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I have been buying denim, .018 thickness. I buy several yards at a time when I find it. The ladies in the Fabric store at first thought I was crazy for carrying in a dial caliper and 1" Micrometer but they got used to it and was actually fascinated by the fact I was getting this for primitive...

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I helped retire and dismantle two power plants in the 80's. They had 1/8" x 36" wide x 10' long rolls of pure lead (stamped on the roll at each end). They also had bars of babbit material and some Linotype. The had marine engines for generation and they used this material for making bearing...

Nice rifle. I got one in a trade and did just what you are thinking about doing. When you get all of the wood down to the metal parts flush and sanded, ready for finish, here is what I have done on my rifle and others I worked on. I finish the stocks with Tung or True Oil. Just hand rub finish...

I had one that was brand new and sold it on this site two years back. I had two, one was Green Mountain, the one I sold, and the one I still have and shoot some is an old Sharron. I purchased from a trader at a black powder shoot in TX. It was blued, with under rib, ramrod pipes, nipple and...

I'm with a few of the others. WHY? I have been shooting TC's, custom smoke poles for 45 years and have never had the need or felt the need to pull a breech plug. I don't even pull the barrels from my self built long rifles when cleaning. I have one that I built in 1981 and I have shot thousands...

Another welcome from Oklahoma. It is addicting.

Started shooting muzzleloaders in 1974 when friend at work asked if he could site his Hawken .50 in on my shooting range at the farm I leased. He came out one day and after watching him shoot and loading/ shooting about 20 rounds, I couldn't wipe the smile from my face. Went that week and...

I was invited to a Beef Shoot north of Amarillo, TX in early November, 1983. Left OKC about noon on Thursday, 55°, drove to Amarillo and got a room that night. Got up the next and it was about 50. Went to the range just North of town and started the shoot. By the end of the day it was in the...

*** and never loan a chain saw! *** That is bad that 4 chambers fired at once! Never heard of that one. I have never heard of the percussion caps, either #10 or #11 causing a chain fire if they fit snug on the nipple. I have never worried about a chain fire in my Ruger Old Army since only one...

Something that hasn't been asked. What state are you hunting Elk in? I know a lot of states require a .54 cal minimum. I have hunted Colorado since the late 80's with my flintlocks and had to build a .54 to hunt elk. I shoot 100 grn of 3F with a .550 round ball in my 42" barrel. The barrel I...

Never saw the need for putting a brush down the barrel of a muzzleloader. I was told when I made my first rifle, don't use a brush. The guy that was helping me knew I was from a shooting background and shot a lot of competition. I have never used a brush on any of them in 46 years. A good jag...

I have a Remington Style revolver with backstop and notch in hammer I shot in AS IS revolver matches some places and then I have my Ruger Old Army for targets and hunting.

Thanks guys. I did one Hawken with fish scale ash that cracked out the back of the wrist that I had two brass pins line up perfectly down the wrist and ended up inlaying a small brass Heart bending around the wrist to fit. I got the inlay started and measured the distance on the pins and drill...

I have repaired many muzzleloading stocks, rifles and a lot of the TC Patriot pistols that break in the wrist and a Birdseye Maple stock I made for a Springfield 1903-A3. All you need is some good epoxy mixed, a syringe ( I get mine at the feed store of Vet Supply) with needle and a drill...

Nice rifle and congratulation on the deer with the flintlock. very nice stock grain. Mike

Congratulations on the squirrel. I really like hunting them this time of year with no leaves on the trees. I use my .54 most of the time since I'm deer hunting and going back across my place to the truck I take all of the creek bottoms. Have to hit them in the head or middle to save meat...

Do possums and rabbits count? :rolleyes: Since installing the Ring.com Spotlight Cameras we have a pair, looks to be adult and young possum cross our patio porch most every night and when we had the ice storm a few months back they lived in the Igloo Dog House on the porch. My mix Cocker...

Congratulations on the buck with a flintlock. Nice deer and Very nice rifle. I have one that was my first build in 1981 that looks just like yours. Mine has plain grade maple, iron hardware, Willie Cochran lock, Davis set triggers with straight front post trigger, and rusted brown all parts and...

I traded an Under hammer H&A 45 Caliber rifle for my Antonio Zoli in 1975 to shoot in some of the matches here around Oklahoma and TX. I tried several sizes of roundball and patch combinations and it was just so-so. One of the guys at the range where I was shooting handed me a hand full of...