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I switched it the other way for a while, I had a TC Hawken that I could not get to fire reliably no matter what #11 cap I used. I converted to a musket nipple and caps and BOOM every time. The supposed cause I found out later in my case was from using Pyrodex, old Pyrodex at that. I evolved in...

Thanks for posting that video, one of the coolest things I have seen. Would love to get a more authentic type Hawken but I do agree with Jim that a 32" barreled 10-12lb gun is no longer in my sights, something I can carry in the woods all day but not look like just a run of the mill Hawken...

Man I am jealous. I have been looking at the Colonial for a couple of years and when the Woodsrunner came out it put me in a quandary. I really want one bad

I have a similar issue with my Hawken, first shot low with a bone clean barrel, then subsequent shots group nice. When I am shooting I run an alcohol patch and two dry patches between shots, works great for range shooting. Hunting always starts with a clean, dry barrel and it is unpredictable...

A little early for us in Central VA although we have had unseasonably warm weather in Jan. and Feb. I am like Eutycus, I don't think winter is quite over. We have had onions and garlic in the ground since last fall, and the wife is getting ready to seed start almost everything else, so we are...

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I have been told in the past that it was roughly a 10% differential, so in my 50s I have found 70gr of FFG to be a good load, and I have been using 63gr of FFFG and getting the same results (as far a grouping goes) with PRB, I am sure I could dial in further and optimize the loads better but I...

Hey back in the day when I would shoot at the bench all day, I would take a piece of cardboard wrapped in a hand towel, worked great. I am not particularly recoil sensitive, but when you shoot 1-300 rounds in a sitting with a 308 or 3006 bolt gun you got to have something, or at least I do. I...

Very cool Jay, I lived in Portsmouth for decades. I never hunted Charles City, but I typically hunt Powhatan WMA, Amelia WMA and Little North Mountain up there near the Geo. Washington National Forest. I don't hunt the National Forest though, last time I did there was a rifle behind or up in...

I can hunt my own land but it is only a few acres of woods behind my place, which backs up to land owned by one of the paper mills. Public land is where 99% of my large game hunting is done. One spot is 1.5 hours away and I usually do a thunder run for that, even when I lived in the city and it...

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For range work I used a P.A.S.T. magnum recoil shield, have for years because I am at the bench with various loads and unmentionables most of a given day with a light shirt on. For hunting I don't because I don't feel the recoil anyway...and I have more clothes on. In fact, shooting is the most...

Ok well I don't need that problem, thanks :thumb:

Does anyone NOT lube their patches at all? I know some folks use the spit methods, but what about dead dry?

Based on the Kibler website, they have what is called an American Longrifle in multiple calibers, starting at .50 cal and going up in both rifled and smoothbore. The Maple and Cherry stocked versions are $830 + $300, not bad at all. It goes up when you get into Fancy Maple, Extra Fancy and...

Cool thread. My first was a TC Hawken .50 bought new in about '94 after shooting a friend's at a local range. It was a no joke tack driver, killed my first BP deer with that gun and won a BP shooting competition with it. Sold it to a friend's wife because she wanted to gift him a BP rifle for...

But now that I read my own reply, it would not be just the lock assembly, it is the barrel as well to install the pan, etc.

Wow guys thanks for the speedy responses. If I were to do this, it might be better accomplished by a competent black powder gunsmith or so it seems. I would definitely not want bubba working this and based on your comments, I would be bubba if I attempted it. I will confess that I was hoping for...

All, Relatively new here and wondering if there is, on this forum or any link that may be available, instructions for converting a Traditions percussion 50 cal. Pennsylvania Long rifle to flint lock? What parts are needed, tools needed as well? I bought it in the early 2000s from Midway and it...

we planted 5 yellows squash and have been canning, freezing, and eating squash for 2 weeks. 40 Roma tomato plants all have mega tomatoes on them and my wife said, "I think I planted too many tomatoes, don't let me do that again" :doh: Corn, peppers, green beans, potatoes doing well, just pulled...