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    CVA Mtn Rifle questions.

    A CVA Mountain rifle of any caliber in Flint brings a premium here in PA, due to our flint only season. The 54 and 58 being most desired. I have considered getting a percussion model and converting it to flint. I thick L&R made some replacement flint locks for the CVA models. The...
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    Just when you think you've seen it all

    Indeed. The things you have and create can't go with you.. Too an extent, what you give and what kindness you show to others will make a far bigger mark on the world. The world is far too short on kindness and yet it costs nothing to create it.
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    Just when you think you've seen it all

    When I worked at the state senate in the early 1970's, one of the state Senators would drive his gull wing mercedes down from Mehoopany (SP) PA. That guy had a "harem" of exotics and I swear treated each one like a lover. If rain was expected, it would get moved to a special garage. He also...
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    Just when you think you've seen it all

    You can get a straight grain stock, premium barrel, lock and triggers and put together a subperb hunting gun. Something that will also hold its own at targets, etc. I once saw a gun made by my parent's neighbor. The silver alone cost the guy close to $400 in the 1970's. The barrel top...
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    Does it matter what side the lock is on a pistol?

    only if you need to **** it with the same hand you hold the pistol in, which is not likely. I have had 30 or 40 black powder pistols over the years. Had lefties, righties, underhammers and box locks. Even had two pistols with the locks mounted back wards, for instance a right hand lock on...
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    Food for thought on smaller calibers for hunting big game.

    There is a major statistical difference between small caliber round balls and large caliber round balls when traveling down range. You can verify it with a book like the Lyman black powder handbook, 1st ed. a 36 caliber ball loses approximately 64% of it's muzzle velocity by the time it...
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    Pennsylvania Hunters Q&A on Weapon regulations

    What Ditt44 posted is NOT THE LAW! It is not even THE actual regulation, contrary to his statement. This is where the PA Game Commission keeps fouling up. They publish the digest, referred to by hunters here as the "comic book" a sort of layman's phrased regurgitation of the law. However...
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    More Important Than Biden, Trump, Ukraine, Ballistol and Pietta Combined.....Muzzle Coning.

    I am currently building a rifle that will have a coned muzzle that will not affect accuracy, even off a bench. (Because it has a false muzzle that comes off before firing) I suppose for some one that only cares about hunting, doesn't care about a small loss in fine match accuracy. All they...
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    Old longrifle identification

    Far too many old originals have been permanently screwed up by bubba restorations done with good intentions. You may find an proper trigger guard because most were imported as were the locks. Few gunsmiths of that time period cast their own brass or made their own locks. Make no attempt to...
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    Dates or milestones for key black powder arms and advancements

    I had a Hanoverian horse pistol from 1843 that had a cross bolt safety built through the tang of the hooked breech that would stick out on the lock to prevent the hammer from falling. The in line striker for flint locks was built around 1700 and the in-line striker for a percussion system was...
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    Question about TC Round Ball Twist Barrels

    LOL, great round ball accuracy? Accuracy is so many different things to so many people. MY TC Hawken off a bench at 50 yfs could make ragged one hole 5 shot groups. (with different sights than the crappy stock sights) So could my 50 caliber smooth bore. At 75 yds, the TC group would open...
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    PA flintlock late season flintlock hunters

    Unfortunately, hunting in PA has become more about antlers and venison than actual sport. Post your property and you are a greedy SOB that thinks he owns the deer, Too many consider hunting as sighting in a few shots before the season and going into the woods opening day. So few scout their...
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    round balls don't do well

    a 24 thou patch is way to thick. How much force does it take to start the ball? You may well be deforming the ball when you start it down the barrel. a deformed ball might as well come out of a shotgun. There was a time I used a mallet to start my PRBs. found that to be counterproductive...
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    Making a Powder Horn: Scrimshaw

    I decided to try some scrimshaw last summer. My first attempt on bone was worse than abysmal. However, my first bone carving sold in less than 30 minutes. (go figure) I have been experimenting with some antler, bone and plastic. I carved a picture on a mollusk shell with an electric...
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    Back up pistol in same caliber?

    Far worse when such a comfortable place is inside a giant fenced area over bait. I used to go goose hunting on the Eastern shore of Maryland. The guide had pits out in fields that had covers. Getting in the pit and out of the cold brisk winds was a luxury compared to being out in blinds in...
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    Back up pistol in same caliber?

    Re the extra weight. More "mature" hunters here are using Deer towers, these things often have heat and cushioned seats Windows with portholes that open silently. Some even sit on the computer. The first I saw, back in the 1960's was 15 ft off the ground and about 8 x 8ft. Even had a...
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    Goex News......

    Even in to 1947, ammunition was still not being produced for civilians. The War time Federal agency for establishing priorities for use of materials had not yet released it's grip on things like brass lead and copper. And like was seen recently, what little ammo was being produced was being...
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    Centre Fire Patent

    well no explanation above that response. And as I thought, it was not new, as the concept was already in use in other firearms elsewhere. Numerous firearms had nipples placed to inject fire directly into the charge. whether from the rear , the top. the side or even the up from the bottom...
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    Centre Fire Patent

    Thank you so much. As I suspected it was placement of the nipples and not really a new technique or invention. Colt had that in his 1836 patent drawings.
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    Centre Fire Patent

    Still unanswered. What about it was "centre fire"? The percussion cap and nipple were being incorporated on guns as early as 1822. The Eley brothers added percussion caps to their sporting offerings in 1837. The Colt Paterson patent had "in-line" percussion nippples on the 1836 patent...
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