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The tipi is in Slidell, LA. The poles are in Lockhart, TX.

This is a brand new Tipi I purchased back in July of 21. It's never been out of the box. The image shows the receipt and what I paid. The poles are in Texas and as you can see are very expensive to ship. If you want them as well you can have them (maybe rent a U-Haul to pick them up). The price...

In the mid-70's I got into muzzleloading. Started with a Thompson Center 54 Hawken like a lot of others. I was stationed at Fort Campbell at the time. As my interest in the mountain man grew I wanted a full stock flintlock. So one winter I bought a giant block of walnut, a long 1 1/8" 54 cal...

Welcome from Kenai Alaska and St. Tammany Parish (well in a couple of weeks).

A good friend of mine always has something to droll over. And yes I've bought from him. Home

Two other types of beads used in trade were the Chinese padre beads, so named because the California padres adorned their robes with them and used them like currency. And coral beads, in particular red coral from the Mediterranean. This coral was taken accidentally when fishermen’s nets would...

The last frontier and the Louisiana marsh.

Currently the answer is yes, at least UPS is. BREAKING: UPS cancelling gun dealers’ accounts, destroying packages in transit | by Lee WilliamsUnited Parcel Service is terminating the accounts of gun dealers across the country. Any packages currently in the UPS system may be “seized and...

This belongs to a friend of mine. The only picture I have at the moment. Cap lock but looks like it might have been converted from a flintlock. 45 caliber. It is a full stock, long barrel, with a trigger and set trigger. No patch box. The stock does have a cheek piece and a butt plate. He...

The heck with the rest of this thread, this statement is what interests me. The fact that @Snake Pleskin felt it necessary to tell us that he attended something in the same year it happened hints at his ability to time travel. Like he could have attended the 1968 World Championship yesterday...

@Coinneach very well said. Thanks. I had a similar experience with the men who became my brothers.

My Turn. :-) To @French Colonial original question my answer is one should try to be as HC/PC as possible and reasonable to the time period in question, AND adhering to the rules (if any) set forth by the organizer/organizers. If you don't like the rules don't go. Since my era is the North...

And that my friends is not as far off the actual amount needed as you might think it be.

@Rock Home Isle graphite is carbon so the question I guess is "is glazed black powder (graphite) dirtier than black powder that isn't glazed (no graphite)"? Or put a different way does graphite burn dirtier than the charcoal used then or now? I'm assuming here that glazing was done with graphite...

FFFF documented use in the Fur Trade Era? Un-glazed "Rifle Powder"? Is today's powder dirtier? I've been doing research on the history of gun powder during the broader Fur Trade Era. That has spawned a couple of questions. FFFF documented use in the Fur Trade Era? F, FF, and FFF used in...

If I’m shooting with others I just use a spit patch. If I’m shooting by myself for fun or hunting or whatever I use patches prelubed with mink oil- lightly but both sides cause that’s where it ends up anyway. I clean with patches from a tin that have been soaked in moose milk and then allowed...

Leather that has been hardened (don't ask me how- I don't know) by my friend that made all this. Speaking of carrying percussion caps this is the first time I've done it. I bought one of those brass cap containers but the lid is hard to get off, which I suppose is a good thing so they don't...

You know I hadn't even considered that. Since the caps are face down wouldn't that keep them dry in anything but a frog floater?

After thinking long and hard I decided on putting the cap holder on the bag strap after all (time will tell if the powder horn strap interferes). I secured it with the powder measure lanyard and routing the lanyard as I did allows me to keep the lanyard long so I can put the measure in the bag...

Ran shot for the first time today just as a test through the collander looking thing today. Didn't preheat the collander (which I will do next time) and poured the lead through at a height of about 4 inches above a couple of inches of water, Super pleased with the results considering this was...