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    Regurgatating the trash

    What is the lead box?
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    Burnt patches

    Happy is the man who uses 9 or 10 yards of patch material in a year! What Dutch says is spot on. I only stray from his advice here on matters of "too much lube". I use a rather large plug of deer tallow between powder and patch. This does an excellent job of preserving the patch. You can...
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    Why is it?

    Starting is a function of hand strength too. My daughters use mallets where I don't need them. They don't mind the extra weight and hasle since it affords them a measure of independence. I have often heard of the holy grail of starting balls with just thumb pressure. I have never been able...
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    36 cal Sight In

    Kamu, You're in a better spot than I. I've had a number of guns that shot high. I screwed the adjustable rear sight down as tight as it would go and they still shot high. Ended up with a new front bead that looks like the Eiffel Tower. I vote for shooting a few shots with the front sight...
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    blued barrels/bores

    Thanks for the quote Spence. I can't quite decypher the meaning of it though. The bore "suffered" but in what way? Something about it being a pain to the eye, but who cares? I don't go looking down the bore often anyway.
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    blued barrels/bores

    I guess this answers my question. Perhaps I should give a little of the back-story that inspired my post. I have two guns each with 42-inch Colerain barrels. One is my .54 deer gun, the other is my .36 squirrel rifle. I charcoal-blued the .54, I browned the .36 (on the outside only) then...
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    blued barrels/bores

    Well. . . We've already had a number of folks come on here and say that bluing is controlled rust. So the blued barrels are "rusted" in the bore, in a sense. Further, why do we brown the outside of the barrels? I always thought browning was another "controlled rust". I highly doubt all those...
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    blued barrels/bores

    I agree on everything you stated except the very last point. In my experience bluing the inside actually does good. It reduces the care required to prevent rust. So what would browning the inside of a bore do that would be so ruinous?
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    blued barrels/bores

    Rifleman, As I replied to Tenngun. Most bluing methods involve immersion so the bore is blued whether that was desired or not. However I've noticed a big difference in the level of care required for a blued barrel vs. a browned barrel. I'm thinking it is because when you brown a barrel you...
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    blued barrels/bores

    Tenngun, No, I mean the inside, the bore. Most bluing methods usually end up bluing the bore as well as the outside of the barrel. So you get the same rust prevention inside the bore as you do outside. The problem is, I don't know of any browning methods that would brown the inside of the...
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    blued barrels/bores

    I think I've finally convinced myself that there is a remarkable difference between the care required for a barrel with a "finished" bore vs a barrel with an unfinished bore. I have had a number of guns pass through my hands over the years. And I have noticed that if the gun was originally...
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    wierd iginition problem

    You stated that the 1st shot on a clean gun works well. As I was envisioning the differences in loading blank vs ball I could imagine the ball could force fouling into the hole. With a blank, the path of least resistance for expanding gas will be out the muzzle, so relatively little fouling...
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    Traditions .32 cal. crockett rifle

    Huh. I don't understand how this could be "not enough gun". Unless 'yotes are weak animals, this would be decent performance for a deer rifle. A coyote can cover 50 to 75 yards in way less than 10 seconds. Therefor I would consider that a very clean, humane kill.
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    If you could change one thing about muzzleloading...

    Hmmm. Maybe we need the idea of "Church" to make a come-back and muzzleloading will follow.
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    Cutting patch

    If anyone is laughing at you because the bluing wore off you're gun - they are DEFINITELY standing in the wrong place! :grin: That said, I make ball blocks out of wood that is thicker-than-caliber. Then I can push the ball and patch into the block of wood until it is flush, then I cut the...
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    Touchhole liners

    Are you sure the builder was not accusing the use of a removable liner? I have received counsel to not make it a regular habit of removing a liner (or a nipple for that matter) as part of the regular cleaning routine. The reason being that repeated removal and replacement of these threaded...
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    anyone use a plain dowel as a ramrod?

    Is there any reason the ramrod must be straight? I have always found that a slight bend helps hold them snug in the thimbles.
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    anyone use a plain dowel as a ramrod?

    Well if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. . . So I am satisfied with the answers to my original question, thanks to those who took the time. But now I am curious about purchasing ramrod blanks. Is there a good way to buy rods without runout? My original thinking was to go to a store where I can...
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    anyone use a plain dowel as a ramrod?

    Boy. Talk about thread drift killing a question. I was just wondering if anyone has ever omitted the brass tips and almost everyone thinks they need to preach about grain runnout. I know about grain runout and poking my hand. I wasn't asking about grain runout.
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    Lube Wafers?

    grease cookie
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