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    Paper Cargridge Lube Recipe

    Thanks guys. This is good stuff. Appreciate the tips.
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    Paper Cargridge Lube Recipe

    Hey musket shooters: when you're rolling up your paper cartridges, what concoctions do you like to use for lubricant? I've heard that a decent recipe is 50/50 beeswax and olive oil or mutton tallow. I'm just curious to know what some of you like to use. I know there has been some discussion on...
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    Paper cartridges for .77 cal doglock musket

    Bill and Eric: Thanks for the compliments! I'd love to take credit for building it, but I'm nowhere near that skilled. It was built by The Rifle Shoppe in Jones, Oklahoma. They made the lock using molds that they created from an original piece. I don't know much about the original beyond its...
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    Paper cartridges for .77 cal doglock musket

    Bill, I'm a lousy photographer with my cheap digital camera, but I've uploaded a few photos. She's a whopper - 62" from butt to muzzle with a 46" octagon-to-round .77 caliber barrel. The butt is almost 2 1/2" inches wide with a flat brass plate. The stock is American Walnut. This musket was...
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    Paper cartridges for .77 cal doglock musket

    Good stuff! Thanks a million for the info; I'll check it out. I think you're absolutely right about the new sense of perspective. I think that's a big part of the appeal - what did it sound like, feel like, smell like when using those big muskets on the field of battle? It really is stepping...
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    Paper cartridges for .77 cal doglock musket

    I'm a proud new owner of a replica 1708 British military doglock musket - my first smoothbore. I've always been a longrifle shooter, so I'm very comfortable with the patched round ball. But although I'm not a reenactor, I'd really like to stay authentic with this doglock and learn to make and...
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