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    Pre-build suggestions

    You all make very good points. None of which I can argue with.
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    Pre-build suggestions

    I can't say that I would mind giving up TV, though I do like to indulge in an occasional football game when I can. I can honestly say that my biggest concern with the whole process is time. I have a 6 year old, 4 year old, and a 5 month old. Add a full time job on that and time is the rarest...
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    Pre-build suggestions

    Gentleman, thank you for the responses and encouragement. I started looking around this morning and started to think maybe I would be better to stay with my modern stuff. But then I look around a little more and a few people say "Yep, you can do it" and I thin there's a good chance I can...
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    Pre-build suggestions

    I suppose it would help to know what I'm after. If I had the money and could order right now, I would probably select this one http://www.longrifles-pr.com/hawkenhalf.shtml That said, I don't have the money yet, and I may change my mind before I do. Things I want for sure is a caplock and the...
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    Pre-build suggestions

    Planning to try to start collecting things to start a build. I figure I should start with studying. Do you recommend The Gunsmith of Grenville County or Recreating the American Longrifle as a first purchase? Also, and maybe more important, I have essentially no "craft type" woodworking tools...
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    Gun Kits, ADifferent Twist

    My plan right now is to hopefully stop by TOW in a couple days and pick up the Gunsmith of Grenville County. That's essentially my stash right now. But that will give me some time to read and plan, make sure this is what I really want to do. This book is the best option for a "how-to,"...
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    Gun Kits, ADifferent Twist

    I can honestly say that if I was a single guy, or maybe even married with no kids, I would take you up on that offer for sure. At this stage in life I'm pretty sure that if I tried to take you up on it now, I would be a single guy by the time I got there for sure. That said, I would certainly...
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    Gun Kits, ADifferent Twist

    I have had my eye on the Hawken Halfstock kit from Pecatonica for at least a year, maybe more. I have almost bought it a few different times. Every time I get ready to buy it someone tells me it's beyond my abilities for a first attempt. I'm not sure I'm confident in my abilities to try it on...
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    Gun Kits, ADifferent Twist

    I am not very artistic. My wife is, especially when you put a camera in her hands. I can take a picture of something and it looks like a snapshot. She can take a picture of the same thing with the same camera and she sees it from a slightly different angle with different light and it becomes...
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    Gun Kits, ADifferent Twist

    I pondered kind of this same thing awhile. I do think it's a slowly dying art. How many that build guns have kids that want to continue to do so? Or know a younger person that wants you to teach them? In general traditional muzzleloaders are losing popularity with younger people, so building...
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    Gun building on the decline ?

    And for that, sir, I admire you. It sounds like something I would have done when I was single. If only I would have discovered muzzleloaders then. I found out this afternoon that a relative has an old CVA pistol kit that was never put together, but it's missing the trigger guard. It sounds...
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    Gun building on the decline ?

    I am mostly west of Track, but a little north.
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    Gun building on the decline ?

    That's kind of what I thought. In general people, at least here anyway, seem very helpful and will go out of their way to share their knowledge. It just kind of left a bad taste in my mouth for awhile.
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    Gun building on the decline ?

    I am in MN, about 20 minutes from TOW. I talked to a couple guys awhile back down in the Minneapolis area that claimed to build rifles. One politely declined, the other said he occasionally sells his and wasn't going to show someone how to take money from him. So I kinda left well enough...
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    Gun building on the decline ?

    Thanks for the advice guys. I think I know where I can get my hands on an older traditions percussion rifle that I can take apart and see if I can't try my hand at inletting to some scrap wood. I had some money set aside to order "Recreating the American Longrifle" and "The Gunsmith of...
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    Gun building on the decline ?

    I've thought about going that route and having one built, but about 4 years ago we moved to my wife's family farm. It's been in her family since 1870-somthing when the original family came over from the Netherlands and settled the farm. The longer I live here, the more I've seen my views...
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    Gun building on the decline ?

    I'll jump in here as a younger guy that would love to build a few. But how do you get started? From reading it sounds like a lot of guys started by taking a class or something. I've looked around and there aren't any that I can find. I've talked to a couple people within a few hours of me...
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    New-looking for suggestions

    That's a pretty good idea. I love muzzleloaders -I've shot them almost exclusively ever since shooting my first one 8 years ago, and I don't forsee myself hunting with anything else ever. My biggest issue with them is cleaning. I like cleaning them, but am fairly meticulous with them and...
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    New-looking for suggestions

    Thank you for all the responses. I had looked at the Gunsmith of Grenville County and Recreating the American Longrifle, but hadn't heard of the Long Rifle Construction Manual. It sounds like a good book and I'll look into it tomorrow. Necchi, I live a little north of Becker, so probably...
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    New-looking for suggestions

    Hi everyone. I've been lurking for a long time and have learned a lot. I've been shooting muzzleloaders for a long time, just not traditionals but the farther I get into my muzzleloader obsession, the more I find myself looking to the older ones. Here's my questions. I plan to build one...
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