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    any trapper

    I have been trapping off and on since the late 70's. When i was a teenager i trapped beaver and fox, it paid for more guns and ammo and my first car. Last year i went on a period trapping expedition alone for a week in the mountains using only 1750's period gear. In the one week i caught 9...
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    Pedersoli Jaeger flash guard

    Check with Track of the Wolf, they have a screw to do what you want for there Tulle locks they may work for your gun. You can also check with RE Davis about parts for the lock.
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    Grandpa's Cannon -- Need Some Advice

    Nice little cannon. It appears to have been profesionaly made. it looks like a line gun from the 1880s in design but they were much larger than yours. I would clean it up, make a new wheel to replace the lost one. Take it out to a safe place and load it up, i would use a fuse so you can be at a...
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    What got you into muzzlleloading?

    When i was 8 years old my dad brought me to visit a friend of his in the VA hospital, the old fellow was a WW1 vet and had known my dad from his Navy days. On that visit he told my dad to get a box from under his bed out, it held an early production flintlock kentucky rifle and a remmington C/B...
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    Goex

    I went to Great Northern Guns in Anchorage last week to buy some powder, The store owner gave a line of BS about Goex being out of business and not selling powder any more. Completey untrue. He did have KIK powder, i bought some it was$22.50 a can, I shot some and it seems to work just fine. We...
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    Jaeger

    I have a custom Jaeger built by Sitting Fox, it is a .54 cal with a 28" barrel. I have taken 1 moose and 2 caribou with it. fast and handy in heavy cover and accurate out to 100+ yards. A very good hunting rifle.
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    Brown Bess Sling

    Purchase the standard bess sling from DIXIE GUN WORKS, G.Gedney godwin, maybe Track of the Wolf. The flints are 1" to 1 1/8" size. Track of the wolf is the best place to buy them.
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    Anyone Use KIK Powder

    Thnks all for your input. I am going to shoot some paper this weekend, so i will see how it does.
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    Anyone Use KIK Powder

    I recently purchased some KIK powder at a local shop, they did not have the ussual goex brand. Has anyone here used this powder any insight would be appreciated. I shot it in my jaeger last weekend, it seemed hotter and dirtier than ussual. what do you all think.
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    bare ball 12ga best shoting?

    The first thing to do is measure the bore diameter, A 12ga should be .729 in.. I think the .690 ball is too small, unless you have a chocked barrel.I use a .705 ball in all my 12ga guns, and use a thick patch lubed with bore butter. I get good accuracy out to 50 yards. if i am shooting alot, as...
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    cannon ball cost

    The price of $275.00 is normal for any CW artilley shell, thats average for a 12 lb ball. Some go for $1000.00 depending on who made it and where it was recovered. A good source for priceing/buying CW stuff is "The Horse Soldier" in Gettysburgh.
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    Pedersoli Brown Bess questions....

    The ball and patch size would depend on the actual bore diameter. My bess is marked .75cal but the actual bore size is .729. I use a .705 ball and a heavy linnen patch, 90gr of 3F for the load. It will print a 1 hole group at 25 yards. I would recomend after a good cleaning, get some 4O...
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    Hello from Alaska

    WElcome aboard, What part of the state are you in. If in south central there are alot of ML shooters and shooting opportunities.
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    Has anyone heard of an Ulta-Hi 50 cal ?

    Ultra Hi guns were made in Japan, I have several of them and they shoot great, i have never had any problems with the ones i have. Dont spend alot on them.
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    Hard conditions to shoot in....?

    Today it is -25 deg, no wind, hard to hold rbs when you cant feel your fingers, i have hunted at-20 deg but its not that fun. as for wind i have no problems loading and shooting, several years ago i was hunting in a wind storm 30+ mph winds with gusts to 45, the stand i was in was rocking and...
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    12 g. pedersoli UN-reliable ignition

    Check the nipples and run a wire threw the holes, be sure the main channel is clear of debris and metal shavings. I have one that i have been shooting for 15 years with no trouble, i have used prrodex RS most of the time as well as 3F goex, i have never had a problem with ignition. it sounds...
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    Using a millitary musket as a shotgun

    I use my Brown bess with both shot and round ball. My shot load is 1 1/4 oz of 7 1/2 shot and 90gr of 3F. I use a 1/2" fiberwad over the powder then the shot load and toped with another 1/2" wad. This load is great for grouse and rabits out to 30 yards. For round ball i use 90gr 3F and a thick...
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    Get a Load of This from the New York Times

    I Aggree, sounds like some made up BS. Anytime i hear the old song of inaccurate and unreliable i know that the writer is full of :bull: .
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    Gun used in movie Jerimiah Johnson?

    There was a movie that was made in the 50s that had Kirk Douglas in it and Bobby Daren, i cant remember the name of it, they were going up the Mosurri ? river, the charecter Bobby played carried a swivel breach double and used it very well, i think it was a rifle smoothbore combo. This might...
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    PBS The War That Made America

    It was purchased from the PBS store online, My wife bought it for me for christmass.
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