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  1. Eric Krewson

    Where to FindSteel Hardware for a T/C Hawken

    I don't know about the product mentioned above but I bought a TC stock with brass fittings that some on had blackened the brass with something, the only way to get off the black was to sand it off and it didn't sand off easily.
  2. Eric Krewson

    Looking for T/C .54 Maxi Hunter Mould #7376

    This about the same thing at a very good price...
  3. Eric Krewson

    Vent hole location?

    I moved the barrel back on a TC that had a touch hole too far forward and completely repositioned the lock on a pre-carve that had the lock inlet low and back. I have posted this a bunch of times before but this is as bad as it gets for a factory lock inlet, I fixed it
  4. Eric Krewson

    Advice needed on mid-late 70's TC Hawk 28"b w/1:48t

    Not having tried to pull a ballistic tip round, I suspect the pointed tip will deflect the screw point and not let it screw into the bullet. Shooing the bullet out with a light charge under the nipple or using a CO2 discharger may be your only option short of putting a zirk fitting in the nipple...
  5. Eric Krewson

    Flintlock or percussion for a first purchase?

    Starting out I would go with a percussion rifle instead of a smoothbore, the learning curve for a rifle is much shorter than a smoothbore. After you get this B/P loading, shooting and cleaning stuff down, buy a smoothbore in flint.
  6. Eric Krewson

    Fair price for NE shotgun stock??

    There is one on eBay but it isn't cheap, $265 shipped, lots of them without the hardware. Buying the hardware for a bare stock can get very expensive. I would guess around $200 for your stock would be a fair price; eBay prices are out the roof. I posted a "wanted" ad here for a complete Hawken...
  7. Eric Krewson

    Range Test: .45Cal Double PRB deer load

    Roundball did a lot of experimenting with different loads that I found interesting even if I never shot any of the loads he tested. Unfortunately, the purist know-it-all jerks here gave him a hard time almost every time he posted, he finally got tired of it and left.
  8. Eric Krewson

    NW Alabama Meet n Greet Fall 2024

    I plan to be there, injured my bicep muscle, may just do a lot of talking, don't know if I can stand any recoil or gun loading.
  9. Eric Krewson

    DIY cleaning patches

    I use the baby blanket cotton fleece from Joann's, a fabric cutting wheel and the cutting board makes cutting large numbers of cleaning patches very easy.
  10. Eric Krewson

    Info please with cocking effort on Hawken percussion lock

    Never thought much about hammer pull weight, only trigger pull. Just now I got out my TC Hawken percussion kit gun with only about 25 shots through it and measured the hammer cocking strength, it came out to 11 pounds 13 oz. Next, I tested my most recent build which is a flintlock with a Deluxe...
  11. Eric Krewson

    Frozen stall image

    If you tie a leather thong from your trigger guard to the stall and adjust the length to where you have to tug on the stall to get it to slip over the frizzen it won't come off, I use deer hide which is stretchy. I leave one on my guns if they are loaded and stored for the next hunt shot...
  12. Eric Krewson

    How much to pay

    Look down the barrel before you buy it, way too many TCs have gremlins hiding in the barrel from not being cleaned properly.
  13. Eric Krewson

    Is My Bird Gun A Deer Gun?

    I have a Gustomsky 20ga trade gun, I tried every kind of load including cardboard shot cups to get it to pattern. The shot cups worked great if they opened up but about half the time they slugged and didn't open up. Shooting shot with just over powder and shot wads my pattern was so bad that I...
  14. Eric Krewson

    Kibler .36 SMR Completed

    I like that, very clean well, executed lines.
  15. Eric Krewson

    Possible gunpowder related tragedy

    Why criticize the OP for his choice of words? He told us a cautionary tale that we can't be too careful with no conclusions intended. I am sure this was a very traumatic event to witness, he should be commended for helping save the elderly man. I have witnessed several life threating injuries...
  16. Eric Krewson

    Am I the only one who doesn’t really care for carving on a rifle stock?

    If I did the carving, I would be turning a silk purse into a sow's ear, plain rifles are best for me.
  17. Eric Krewson

    Question for the many builders about lock finish

    I took this picture before I polished the lock after some test firing, the gun doesn't look finished to me, I had just grayed the barrel. Polished looks much better;
  18. Eric Krewson

    Help identifying flint lock pistol no markings

    Never made to shoot, no touch hole and no flat on the lock side of the barrel to fit the lock to.
  19. Eric Krewson

    Not enough actuation in T/C Hawken hammer?

    I have built a few TCs out of random parts, I was initially surprised to find they are not the cookie cutter duplicates one would expect. Early models, late models and perhaps just the people who assembled them made them different.
  20. Eric Krewson

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I re-coned the barrel I mentioned above, I used two 220 grit squares, one 320 grit and four 400 grit ones. I tested the patch/ball fit frequently after every square of sandpaper I used. After the last round of polishing, I could easily thumb start a ball and a lubed patch down to the patch...
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