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I was living in PA when I first got into muzzleloading and would find rust in a barrel if I left it overnight without cleaning. Here in the high desert, I can leave the same rifle dirty for weeks with no signs of rust. I have seen rifles in pawn shops that were obviously not cleaned after last...

I have seen JJ's rifle in real life, it is very plain, with steel hardware I am sure. I could not tell what kind of wood as it is pretty much black with age. I could not handle it and can give no details as to barrel dimensions other than it has a long heavy-looking barrel. The one in the movie...

Provided it is in decent working order and the bore is ok, that sounds like a real good deal from what I have seen. I bought one off a member here about a year ago, paid $300. It showed some signs of use, but not abuse and is a good shooter. I feel I paid a good price. My local gun shop has 2...

I tried .010 patching a while back, had a lot of blow-by on the fired patches I picked up, also a lot of fouling left behind. with the shallow rifling it needs a tight ball/patch combo.

Ok, so I tried the .015 patches in my TC today, they loaded rather snug, but I didn't have to pound them down. Accuracy was acceptable but not great (2" at 35 yds). I was shooting 70gr. of Goex 2f, more load development would likely tighten up the groups. MY gun does not seem to like 3f, groups...

I was using Crisco for a while and I used a small metal measuring cup to melt a tablespoon or so over the gas stove just enough to melt it, not too hot to handle. The I put in a stack of about 20 patches, one at a time, they soaked the lube up almost instantly. Then I would take the stack out...

I take mine off and clean it with hot water and toothbrush when doing the barrel, then dry and spray lightly with RemOil. I was at a shoot one time and one of the guys asked me to look at his flintlock because the hammer wouldn't cock. I popped the lock out and the whole mortised area behind it...

Like flintlock62 I haven't shot a TC factory barrel for a while. I usually shoot a GM barrel on my TC flinter which has much deeper grooves and use a .490 ball with .018 patch which works well. I have a TC hawken caplock with the stock shallow groove barrel I am playing with now (off and on)...

I don't see my name on the list, I feel left out :( I thought for sure I posted for you to add me, hope to get my target sent out this weekend.

I am wanting to try B/C Plum brown on an old CVA kit gun I am building. Any suggestions on how to heat a 34" barrel evenly if it won't fit in my oven? As I live in the city I have limited resources as for building fires, etc.

Most of what I saw were modern steel, and pretty crusty, ok to practice breaching, but as I said I didn't look too close. Due to my work schedule I likely won't get in this week but will browse around a bit Saturday. What are old damascus barrels worth? I may have to pick up a couple 12ga sets...

My local gun shop bought out an old gunsmith and he has a trailer load of old guns mostly only good for parts. Most are selling for $5-$20. Lots of old double barrel shotguns. I have not looked through his selection to see if any are damascus, but I am sure he has some. If you need a barrel set...

My local gun shop has some Birchwood Casey plum brown solution I am thinking of trying on an old CVA kit gun I am working on. It does require heating up the metal though.

Use them when shooting for practice, you will be able to detect flinching when they misfire. :v

I didn't catch her name, but I believe the Annie you are thinking of had light hair, this kids hiar was dark brown. :hmm:

yes houndog, that is pretty much my idea. I basically bought the gun for the barrel, and like I said, it was cheap. I have never built a gun, but have been wanting to, and figure I want to try to make this one presentable. If I screw it up (worse than it is) I will at least gain some experience...

necci, would you think a similar or contrasting wood? The stock is straight grained maple. I was thinking of inletting walnut diamonds, or perhaps another light wood would look better. I am also a fan of the original Hawken rifles and was thinking of building it close to that style, that is why...

Ok, I don't normally shoot much paper, but I'll give this a shot. I do have a question about the rules however... My flinter is sighted for 75 yds, with fixed sights. Did you say the x can be anywhere on the paper and you are measuring to the center of the paper? I would hate to have to file my...

I have been shooting ML's for 20 years now but this is my first attempt at a build. I found a partially assembled early CVA Mountain Rifle kit at a local gun shop, cheap. The main reason I bought it was it has a "Made in USA" barrel. All parts are unfinished, in the white. Here is the problem...

I was out at the local gun range today working with some loads for my 44 mag and there was a dad with 2 little girls and grandpa shooting just down from me. The kids were shooting 22's, and grandpa had a Hawken replica cap lock. He let me look it over, it was a very cheap-looking "Muzzleloading...