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    Rifle #3....Unfinished

    Man, those issues were already named-crack in the floor, grain direction. I found one more-it´s damn close to, if not all the way, to be almost too perfect. And hell, that´s one heavy, dense piece of wood, as can be told from the grain and bandsaw marks showing in the photo. I think there´ll...
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    Any info on this rifle?

    There were plenty of gunmaker shops all around the Czech part of Austro-Hungarian monarchy, even after WWI. Way more plentiful than ever in any place of the US. I will try to look up some info about this maker, but it´s not easy. Most probably J. Hanl is a descendant of Hanl gunmaker family...
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    Hollow Base Paper Patch

    From my experience-avoid such a kind of cupped base on ML bullet. They are prone to slump a bit less even than flat based bullets, also it´s easy to distort the edge a bit when loading under some pressure. Then you´ve good start for a wild flyer with no obvious reason. If the cup had about...
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    percussion cap keepers ??

    As was written-a solution for a nonexistan problem. The greatest problem which we have nowdays is the simple fact that the wall thickness, as well as the cap lenght is a bit less than back in the day. There´s a serie of photos of a loaded 1858 revolver floating aroud the internet, which was...
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    8yr Old Shooting My .54 - Minimum Powder Charge?

    I wouldn´t be so much shy about the load. The first few shots, 30 grs OK-just not to scare him. 50 to 60 grns afterwards. Guns are powerful, let him know how much. And poor accuracy performance from too low speed will kill any interest quickly. In his age, I was given to fire 1863 Springfield...
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    REAL canoe guns

    Wow, that needs some very fine wood and hand skill to prevent warpage on such a long stock. Also quite surprising for me how far back you were able to maintnait the centre of gravity of those rifles. Thumbs up. It seems to make a perfect combo for a small boat-the longer gun may be used as a...
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    swamped barrel accuracy

    "In my entire lifetime on the planet I’ve never seen another endeavor that comes close to having so much unsubstantiated old wives tales and pure speculation set forth as facts, as there constantly seems to be in the world of traditional muzzleloading." I have seen such enviroment-hogo fogo...
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    swamped barrel accuracy

    The swamping might have some influence on barrel harmonics-for very small number of loads. BUT, when you count in other variables and forces coming from three pinning locations in a fullstock, with not-so-much sealed BBL and RR chanels/holes, thus somehow working with temperature and humidity...
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    Bees wax??

    It´s a good conservation. For renewing, or shoe waterproofing, to dilute it in gasoline until no more wax dilutes works fine. Aply with brush or soaked rag, let dry, rub with rag to close possible thinner "pits" or bubbles from evaporating gas. Possible to use on any ammo (center fire) you...
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    Browing to Black

    From my own experiments and hints from a person from our local gun factory, you need to boil about 3/4 hour for 1-3 aplications of browning solution and carding. I would advocate for boiling after each aplication, since the black-blue is an Fe3O4 (ferrous-ferric oxide, if I´m not mistaken in...
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    Froze up gun

    Dirt cheap and accesible recipe: Brake fluid, from my point of view preferably DOT 3 over DOT 4. Clean up the gap/sealing surface where the nipple sits on drum as well as possible, form a little radius from small drop of the fluid. This alows some control about soaking in, by checking the...
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    Once again-Wedge fit tightness

    Thanks, but I´m now preparing for drilling initial holes and chisel out wedge slots. It´s no kit, except the barrel all metal started as a scrapeyard or hardware stuff and plank, so no problem. Also because once anything inletted, always put into inlet while not working on. Both diagonal flats...
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    Once again-Wedge fit tightness

    Ah, I forgot-I mean that the force needed for installing them is the same in all three options, just the force needed to enable such instalation increases. In other words, in case of "squeezed in" barrel, if the barrel is laid into the channel as in the first option, it´s almost impossible to...
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    Once again-Wedge fit tightness

    I went through this and also other sites, used search and Google-but havent´t found any hint yet. So: What the initial tightness of wedge fit shall be just after making the slots, with whole rifle in the white"? Of course I know that snug, to be fitted with a light tap of small wooden...
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    Funny Stories about Muzzle Loaders that left you wondering.

    There are only two kinds of ML shooters in the world: -Those who already shot their ramrod downrange -and those who are just getting ready to do so (preferably for the last shot of a "10 from 13" match, with string heading for 98 or better score) Indoor ranges-reminds me of my father giving...
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    Octagon inlet fiting-holding flats

    OK, thank You and others. I know that the stock does not support the barrel, but having any play between the stock and the barrel on hooked breech setup means iffy inaccurate rifle, especialy when using a tang sight. I´m not afraid about the wedging effect, since I´ll have a full-lenght web...
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    Octagon inlet fiting-holding flats

    Maybe this was discussed in past, but even google didnt find it for me. The obvious (and as it seems, frequently used) way to fit parallel octagon is to let it sitting on the bottom flat. But-I´ve red about barrels sitting on both sloped bottoom-side flats with a small clearance between the...
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    Wedge plate how to?

    I´ll renewe this topic a bit with other how-to question: Are wedge key plates supposed to support the key, or do they just prevent splintering around wedge keys during use? ¨ In other words, does the key press upwards just against the wood of forestock (so the plate just protects the wedge...
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    Vinegar-cotton rope finish

    Some time ago, I promised pictures of vinegar finish darkened to brown. I´m sorry for beinng so late, but someone from my family threw away my year-settled, almost finished browning solution in the middle of the job. I had to make new batch, but sadly, I need also start once again with this...
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    Vinegar-cotton rope finish

    Now I can just try to find a picture of sth. tin, but that´s useles for steel. And steel, where it was done for colour is worthless, because here the finish is not made to withstand some use. On steel things I can have on hand I´m sure it will go off after two half-day range sesions. I´m...
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