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  1. Onojutta

    English fowler thumbpiece

    Loja, As oft happens with my builds, life gets in the way and I have not made much progress since this post. I decided I will make a plate as Dave Person suggested above, but I haven’t made up my mind on the material. It seems that brass would be more appropriate for a gun representing one made...
  2. Onojutta

    What ball sizes to start with?

    Can you elaborate on the concern that Kibler might have? I have a .50 rifle that I shoot .490 ball with .018 pillow ticking. It is tight, but works. I know that mathematically the ball and patch add up to more than the bore diameter but I always figured the patch cloth compresses and/or the...
  3. Onojutta

    What ball sizes to start with?

    Rather than what ball size should I try, let me ask the question another way… Once I determine the bore size, how much under the diameter should I start with for ball sizes? What’s a good amount of clearance for the patch, and for bare?
  4. Onojutta

    What ball sizes to start with?

    It's a Rice. The one Chambers uses for their English fowler kit. I think it's .615 but I don't see it listed on Rice's webstie.
  5. Onojutta

    What ball sizes to start with?

    Soon I will be ready to start working up a load for my 20 gauge fowler. I've been shooting flintlock rifles for two decades but this is my very first smoothbore, so looking for some guidance on what ball sizes I should start with for PRB and bare ball loads. I would just order a bunch of...
  6. Onojutta

    English fowler thumbpiece

    Thanks again Dave. I have a brass sheet in my workshop that might fit the bill for a 2-D version. Here’s the gun so everyone else can see the context. It’s intended to represent a Fowler made in the colonies in the British style. It’s my first Fowler so I wanted to keep it very simple. TOTW...
  7. Onojutta

    English fowler thumbpiece

    As grateful as I always am for dave_person's replies, I am equally humbled. :D
  8. Onojutta

    English fowler thumbpiece

    What materials were used for mid-18th century English fowler thumbpieces? Would a simple oval thumbpiece be appropriate, or were they usually more decorative?
  9. Onojutta

    Remove butt plate for finishing?

    Do you remove the butt plate and stain/seal the end grain beneath it, or leave the butt plate on for the finishing process?
  10. Onojutta

    Storing black powder in a shed

    Therein lies the problem.
  11. Onojutta

    Storing black powder in a shed

    Philo, you don't say?
  12. Onojutta

    Storing black powder in a shed

    As a matter of fact, that’s just how I store it in a wood crate. But it’s also taking up storage space which is a premium in my small house so fire concerns aside, I’d still like to know if the powder can withstand long term storage in the shed without degradation where temperature will vary...
  13. Onojutta

    Storing black powder in a shed

    I have several pounds of black powder in storage in my basement workshop. After a paper towel caught fire recently while doing some soldering at my work bench, I had an epiphany that maybe I should find somewhere else to store the powder. I don’t have room for it anywhere else in the house, so...
  14. Onojutta

    What exactly are “nitro” cards?

    What exactly are “nitro” cards and how do they differ from the ‘A’, ‘B’, & ‘C’ cards/wads that TOTW sells?
  15. Onojutta

    Thanks sky chief

    Eric Krewson, knowing what you know now with the second gun you mentioned, if you could do it again would you get the jug choke, or just stick with the Skychief load? I guess what I am asking is, do you think the Skychief load with the jug choke is any better than Skychief load with no jug?
  16. Onojutta

    Reinforcing the wrist

    LD, I did consider that, especially in light of the fact that a cross section of the stock at the lock/breech area would reveal that there is less wood in that area than in the wrist. That is likely the weakest part of the stock and changing the stiffness of the surrounding area might or might...
  17. Onojutta

    Reinforcing the wrist

    The wrist on a recent fowler build came out a little skinnier than I was planning, about 1.25" in diameter. I had the thought of reinforcing it as a prophylactic, this I would do by drilling a hole from the trigger guard mortice to the tang mortice and installing a steel rod with epoxy, much...
  18. Onojutta

    Bare balls with jug choke?

    I'm thinking about getting my 20 gauge fowler jug choked. I know you can shoot PRB with a jug choke, but what about bare balls?
  19. Onojutta

    Underlug hole elongation...

    For those who might still be questioning the need for slots, what he described has to do with barrel harmonics which is a separate but equal reason to provide slots.
  20. Onojutta

    Underlug hole elongation...

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