    Ok, I found the catalog I ordered from It was Log Cabin and must have been 5-6 years ago though. Paid $53.50 each back then. I let them lay around for a while till I retired and started Muzzleloading again. Here is another Log Cabin stock ordered plain maple more recently to build a...
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    Restocking Help for T/C

    Thanks Deerstalkert, Must of been my lucky day to order stocks. Here is the other one which I just started on a lock inlet. I don't know who was picking out plain wood that day but I love their idea of plain! The curl even follows through pretty much the same on both sides.
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    Restocking Help for T/C

    I had a CVA Hawken 50cal that I wanted to restock in Maple. I ordered 2 Leman Half Stocks precarved but not inlet for the lock in plain Maple. Don't remember who I got them from, but both came with good figure in the wood instead of the expected plain. I wound up only using the CVA barrel...
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    Cva kentucky

    This thread from a few weeks ago got me thinking. I have a percussion CVA 45cal Kentucky Barrel 33" long laying around for years. I got it with another one from clearance kits missing parts that I bought for $35 each at a sidewalk sale. I used the 50cal already but wanted a flint barrel for...
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    First Muzzleloading Kit Build Thread

    My only kit build was a CVA 50cal Hawken Rifle bought many years ago. The kit was marked down to $35 as it was missing parts. It was a very accurate gun, but after a while I wanted a maple stock. I got a Leaman style precarved stock, ordered plain but they sent a nicer figured one, and wound...
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    muzzleloading machinists of old

    Not long ago I was fortunate to visit the shop in Woodbury, Ky. of the great gunmaker Hershel House with a friend who knows him. He was very gracious in showing us the gun builds in progress and how he goes about creating his masterpieces. I had read Foxfire Volume 5 which has a lot of...
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    Buying Black Powder

    I've been getting mine over the counter at Kentucky Gun Company in Bardstown, Ky. Schuetzen is $22.99 lb while Swiss is much higher at $31.99 lb. Both are usually in stock when I check online before driving an hour from home to get there. Not seen any 4F lately though for sale but they...
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    Thoughts on Patch Boxes - or lack thereof - on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age (and Colonial Age)

    Bought that book back in the 80s and still have it. It's what got me interested in building long rifles instead of the kit CVA and TC guns everyone else I knew were building. I never get tired of picking it up to read and get ideas.
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    ML parts prices?

    I am so glad that a few years back when I was getting ready to retire, I ordered enough components to build two flint rifles to have for projects later. The same parts are double or more cost now than just three or four years ago. I can understand some increase but locks that were around $100...
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    Question for the "old guys"...Is it just me or are there others?

    I recently helped the local DAR chapter that my wife belongs to put on a Revolutionary War weapons demonstration. I was pleased to see that the local 4H club had a black powder club for the young teenagers. They put on a great demonstration of shooting and safety with traditional muzzleloaders...
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    What is the best percussion lock .

    I have been very pleased with a Siler Mountain style lock on my percussion plains rifle build. Quick action with a strong mainspring.
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    Leman trade rifle

    Thanks for showing the great work on the Leman. I'm working on one myself and enjoyed your post.
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    New Member, Kentucky

    Hello from Kentucky. I've been reading this forum for a while and decided to join since I was so impressed with all the information on gun building here.
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