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    Two I cobbled together a while back.

    The four wheel truck is my response to wanting something to give under recoil. I was very new at this point. It works just fine and rolls 10-12' upon firing depleting lots of stresses. I need to work on sighting some and will implement some type of lazer device (I know but I want simple...
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    Very good white flints, a friend gave me.

    Oh I got them flipping pretty good. It just takes some fiddling. I think the flint strike is a bit low as I Seem to need to have the flints upside down. They work. I'm just figuring it all out.
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    Smoothbore hunt?

    Spence, I think he lives in Greenbrier Arkansas. I wanted to get hold of him myself to ask him some questions about this one I bought. I think it was built about 10-15 yrs. ago. I missed one last time they showed up at the local gun store and this time I could not pass on it. I traded a couple...
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    Very good white flints, a friend gave me.

    They are very attractive. With these Cochran locks it seems A necessity to install flints "upside down" to get them to strike properly. I do have the lids flipping and a good strike. Do the Frizzen tops have to flip completely open to get an optimal strike and ignition? I don't remember ever...
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    Questions on the .75 Pedersolis

    That modified gun in my post "Smoothbore hunting" was kind of a test on that Pedersoli gun. We found the bore was 0.748" and our use of a 0.715 ball and 0.015 patch just fine. The service load was hefty 160-180 grs. and we finally worked up to 150 gr. With one patch the rig went 1400-1450 and...
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    Smoothbore hunt?

    Hey! I also see now you too have the flints upside down to ignite well. I am seriously thinking of heating and re-adjusting the upper hammer and jaws to strike higher. One side of mine is lower anyway. Maybe I should just not get too drastic yet and just adjust flints. Is Cochran still around?
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    Two I cobbled together a while back.

    Actually I cast straight wheelweight metal I use for ctg. gun cast bullets. I clean and flux it so I just use some cannonballs for ingots. The HILTS #3 cannonball sinker mould is perfect and cheap! I was thinking of trying some masonary type projectiles but it would be slow. I was thinking of...
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    Two I cobbled together a while back.

    Both are Dixie Gunworks cast iron/steel tube liner construction. I have fired both with #3 projectiles but more often used a lighter concrete. The bores are 2.25" and a Hilts #3 cannonball fishing mould is perfect for only about $35. I pattered the Mortar after a much larger picture of a piece...
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    Smoothbore hunt?

    Well you can see the bayonet lug in the picture. It's not that short but makes the gun very handy, still hefty but handles nicely. The long guns are very sexy but handle like telephone poles in the real world. For hunting with one even back in the day first thing you'd hunt for is a hacksaw. I...
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    Smoothbore hunt?

    Very interesting. Did you catch the part that the Bess "primed itself"? Initally loading with FFFg it blew a lot of it out of the open pan. We closed it, installed the leather cover at half cock, and then loaded the charge and ball. The powder filled the pan then stopped. We were amused by...
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    Smoothbore hunt?

    We have a hunt coming up at a game reserve. Thinking maybe we might keep these flinters as an interesting fresh option. Mine is a 20 bore double SXS flinter. Made by J.T. Phillips (not J.C) who even made the barrels by ribbing them together and regulated them. It had never been fired. My buddy...
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    REAL hunting Traditional BP handgun.

    I can find reference to some old guns that had interesting provision for very precise sighting and precision shooting. This old German rig has folding sights that show it was designed for more than close range. It's rifled and about .50 I think. Was this for replacing the long gun in pursuit of...
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    REAL hunting Traditional BP handgun.

    THAT looks like something you could use. The fact you made it yourself is gravy. I have a piece of .58 barrel 1-1/8" on my desk. Old H&H 1:66 or so I think. Ordered a breach plug with tang. Who knows what will come from it. What you built is very close to the Lyman's Plains Pistol I have in...
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    REAL hunting Traditional BP handgun.

    Very good information, I'm appreciative. I do know of the hardened balls and have those books you mention. I'm hesitant to mess with anything but pure lead as my past experiments have shown very hard loading and finicky accuracy as was touched on. A bigger RB is very interesting! Still testing...
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    REAL hunting Traditional BP handgun.

    Ditto! This is an interesting stock design. The trigger guard, while elegant and serviceable on a target arm, would keel you! Still it may have potential. I really like your idea of an upscaled Patriot. Double set triggers would really aid precision shooting.
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    REAL hunting Traditional BP handgun.

    Yes it is a great traditional looking hunting tool with lots of possibilities. A brace of them would be very tantalizing. The grip was certainly never intended to handle hotted up hunting loads. It might serve as a springboard for a self made improved version! In prep. for much hotter hunting...
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    65 Cal Tower Pistol

    Late to the party. I have on my desk a .67 Tower from the 60's Japan origin. I shot up to 60 gr. FFFg. Then tried 777 same volume. I was very let down with speed. Goex went right at 700 fps with firm patched ball. The more potent 777 went 800 and that's topped out. This is considered to be...
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    REAL hunting Traditional BP handgun.

    As an avid handgun hunter and BP fancier I finally came home to seek a suitable "traditional" hunting handgun as a primary arm. The only "traditional" possibility I found available is the Pedersoli long barreled .54 Flintlock (Bounty). My feeling is the optional .54 "Kentucky" is too lightly...
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    Widely varied shooter in AR.

    Oh yeah, firstimer's slip. Point being I am an avid Handgunner. What Traditional BP "Handgun" gun would be a good primary hunting arm? I have a Lyman Plains pistol in .54 that is very accurate with RB to 50 yds. But shooting conicals the recoil is really dicey, even for me, a seasoned big bore...
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    Bought a nice Flinter double (!) 20 bore

    I've had a Navy Arms "Magnum" 12 double ever since I was 15, still have it. For my 50th B-day I bought myself this nice little 6 lb. double flintlock. It was made by a local fellow that I feel ahs considerable skill. The locks look to be L&R, and the dense walnut looks very sturdy. It had never...
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