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    Same old question, but I need some help!

    Goex, for prime and main charge.
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    Same old question, but I need some help!

    Sounds cool. Can I use any type of fat? i.e. beef. Hard to get my hands an beaver fat right now :grin: Thanks again.
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    Same old question, but I need some help!

    Thanks everyone. All of your advice is great and I feel like I have a real game plan for my next range trip. Ebiggs, the rifle is a Sitting Fox kit. Issac Haines, Early Lancaster .45 cal, Siler lock, with a 39" Green Mountain barrel.
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    Same old question, but I need some help!

    Thanks guys, I go pretty light on the spit patches, but it looks like the fouling is really wet. Is that just the nature of black powder fouling? Also I think the animal fat lube is out of my league right now, can anyone recommend a good lube I can order or make fairly easily? I think I will try...
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    Same old question, but I need some help!

    The story of bad (priming pan only) ignition seems to be beaten to death, so I hate to bring it up, but I don't ask without first having done some research. I thought that if I can give some specifics you all can point me in the right direction before my next trip to the range. The rifle is .45...
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    My 1st Flintlock, and 1st build.

    Thanks mtdew, and everyone else. Not that I'm some expert but a few words for all you guys just starting your builds. I think the best advice I got was from a link somewhere on this forum. It was from someone building a gun who said to think of each step as a complete project, not just part of a...
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    flint slow fire

    Are you using real black powder? Sounds like mine when I used pyrodex, long slow burn, and a lot of mis fires.
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    cleaning

    On the subject of cleaning, do you guys remove your lock after cleaning. I have found water under my lock after cleaning so I feel like I need to remove it and make sure it's dry. I did just built a cleaning rest so I can clean it laying down with the stock facing up instead of pointing the...
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    My 1st Flintlock, and 1st build.

    Thanks all. Luie B, I didn't have any real experience until about 6 months before I got my kit. I was born lucky with some ability to draw and practiced carving by making toy guns for my kids. A couple people saw them and said they were good enough to sell, so that's what I did. Not many but...
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    My 1st Flintlock, and 1st build.

    Hi everyone. I joined this forum about a year ago when I started my build. I did a lot of reading and lurking ,and frankly couldn't have built my rifle without this forum. I haven't really posted much but figured I ought to put up some pictures of my first flintlock which is also my first...
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    Frizzen Spring Problem on a Siler Lock

    I'm with Douglas on this one. My Siler was having trouble producing more than just a few sparks, resulting in the "fuse" type of ignition rather than a quick ignition. After reading this post I thought I'd take a chance. I took 3 or 4 file swipes of the bottom of the cam then a little on each...
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    Started my rifle build, here come the questions.

    Thanks Zonie and J.D. The barrel channel on this kit is not complete, so I can move the barrel a little to make sure the vent is centered on the pan. Also I am just drilling a hole, no liner. I did have to take just a touch off the face of the breech plug to get it to line up and bottom out, so...
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    Started my rifle build, here come the questions.

    I bought an Isaac Haines Langcaster type kit from Sitting Fox, and have just scratched the surface of getting it together. What do you know, there are were no directions with this thing. The kit came with the lock area basically pre inletted. I have installed the breach plug, shaped the tang...
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    New guy from Va

    Thanks everyone, I gat a confirmation email Friday fron Ray @ Sitting Fox, my kit is on the way. Mike, I am in Chesterfield, near the courthouse, how about you?
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    New guy from Va

    Hi everyone. My name is Brian, and I have just jumped into the the world of flintlocks. I've owned and hunted with an inline for several years but about a year ago I got the itch for a flintlock. I looked at some kits like those from Cabela's and CVA and the like, but knew I would quickly be...
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