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Wow....I wonder what is involved with legalities, etc. with a Yank buying a flintlock over there...If I could get a Brown Bess replica for cheap my heels might not be dug in so deep over the Europe trip the in laws are trying to talk us into!

It's good to hear the stuff holds up for a while. If I get more summers like this last one my current powder supply is going to be around for a long time :(

Really nice. I see another CVA shotgun on Gunbrokers, appears a little more used than yours. Any thoughts on what would be a fair price for one?

I've tried several brass cappers and found them all frustrating. I made some leather cappers per BrownBear's advice. I noticed it took a little practice to acquire the manual dexterity to line the cap up with the nipple, but after I got that dialed in my brass cappers started gathering dust...

Funny. Who would know it? Just hanging on to my old comic book collection could have potentially brought in enough extra change to buy several very nice custom muzzleloaders. From what I see, a fairly nice custom rifle can be had for a month's take home pay or less of a regular working guy. I...

Welcome! I got into muzzleloading fairly recently myself, although at a bit older age than you. Are you from the same "Great Land Way up Yonder" that I am?

I seem to keep thinking about a 58 caliber Jaeger style flintlock I passed up at a gun show last spring. If I get another chance on that, I'm going to think very seriously about mounting a low profile peep sight on it. I have the greatest respect for those who can hit consistent bullseyes with...

Looks like about the right size for a bear gun for your neck of the woods :grin:

I really like The Backwoodsman magazine. They always have a few issues in the magazine racks at the checkout stands of our local supermarket. They always seem to have a couple an article or two on traditional muzzleloaders and many of them are about the lower end production guns. Kind of...

I'm a big fan of ML magazine. I was buying it at the local bookstore but realized after missing an issue that I needed a subscription. They did have a good article on the Lyman GPR that came out shortly after I got mine but, yes most of the guns featured I can only dream about at this...

Reminds me of some of the good old folks I've met...a scowl that just barely covers a grin. The true value in all of this is the people we meet along the way, isn't it?

I just saw a video made by a guy in this neck of the woods about carving a hawk handle out of birch. Would be interesting to try that along with alder, willow and spruce. I suppose it would be best to let the wood cure since there would be some shrinkage. Then the pitch could be a problem...

I think the OP just needs the darn thing to stick,, then move the stick around the clock a bit before he starts the fancy stuff :wink: You hit that on the head! Have a lot of practice just getting it to stick before moving on to advanced maneuvers! New handles came from TOTW but will use the...

I just got one of these very generously gifted to me by a friend. I was going to order a few extra flints for it. What size works best? I was reading 5/8 but noticed that TOTW sells a couple different lengths in the 5/8. Thanks!

Thanks, folks. Great advice as usual. I'll try the mineral oil trick and see what happens. Probably not enough wood left to do much with the handle I have. I finally got it to stay in reasonably well but there's zero wood protruding from the top of the head now. The handle mostly comes...

I thought I'd try hawk throwing so ordered an Iroquois Hawk from TOTW. Not knowing what I was doing I assumed the handle was the right shape and just tapped the head on to the handle and commenced throwing. Of course the head and handle parted company on the first throw and did likewise after...

Thanks. I didn't bid on it. Not a whole lot of great deals there. I saw a few production guns with minimum bid prices considerably higher than the current new prices.

I've been casually browsing GunBroker. I noticed a couple of long rifles made by Miroku. There was a .45 cal. flintlock with bids up around $250.00. It was a little funky looking with a wide brass strap (two piece stock?) and what looked like a fake patch box. Any experience with those as far...

Wow, what a beauty....Thanks!