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Brother, that’s the truth right there! I retired early to help my father take care of my mother with Alzheimer’s. She passed almost two years ago, and now we have moved in with my father, last month, to help him. His eyesight is failing, and I can’t keep the old fart off of step ladders, LOL! Dr...

That’s going to leave a mark! -Red, stating the obvious…

Just read the whole thing. Thanks! It must have been a different one. I thought I had read all of them on the Kentucky. Man, Oldwood had some cool stuff to say. I liked your side plate. Not sure I will do one though… probably just stick with the screws and washers. I need to do more research...

There were a few places that listed it cheaper, but non that had it in stock when I ordered. Even Traditions themselves list it as out of stock. Muzzle-loaders.com gives a 10% discount for posting about the build online. So at that point, we are down to $414. The next closest flintlock was a...

Nice job on the rifle! Did you YouTube this build, or have I seen it on here? I swear I’ve seen it… maybe not. Might be a conglomeration of a dozen different rifles I’ve seen. Looks great though! Did you just glue the two halves together without a spacer? I’ve seen that down a couple times, but...

Also, I went through Muzzle-Loaders.com to buy this one. Good site, easy to navigate, decent prices, and a 10% discount if you will post your build up in a forum and link to them! See what I did there? 10% off baby!!! -Red, taking advantage of the discounts…

Was just out in the shop, test fitting pieces. The lock doesn’t fit. I’ll need to inlet it some more, and the trigger guard doesn’t fit, both issues everyone has with them. When I was just holding the two stock halves together, I was a bit disappointed with it, nothing seemed to line up very...

In the process of gleaning all the information humanly possible on these things, it runs the gamut from, “It will never spark and you will end up throwing the thing at whatever you are trying to kill!” to “Better than the best custom made rifle ever! Have killed elephant at a thousand yards!”...

The guy I’m watching on YouTube has mentioned long drying times, like ten days for VERY thin coats, and doing like 5 coats of it, sanding while wet, and rubbing the BLO/sawdust slurry in to the stock to fill the grain. I love the look he got on his. Very smooth, but not shiny. And what you...

I’ve got some ideas on blending those two. Looking at some actual civil war rifles, after 150 years of use and handling, they have a very dark look around the lock, and extending forward and back a little ways, which lightens up in the fore grip, to darken back as it approaches the muzzle. I’m...

That isn’t freckles, it is “figured beech”! You pay a premium for it…

Actually, tomorrow I am 500 days alcohol free. I don’t dare try one of the non-alcoholic beers. Man, I LOVE a good beer, along with some good bourbon… a little too much, lol! Afraid that would just set my mouth a little to much towards drinking again… All the lunacy that is forth coming is from...

A few of the guys I’ve watched put them on a strict weight reduction plan. They look so much longer and more sleek… I’m serious about this rifle taking me a while. Against most everyone’s advice, I’m going with boiled linseed oil. From what I’m seeing, apart from taking a long time to dry, it...

It was amazing! An angelic choir burst forth in song as I slowly opened the lid… very religious experience. Much like the opening of the ark in Raiders of the Lost Ark, except without all the face melting and screaming and death and such. Ok, nothing like Raiders, but magnificent all the same...

The unboxing has commenced! There she is, in all her glory. The finest rifle 459 dollars can buy! Gorgeous flamed beech stock, 33” swamped barrel, hand crafted top end lock. A true thing of beauty! Monkey toes in flip-flops are just an extra added bonus. Actually, I’m not too surprised by...

I’ll be getting to it… I swear, I retired Jan of 2020, and today I have no idea how I ever had time for a job. My wife walks by as I’m trying to get pics for this thread, and says, “Let’s go. You ain’t got time for that now. We have appointments…” I promise more by this evening. -Red, a very...

Prepare yourselves to be amazed, amused, and thoroughly befuddled by the acts of percussive gymnastics about to be performed, all without the benefit of net! Step right up! See the fat man perform on trapeze… well, on a barstool really… Santa in the Brown Suit finally arrived! So the unboxing...

Welcome from the greatest state in the union, Florida… well, North Florida. We are trying to secede from the south half of the state. We here in the great State of North Florida recognize Texas as the second greatest state in the union! Congratulations!

These deer have been coming through our yard for 15 years, bedding down in the front yard, standing there eating corn while we have a barbecues 25 yards away. But when season opens, they get very skittish. Will only have a few come out in the daytime. I’m guessing they feel the pressure.

Man, it REALLY liked that 60 grain load, didn’t it? Nice!