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I've used GOEX FFF in my weapons since I started more than 25 years ago. (Where does the time go?) I did try pyrodex but I kept getting hangfires even with a hotshot nipple. A year or two ago I got ahold of a can of Kik. I didn't see any different but my son thoght that it worked better for...

Thanks for the suggestion Roy . That Pyrate link was very interesting. As far as the CI movie when I saw that smoothbore musket shot I remember thinking "Yeah right" . But they did seem to show how pirates carried a variety of weapons. When Morgan was getting ready to board the other ship...

Just saw a pirate movie called Cutthroat Island starring Geena Davis. In one scene they use a flintlock grenade launcher to lay waste to a town. Typical hollywood fireworks but this is the only time that I have seen one of these except in LOTM. At least in this one we get to see it used. Pretty...

When my son was a Pee-Wee shooter ( he's now 25) he would shoot my .50 cal Mountain Rifle with 25 gr. and hit the bullseye at 25 yds. consistantly. Looking back this was not such a good idea as he regularly outshoots me at rondezvous. I would think that half the cal. .50=25gr., .45=22gr...

I didn't realize that they had silencers on their flintlocks back then. They just kind of went "Poof" instead of bang or boom.

I get my stuff at thrift stores. I don't think I've more than $5 for anything from a 12-inch pan to a griddle. I've even got an abelskiver pan.

I finished Under the Black flag a few weeks ago. It's a historyof the Pirates of the Carribean. No, not the ride. It's surprising that as famous as that period is it only lasted about 30 years. I'm currently reading "A Rock and a Hard Place" . It's by that kid who had to cut off his hand to...

Dry-ball or not dry-ball, that is the question. I've been shooting ML for 25 years and I've had my share of dry-balls. (sounds like a personal problem to me) I once had a stretch of several years without doing it and then did it twice at one rondy! It happens to everybody eventually, welcome to...

In 1979 my best friend bought and built a CVA Mountain rifle. He let me shoot it and I was hooked! I went out and bought my own CVA Mtn. rifle kit followed soon after by the Mtn. pistol. From there it was downhill. Four or five pistols, Dixie tennessee rifle, blunderus. You know the story...

What's the BAR?? :hmm:

Very nice job. As far as a fat pig goes, it looks like you are on your way to making a silk purse out of it. What kind a trigger guard are you going to use?

The book "Packing Iron" shows only one holster for a Patterson. It's a slim-jim style that is basically a piece of soft leather folded over and sewn to match the contour of a pistol.

Does anyone remember the name of a F&I war movie starring Boris Karloff as an indian chief?

I get my lead from a roofing company that is just going to be thrown out anyway. It's a little messy with tar and paint but it cleans up just fine.

Hey, you gotta problem with sandra or Nicole? One of the georges would have to played by George Clooney!

Congrats on the new 'buss. Those things are cute as hell. Just wait until you get to shoot it. Those things throw a fireball that is you have to see to belive. Try it at night some time. You have to post a picture so we can all see your new baby. One thing though, that bit about not letting...

Muzzleloader magazine has the longhunter series by Mark Baker. It's an earlier period than mountain man but I would imagine that a lot of the skills would carry over. [url] http://www.muzzleloadermag.com/bookcatalog.html[/url]

Guarenteed for the life of the maker? Just how old is Roy anyway? :hmm:

Crazy Crow has a folding ladle in their latest catalog.

Old Lucky Jack Aubrey would've been proud!