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    Hunting with a bayonet!

    Yes it was durring the Ididrod sled race to Nome, That incident prompted the race officals to make carrying a firearm manditory equipment for all the mushers. This type of thing happens all the time here, most dont make national news.
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    Priming from the Horn

    I only carry one horn with 3F, it has always worked in 40 years of shooting, saves having to carry extra horn. I do have a small copper flask that i have in my pouch with some 4F for just in case, it hold about 100 grains, i mostly use it to help cap shooters get there gun to fire :haha:
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    Opening Day Caribou

    That would start a riot, they already try to put a red nose on my scotish red stag mount every year.
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    Opening Day Caribou

    A quess at the weight is about 250 pounds dressed weight.
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    Opening Day Caribou

    It is a .54 with a 1-70 twist. Its a great shooting gun, it has a Davis "Twigg" lock and is very fast. Backstraps are on the menu for tomorows dinner. Yum.
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    Opening Day Caribou

    I have been waiting with great anticipation for the winter caribou hunt to start since I drew a Caribou permit in July. I had planned to go out on opening day to hunt; the reports had the herd crossing the Richardson highway in the Sourdough controlled use area. I was originally going to leave...
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    sitting fox any good? any pics

    I purchased a Jaeger rifle from him 3 years ago, great gun excelllent wood to metal fit, the stock he used was the cm-4 curly maple with a green mountain barrel. I have never had any problem with the gun, it has a Twigg lock and is very fast and smooth. I would not hesitate to buy another gun...
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    New Handgonne

    The barrel is fully breached and the steel is ordinance grade. I found the owner and it turned out i knew him from years ago, i remembered him shooting it at the range. It has been fully proofed. The breach plug is about 5/8 inch into the barrel. I should be fun to shoot, i am not looking for...
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    New Handgonne

    I went to a local gun show this past weekend and found a Handgonne for sale, big surprise to see something like this around here. It is .66 cal smoothbore, 12" barrel and a 30" wood tiller. The best part was the price $50.00, i just could not pass it up. I will be shooting it soon.
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    How long have you been ......

    I shot my first BP gun, a 1873 trapdoor springfield rifle with a reduced charge when i was 5 years old. i was given my first ML when i was 8, a flintlock kentucky rifle, been hooked and shooting ever since. wow 40 years. :shocked2:
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    TV show guns Revolution

    Metal is all around us, all those cars and trucks that stopped working are full of leaf springs and those make great blades when forged down and ground to a point. There are too many holes it that show, anyone who has experience with weapons swords or guns are having a fit about what they are...
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    Alaska Fall Rendevous Flooded out!

    The amount of damage is very bad, all of the flood control dikes by the bridge are gone along with the roadway. Water washed out goth ends of the bridge and now the bridge may have to be replaced. Ed and maryann are stuck at there house until the road is replaced but that could be weeks away...
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    Big Bore Smoothie - Really Big!

    I had an opportunity to shoot one of those, what a hoot. The load was 100 grs of 2F and a tenis ball.
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    Le Mat pistol on Pawn stars now

    I have watched the show a few times, but dont care for the owners they are typical ripoff artists trying to get something for nothing. The socalled experts they bring in always rule in favor of the shop owners and not realy the customers. There was a guy who brought in a papered Colt Walker...
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    heating a tent in winter

    I have several tents depending on duration of campout. In Alaska the spring and fall rondies always drop to freezing at night. I use a military yukon stove for all my tents, My french bell back has a stove hole in the roof, and my Marqee 13x18, i made a wooden wall panelwith a metal stove pipe...
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    is it legal to make black powder?

    Black Powder is Classified as an Explosive, regardless of application. It is illegal to manufacture it without the appropriate licenses from the BATF. If you need powder it can be mail ordered.
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    Gun for my 8 year old?

    When i was looking for a gun for my daughter who was 8 at the time. The biggest problem was barrel length/weight. Most guns were too muzzle heavey and had too long a pull. I found a Traditions Deerhunter in .32 and shortened the stock 4 inches, the barrel is 24" long the new cost was $209.00...
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    Buck and Ball Load?

    The loading i use is, Powder, wad, ball,3-4 buckshot, wad on top. This works pretty good on paper.
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    New from Alaska

    Welcome to the forum. I hope we will see you at a rondy in the future.
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    Floor for a wedge tent???

    For my wedge tent i have a piece of plstisized canvas, it is brown on one side and white on the other, it fits right up to the walls and is long enough to extend out the door 2 feet if i want. it is water proof and looks like white painted canvas. I also have a persian rug i place over it for a...
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