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Denatured alcohol will remove pencil marks from wood. Wet a rag, rub the pencil marks and..POOF! they are gone. :thumbsup:

That seems to work on women as well. I bathe with Irish Spring and the women run from me. 'Course, there is the problem that I am old, not too perty and I pack a gun at all times. Hmmm... :hmm: ...that may have more to do with it than my choice of bath soap. :haha:

Dandy horns, bag and desk! :thumbsup: I have a lot of respect for a man with talent like that. :hatsoff:

Don't buy a cheap lock, they are nothing but a waste of your money and a pain in the butt. A good lock such as an L&R or a Chambers will cost in the range of $150 to $175 and they are worth it. Buying a lock is like buying tools, avoid the cheap crap like it was a snake and buy only the good...

Diz, it is all about what make you happy. If the mixture that you posted works for you, that is all that matters. Generally, you will want it a bit thinner in the winter and thicker in the summer. Your thickener is the bees wax and the thinner will be the olive oil. Adjust them according to...

I'm on it Dutch. You will get an email from me shortly.

This is the one my friend got and he is still happy with it after having and using it for a few years. https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/76/1/HORN-D It is 11 inches long and will hold all the powder you are ever likely to need at one time. You will need a horn strap...

Be careful with selecting your patch lube because it is quite possible to have a patch lube that is too slick. When this happens, your accuracy suffers. When a patch lube is too slick, the ball/patch combo starts to move down the bore before the maximum breach pressure of your load is reached...

Actually, powder is measured in "volume equivalents" not purely by volume. If we measured by volume alone, we would speak of loading a charge of 1/2 cubic inch of powder or 10 milliliters of powder. Rather, we speak of loading so many grains of powder and use a measure that gives us a volume...

Fingernail polish is great stuff for touching up a front sight. The stuff comes in all sorts of colors these days. I have tried several different colors and find that white is the best. Yep, they do make white nail polish now. Just go to your nearest Dollar General or similar discount store...

You didn't say why you wanted to lap your barrel. Is it new and has sharp edges on the lands and tool marks in the grooves? Is it rusty and needs to be polished up to remove the rust? I have never polished up a badly rusted or pitted bore and cannot recommend the best way to do that job but I...

I am able to keep my ultrasonic cleaner handy on a shelf ready to go to work when I need it. I also re-use my cleaning solution. When it looks clean, I just pour it into a plastic half gallon jug with a screw top. I have one jug for parts cleaner and one for brass cleaner. Once it starts...

I have never gotten anything from Track that wasn't top quality. Like I said, a friend of mine bought one of the less expensive horns from Track and was very happy with what he got. That was several years ago and he is still using it and very satisfied with it.

In genereal, the lower price horns are darker in color and smaller in size with no decoration and usually a simple plug such as a fiddle peg. They are quite serviceable. You can count on any horn that you buy from Track will be a good one even if it is smaller, plain and dark in color. When I...

I agree with Hawkeye. :metoo: That is how I used to do it until I got my ultrasonic cleaner. Now, I just toss my nipple(s) into the ultrasonic cleaner and let it do my work for me. I also use my uiltrasonic cleaner to clean my revolver cylinders. But, lacking an ultrasonic cleaner, you can...

My vote for the ideal squirrel rifle is a .32 cal. Whether it is a flintlock or caplock will be your choice. Also which .32 cal. will depend on how deep your pockets are. For a squirrel rifle, I like a nice light rifle that is easy to carry in the woods. I also prefer not to have such a...

My 20 ga. liked a load of 60 gr. of 2f Goex, a felt OP wad, and a volume of shot equal to the volume of powder. I used the same measure for shot as I did for the 60 gr. of powder. On top of the shot, I used a single OS card. The pattern was a bit open with this load and good for moving...

I have, for years, used Hornady 000 buckshot with a .015 patch lubed with Bore Butter in my .36 cal. rifle. The 000 buckshot is cheaper than buying ready cast balls and it works just fine in a .36 cal. rifle. You may have to fiddle with the patch thickness and powder charge to get a load that...

I have never done any experimentation to have good numbers for you but I am of the opinion (S.W.A.G.) that the breach pressure of firing too big of a charge will have a greater effect on the frame than the force generated by seating a ball on a fully charged chamber. I don't know what the...

The ignition temperature of black powder is about 800 deg. I don't know what temperature is finally reached by burning black powder but I assume it is a good bit over 1,000 deg. F., probably approaching 2,000 deg. F. The melting point of polyester is around 480 deg. F. Given these facts, it...