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    BP rifles

    i love it to, started around 1982, with a renegade, now I own 2or 3 of anykind you can think of.I build them or just find um cheap at tag sales and polish um up scrub um out and save those old negleted ones and make shooters out of um.
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    H&A underhammer

    yeah ,Ill keep my powder charges light, I dont need this one to hunt deer with ,I have plenty a muzzleloaders for that. I just wanted this one when I saw at the local vintage firearms shop, I couldnt pass it up. I could fix it though
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    H&A underhammer

    the gun is in good shape good bore,but inside the brass nipple shield, the surface of the barrl wall is lower than outside the shield, so it looks like i have about 4 threads for nipple to grab,? but looks factory done?
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    H&A underhammer

    I picked up a 45 today at a local shop. I removed the nipple and the thread depth is less than 1/4, not much meat there, but the nipple threads are 5/16 and would stick into the bore. there was a washer on it also. It is the heritage model
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    Got a new (to me) flintlock smoothbore...

    I have one of the pistols, same lock. I need a frizzen for it. I wont shoot the barrel, just want to use the lock. The barrel breech looks welded then ground flush,and dont see any seams, the tang is welded on.
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    How tight is too tight?

    I fit a barrel to tight on one of my first builds, and just thought I'd take a look under it the other day,and took out all the pins the tang bolt and gave it the usual tap like Hershel taught us in his vidio, and it still wont come out. It only comes out at tang moving foward about a foot and...
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    dovetails on B weights swamped

    thanks apprentice builder , Im just gathering some info to keep it safe.Ill probly cut alittle with a 3 corner file, then bump it up alittle with a cold chisel.thanks again.
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    dovetails on B weights swamped

    For my center lug on the small of the barrel, do you still think its ok to use a dovetail if I keep it back a little from the narrow portion and maybe less than a16th? Oyeah its a 50 cal. Ive done it before with a 50 38 inch green mountain B weight
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    breech plug issue again

    Thanks Zonie for your helpful information. It felt a little sloppier than other barrels I breeched,but I get what your talking about, its kind of like what they call a crushed fit, where the threads move a bit into position. I did put teflon tape on just to try and it did tighten and left a good...
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    breech plug issue again

    I just bought another barrel, its 15/16 x 42.Its a new barrel old stock numrich. It has 5/8 by 18threads cut in breech, so I bought aplug,5/8 by 18 and it seems alittle loose. Ive built a few guns and the plugs all felt snug, this one wiggles around a bit. Do you think a local machinest could...
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    CVA Mountain Rifle

    I can remember a company called wilderness rifle works, that had a gun that looked like the mountain rifle with differnt trigger guards,using what seem to be cva parts.Maybe this is one?
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    CVA "USA" Mtn Rifle - ser numbers

    My CVA made in usa barrel has round thimbles.My spanish one also has round thimbles,but they have the rings on each end. Serial no. for the made in usa gun is 154xx.
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    Another Rebore question

    Not 9/16 11/16 by 20 The ones in the catolog arent factory tc plugs.
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    Another Rebore question

    I just called track of the wolf and they said the plug threads on factory tc guns are 9/16 by 20 now Im really confused. I think Ill just work on something else for now.
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    Another Rebore question

    Round ball The ridge of metal Im talking about is in the barrel where the plug buts to and it seals the threads off to stop corrosion. I got my plug here infront of me too.
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    Another Rebore question

    Hi Roundball! When the plug is out, on a tc 54 you can see a little ridge in front of the threads. When this gets bored out to 62 that ridge will be gone and thats where te very edge of that patent breech butted to. Im getting it bored anyway, I know the guy knows what he's doing. Maybe they do...
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    Another Rebore question

    Thanks Zonie and Runnball for your reply. I'll see If I can get it done to a 56. I pulled the plug myself last night, and noticed jus a small ridge of metal where the bore meets the threads. I'd like to try to freshen it out myself but it doesnt look like enough rifling to pour a lead lap and...
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    Another Rebore question

    If you rebore a tc renegade 54 out to 58 or62 will there be enough of a shoulder inside left to but the plug back up to? It doesnt look it to me.Mine is in the mail now to get it done. I bought a used renegade, didnt need it but bought it any way Im hooked. The bore was really bad on this one...
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    half stock antique need info

    Thanks everyone for your time,and it is D M Varney.I thought the D was a B and off the top of my head I typed W for William.This gun is all there,but the stock is broken and part of the forearm missing. I'll trace the profile and shape out a new one,butkeep the old.Back action lock is strong and...
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    half stock antique need info

    Hey Mark, thanks for the reply........didn't think anyone would answer. Gonna try to do more research on this. Where do you find this information? Bill
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