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Mine is a Traditions Pa. Rifle that is not a rifle anymore because I had it smooth bored. Now I have a great everything gun. From squirrel to Black Bear I have the right Gun for the job

Mine is a Traditions Pa. Rifle that is not a rifle anymore because I had it smooth bored. Now I have a great everything gun. From squirrel to Black Bear I have the right Gun for the job.

People don't like Tradition rifles because they are not really copies of anything. And the flintlocks on all My Tradition rifles were Doo Doo. Switch them for Drop In L&R locks and now I have some good rifles. Had to do the same thing on an Old Pedersoli.

Thanks Men I knew you would have sage advice

Commercial TC patch of.10. Hornady ball .490. drove in a Maxi ball and pulled it and unless I am reading it wrong it looks to be a.50 barrel.

Where can I get a .487 RB mold for my rifle. Its a flfty but I have to drive a .490 down the bore. Rips the Heck out of the patch. What am I doing wrong?

As Americans heading west the found bigger game. But for some reason the Smaller bored guns became a thing. Why?

Thanks Men I felt he was wrong but I am not an expert so I needed some enlightenment

I agree but in the thread last week about octagon rifles and round barrel rifles I was told that the swamped barrel was failure of the gunsmith to draw file the barrel properly. In fact the person replying to me said that swamped barrels were no more than poor workmanship but sense the rifles...

Last week in a thread about octagon to round barrel rifles one person said that it was totally unintentionally done because draw fiiling an true Octagon barrel was messed up and that's why we see swamped barrels

Okay I have a question about something that I see on almost every original rifle and that's the swamped barrel. If this is just poor workmanship then why do we see it almost across the board from every Rifle Smith in the Colonies

Clover leafs are what my homemade Pa. Rifle make on the target. Load is 75 grains of 3fg and a cast .490 rb. That's was what I found to be the sweet load for that rifle.

Made My own slender snake with the English spout. Barely notice it as the day wears on.

Guys you are forgetting that alot of "octagon barrels" were swamped. To. Make them lighter I guess