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  1. Eric Krewson

    Not enough actuation in T/C Hawken hammer?

    I have two TCs, one I can cap at half ****, one I can't, never thought much about it.
  2. Eric Krewson

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I cleaned all of my B/P guns and put them back in the safe, all but one. I coned the barrel of my .54 Haines rifle to the point that I could start a ball and a dry patch with my thumb as the coning instructions suggested. When I shot the rifle the other day, I found that a lubed patch was a bit...
  3. Eric Krewson

    How clean is your bore?

    I did my annual B/P bore inspection with my Teslong and ran an oily rag down the barrel of all of my guns. The drop in GM barrel on a TC had some rusty oil in the breech and a couple of pin head size places with surface rust, now gone of course. The rest of the barrels were as pristine as could be.
  4. Eric Krewson

    Who Hunts Reg Seasons With Their Muzzleloader?

    I hunt all through season with my flintlock most of the time, I have two percussion TCs that I hunted with after I put them together until I killed a deer with both of them then, put them back in the gun safe. I like deer meat; I need one for myself and one for my sister-in-law, using a...
  5. Eric Krewson

    Has anyone tried to make Wedge keys for barrels?

    I can understand placing a dollar value on your time if you are making a gun to sell. For a rank amateur like myself, just walking into my shop brightens my day, making things there is an extra uplifting bonus. There is a gun build in the vise in this picture.
  6. Eric Krewson

    Thompson Center Hawken Variants

    The flintlock is not a TC. Renegades didn't have patch boxes. Depending on the year they were made, the stamping varied, what we call pre-warning or prior to 1986, they didn't have "black powder only" stamped on the barrel or the model. If you have one with a K stamped before the serial...
  7. Eric Krewson

    Need to get rust out of my Bore

    Discussion of inlines is prohibited here, that said, you might fill the barrel with evaporust and let it sit for a day. The rust will be gone but the pitting will remain.
  8. Eric Krewson

    Has anyone tried to make Wedge keys for barrels?

    I enjoy tinkering in my shop, I spent two days filing this sight out of piece of angle iron, I never considered the time spent as lost wages. I like the old adage that states "time that you enjoy wasting is not wasted time".
  9. Eric Krewson

    Finishing a walnut stock...

    It stores longer with a pin hole in the seal, you can get all the finish you need out of that pin hole.
  10. Eric Krewson

    Finishing a walnut stock...

    I have used a lot of Tru-oil on bows, arrows and guns, it does have a shelf life and doesn't dry right if it has been stored for several years. Every now and then I buy a bad new bottle right off the shelf that remains tacky forever. I like to buy my Tru-oil at Walmart because they sell more...
  11. Eric Krewson

    IMPORTANT NEWS - WINTER CLOSING Maine Powder House

    Change to "environmental policy" which is more correct, although my original statement is a very broad generalization that shouldn't upset anyone.
  12. Eric Krewson

    Hawken Kits, Kibler, etc.

    There are kits and there are kits; CVA type kits can be slapped together and shot, Kibler's are fairly easy to put together but Colonial and SMR take some skills to fit the parts, the Woodsrunner and fowler are much more advanced for the final fit and much easier to build. The kits like Track...
  13. Eric Krewson

    JB gun cleaning

    I put hundreds of JB (both grades) saturated patches down my bores after a good scrubbing with scotch bright and checked the result with my Teslong, the JB is not very aggressive and only polished the bore slightly.
  14. Eric Krewson

    IMPORTANT NEWS - WINTER CLOSING Maine Powder House

    Being a pack rat of sorts, my first B/P purchase when I quit using subs about 20 years ago was for a case of mixed size Goex. When I get about 10# low of a full case I restock, my last restock was shortly after the Goex plant burned and dealers still had Goex in stock. I shoot much less now in...
  15. Eric Krewson

    How clean is your bore?

    This clean;
  16. Eric Krewson

    Show your Muzzleloading gems.

    On second thought, I better not post the guns I once owned, wish I still had them but it is what it is.
  17. Eric Krewson

    Contacted Kibler about Hawkins rifle.

    My heaviest rifle has a 15/16 straight .44 barrel that is 42" long, the rifle weighs 10# 3 oz. After toting TCs through the woods for 40 years, my gifted rifle felt like a boat anchor. I treasured this gift so I sold my TCs and hunted with it exclusively, in a very short period time I got used...
  18. Eric Krewson

    Contacted Kibler about Hawkins rifle.

    Where I live, I have never seen another person shooting and hunting with flint besides myself, aside from percussion black make-believe B/P guns, I have seen a few people shooing sidelock percussion guns at the range, almost all TCs. I have a friend who has made quite a few flintlock guns but...
  19. Eric Krewson

    Questions regarding a Green Mountain barrel...

    The second picture of the breech configuration this common for GM barrels, the short drilled flash chamber turned me off, all TCs have this chamber drilled all the way under the nipple. When I saw this in my barrel, I got out my Dremel and extended the flash chamber all the way under the nipple...
  20. Eric Krewson

    Stripping a Buttstock Finish?

    Some of us like putting in the effort for a better overall finish, some want it quick and easy, both methods are just fine because the only one you need to please with your method is yourself.
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