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    Small game- .32 cal vs smoothbore

    I have a .50 southern rifle, that I reach for for deer or woodchuck but, if for a versatile small game collector, I reach for an old .50 fowler. It's been converted to caplock, but is still one of the sweetest handling guns I've used.
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    2021 has started out with a bang!

    Perfect timing, shot, & day.
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    I'm beginning to get it...

    Well named. She's a slim beauty all right. Somehow a touch of bling, in that trigger guard, seems appropriate. She's understated but definitely not "common".
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    Radioactive frizzen?

    Bought a Russ Hamm lock from eBay but never tried it. Main spring was so strong, I was sure it'd eat flints, so I returned it. Kinda wish...
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    FOR SALE Rawhide Ball Bag

    I know how that feels; mine died abruptly a bit over a year ago. Still getting used to replacement. The funds that allowed my interest are gone. Thanks anyway, if it's now available.
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    Some mugs I made to pass the time

    Your mugs look great but I really find your handle fastening technique inspired. Thank you.
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    SXS origin ~~ help needed

    That's a real treasure.
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    Ramrod tip extending past muzzle

    I've trimmed rods for this rifle both ways but the current rod extends about 3/4" & I've discovered that it holds the muzzle out of the grass/dirt, if I rest it muzzle down. Less chance of unknowingly picking up debris in the muzzle. It also gives my fumble fingers a bit more to grab if I've run...
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    Can't shoot lead balls all the time - what's better than paper wads?

    I got my first flint(musket) for Christmas, in northern Vt. Went straight to the back porch and rattled the neighborhood, blasting the huge icicles from the roof edge w/ the concussions. It was a more forgiving time and place, but my folks probably had some feathers to settle.
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    British Dueling pistols question

    Barrel Browner,To look at another corner of BP shooting entirely, that end on barrel seems tailor made for a great chunk gun.
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    Identifying this mark on siler lock

    ...Or a good gunsmith.
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    Once again

    There can be a variation in the bore sizes from different gun companies, yet all marked a "standard" size. If you's is slightly tighter, you may need to try a slightly different size ball. I can load a .490 ball in my .50 rifle, but it's snug enough to get very hard to load after a couple of...
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    AFRIADY CAT?

    When I have a drying patch get hard to pull, I've usually used one that, in combinayion with that jag, was just a bit too big and locked when it bunched up around the necked-down shank. Sometimes twisting the rod will collapse the patch enough to come free. If not, I run some alcohol down on...
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    Mowrey

    Outlan22, beautiful job on it! Enjoy.
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    How do you carry your primer flask......

    I keep pick, brush, and primer tethered to my bag strap, but long enough to tuck under the bag flap to keep the jingle/twig grab down. Sturdy leather & chain tethers; I lost a fine pick & brush kit on a woods walk when a link failed on a "pretty" chain. I always have a back up pick and a thin...
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    What the heck is this?

    Those inventive Yankees. Creative conversion, which seems to minimize re-inletting. A possible reversible conversion, or his idea for a simpler clean conversion?
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    SOLD J.Garner flintlock longrifle 50 cal.

    Love my J Garner poor boy. Smooth & accurate-even in my hands. in those of younger, better sighted, it drives tacks. He's indeed a master in my book.
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    Hunt in the rain rifle cover someone made?

    Water in the barrel when you fire can't be good. It doesn't compress and I'm not confident that it'll be wiped out ahead of the ball. If a condom isn't P/C-H/C, how about a bit on natural sausage casing, i.e. intestine, tied over the muzzle. I'm trying a muzzle shroud, like a small cows knee...
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    New Hoosier

    Welcome
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    Hello from southern Indiana

    Welcome from OH
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