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Hello from N.E. Missouri.

Sandbags, Sandbags, Sandbags ...and, perhaps a brick on the bottom if I need elevation. Stability is my friend.

Well, "Management" twisted her knee to the point most gardening for her part is on hold. I had everything tilled up looking like "Mother Earth News", but we got a 1 1/2 inch rain and a light frost -so it's good we didn't have much planted. Went "fishing" at Mark Twain Lake Fri & Sat with two...

Found out I bought a box of schuetzen musket caps I didn't need. Oh well. $7.50's not going to hurt me and every sale at a local gun store helps keep that store in business. Seemed like a good price.

Neat ol' gun. Thanks for posting. We used to call those "Cornstalk guns", for no particular reason that I can recall right now. One of my favorite types, They'd kill anything with hair or feathers. Thanks again.

Not every older person is able to still do the things they used to do, but I've yet to meet one that wouldn't like to do them again. The best present you can give an older person is simply include them in your activities. Old people can be a hoot and some can even still shoot...if you have a...

Ate about age eight, I took one of those el cheapo Italian percussion rifles with a two-piece stock and modified it for him. I shortened the stock and remounted the crescent buttplate, paid a gunsmith to shorten and re-crown the barrel, etc. I made a new, unbreakable ramrod cut a frontsight...

Gardens are tilled, ready to plant, but "Management" (wife) sprained her knee, putting a kink in our schedule. So far, cabbage & turnips are in the ground. Turnips are the Favorite snack of Max, the Bassett hound who has finally dug the last left over turnip out of the garden. Have well over an...

Glad to have you in Missouri. Greetings from N.E. Missouri - just south of Hannibal.

I have done the same thing. The tapered pin will, indeed, go in from both sides (right to left being correct on the one I had at the time). Hydraulic press is EXACTLY what's needed. Trying other methods buggered up the pin, which required a replacement. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. At the...

Someone's "project" gun. Non-original front sight, attempt at customizing the grip and what looks like a brass frame. First time you shoot it, the loading lever will probably fall down, rammer may go into a chamber, and the Indians will have your hair hanging from a lodge pole. To me, it might...

Had two grandfathers and a step-grandfather. Inherited paternal grandad's Winchester 12 gauge lever-action and step grandfather's Browning 16 gauge special order Auto-5 quail gun. Both are well-worn, so considering having both restored for grandkids. The Auto-five has a 5-digit serial number...

Maybe what's needed is a video game based on the 19th century to fire up some youngsters' interest and imaginations. Plenty of historic material available and no lack of challenges to overcome. Game could start in St. Louis (or anywhere), then head up the Missouri or overland ..deal with river...

Actual "screen time" for a half-hour show isn't very long due to commercials. A full hour show costs big dollars. With the small market that Muzzleloading represents, unless some organizations take an interest, we're probably not going to see very much. Historical documentaries, perhaps...

8's will break birds just fine if you shoot fast enough. It's more about the size of your pattern than the difference between 7 1/2 and #8's. Good thing about shooting muzzle loading shotguns - it ain't hard to toss in some more shot if you feel the need. Have fun!

Unlike fishing shows where camera crews can film from a nearby pontoon, deckboat ,etc., hunting shows are way harder to produce. Some of the "Hunting" shows honestly make me want to puke. Shooting anything under an electric feeder, etc.- sorry if that's you - no chance for animals, certainly...

Hi from N.E. Missouri. Where are you located ?

Thanks for posting this. Excellent job. The Missouri state museum in the state capitol building had a confederate mortar on display for decades. It was made from a large log with a steel/iron bore and very heavy bands around the outside of the log. Memory fails me as to what the story was...

Restoration's quite possible b/c you have the basic parts and the stock appears to be salvageable. Now whether or not it can be restored into a shooter is more a question of what you want to spend in time, effort, and how difficult that back action lock will be to work with. There are...

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