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    The Superstition Of Gifting A Knife, Is It Real?

    It was used on the old Andy Griffith show. Man gives the Sheriff a knife, he fishes into his pocket for a coin, and says “Sorry, it’s the smallest I’ve got.” Andy’s lady friend scolds him for hurting the giver’s feelings and Andy explains it’s a tradition to ensure the knife won’t “cut the...
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    New to patched ball - what are these patches telling me ?

    So much good advice so far, Id say it’s time to take a deep breath and start over. (1) Give the bore a good scrubbing with JB bore paste and get rid of any residual bore butter, & maybe tone done any burrs or sharp rifling. (2) next trip to range take at least a couple of thicknesses of...
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    Help!!! Broke stock.

    I had a similar catastrophe several years ago. I used type G2 epoxy, wrapped elastic tubing around wrist while it set (gave it 2 days to be sure). Then ran and glued a couple wooden dowels up from under trigger guard. Probably stronger now than before. If you’re going to wrap it, consider...
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    Real Black Powder

    Pyrodex started (early 80s?) touted as a non-corrosive substitute that gave 10 percent more shots per pound. Shoot all day, clean next week. Inventor Dan Pawlak was killed in a pyrodex factory explosion and they changed the formula for safety’s sake and it became corrosive. The higher...
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    Need a new Frizzen?

    Half soling a frizzen is a good option to consider. Even if you find a replacement entire frizzen you will likely have to harden the face, which is a bit tricky if you haven’t done it a few times (risk is brittle frizzen that might snap).
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    Hello from s.e. GA

    Welcome. Brushy Creek ML in Lenox GA or Jefferson Longrifles in Tallahassee are preparing for rendezvous in March.
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    Woods walks

    Things worth knowing in advance are how many shots (so you can take enough ball with 2 or 3 spares in case you drop one on the ground), & whether metal loading range rods are allowed. Take a few extra caps or couple extra flints. Maybe precut and pre-lube enough patches. Have some tow or a few...
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    Powder Explosion Caused by Static Electricity Injures Man

    http://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/sparks/sparks.html
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    New member from Georgia

    For Blue Ridge MM, try [email protected], range is near Toccoa off I-85 exit 166. Nice folks up there.
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    WANTED Pillow Ticking

    Onlinefabricstore.net. An assortment of cotton ticking, canvas duck, linen. And they will sell you a 6x6 inch sample for a buck if you want to put calipers on it before committing to several yards of the stuff,
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    CLOSED I need a .526 Round Ball Mold

    Bagmolds.com and ballmoulds.com both appear to be in business still and offer custom sizes to 0.001”. Neither have sprue cutter plates. I’ve used both, and they do well, although the little bag mold gets real hot in a hurry.
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    Hitting Silhouette at 50, 100, 150, 175, and 200 yds

    Been a lot of years since I shot silhouettes, but I in those days I shot a 50 cal Hawken, with a 50 gr charge for everything except the 200 yd bears. Crows at 50, hold on the center of the crow. For Groundhog @ 100 yds hold maybe even with the target's 'shoulders'. Buffalo at 150 yards I'd...
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    Target Flintlock Pistol

    With respect to pistol match times and number of shots, for flintlock pistols: Slow fire is 10 shots in 30 minutes. For flintlock Limited Timed Fire (NMLRA Territorial Rules) you have to shoot 2 five string shots in a 30 minute relay; each string of 5 shots has to be done in 6 minutes with...
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    Where do you guys get your flints? (In America)

    Go to Etsy.com, search for 'flint rock'. You can find big nodules or boxes of flint spalls at a rate around $40 for 15 pounds. Georgetown flint seems to spark pretty good. Some I ordered came in the form of spalls maybe 2X3 inches, quarter inch thick, so they have to be taken outside and...
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    Roundball Ballistics

    Not really contradictory: That roundball loses velocity and hence energy relatively quickly is a given. The difference between hunting and warfare is that Tim Murphy probably wouldn't have been too upset if Frazer had died slowly and the meat went to waste, whereas hunting ethics require we...
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    Grouping with a new Pistol

    Common 'tricks' that come to mind are : use a light charge (maybe 20-25 grains) and use corn meal to take up space so the ball will seat just below the chamber mouth. Try a 454 rather than 451 ball Load and shoot several rounds from one chamber, then change targets and shoot from the next...
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    Revolver questions

    To quote from the Lyman Black Powder Handbook (which I bought as a reference when first getting into muzzleloading): "Today, these revolvers are made of modern steels and are virtually impossible to damage using sporting black powder due to their limited chamber capacity." The book goes on to...
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    Were there really Navy 44s?

    Crockett, thanks for the concern on my behalf, but I wasn't looking for PC gun to equip a persona. I was mainly curious if there were, in fact, 44 Navies, or whether the modern repro gunmakers were just spinning yarns. I shoot a 36 flint pistol when I want to feel correct, and a Ruger OA in...
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    Great Plains Pistol Holster

    "The Leatherman" sells a belt holster for Ky style pistols. Take a look at http://www.blackpowderbags.com/ and click on the 'traditional accessories' link.
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    Were there really Navy 44s?

    I know you can buy repro 1851 Navy revolvers in 44 cal now from a variety of sources, but back in the 19th century, did Colt ever really make a 44 cal 1851 Navy? I thought, for both Remington and Colt guns, the term "navy" was applied to 36 caliber models and "army" to 44 caliber, perhaps...
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