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    Feeder Pictures

    Eh, it's not the most challenging way to hunt, no question. But I've got no ethical problem with it. Probably 90% of hunters here in Texas hunt like that, or at least start off that way like I did. Now I've moved on to bow hunting and traditional black powder, still hunt or glass and stalk...
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    Feeder Pictures

    Two strands of barbed wire you could walk through doesn't seem like a "fenced area" to me, but ymmv.
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    Short starter I built a while back

    Here's a few of a short starter I built a while back. Not so "short" really, but it doubles as a loading/cleaning rod for my CVA plains pistol.
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    Got the GPR Kit for Christmas

    Here's a few pics. I think I got a nice piece of wood, rather unique. It's very light/blonde up top, and darker at the bottom. The pictures don't do it justice. I sure hope my kit building skills will!
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    pistol kits?

    I put together a CVA plains pistol kit in .50 cal about two years ago. I don't think they sell them any more. But it's really similar to the Traditions your asking about, and super easy to put together. The metal was already finished/blued on the kit I got, so it was a simple matter of...
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    What a jerk!!!

    I bet many a Civil War soldier was killed by a flying ramrod.
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    GPR Kit Coming from Santa

    54JNoll, thanks for all the tips, I sure appreciate it. I should be posting some "in progress" pics the week or two after Christmas.
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    GPR Kit Coming from Santa

    Shooey, nice work! Thanks for the ideas. Looks like that LMF nut brown did the trick that's exactly how I want mine to look. I'm getting inlay ideas. I like the star. One of my cousins did a kit. He's big into rendezvous and is a knife thrower. He cut a piece of sheet brass into a small...
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    GPR Kit Coming from Santa

    I've got it on good authority that this will finally be the year that Santa delivers a GPR .50 caplock kit down my chimney. I've been threatening for years to build one, and now I think it'll happen. I put together a CVA Plains Pistol a few years back, and it turned out fine, so I feel I'm up...
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    T/C Hawken Kit

    Has anyone built a T/C Hawken kit recently, and what did you think of it? I'm thinking of a .50 percussion from Fox Ridge Outfitters, and maybe getting a round ball barrel from them also. It's either that, or the GPR kit. I'm not too worried about period looks, but more concerned about...
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    Inlay Ideas

    I'm going to start on a Lyman GPR kit in the next month or so. I'd like to personalize it just a little. Anybody got any good inlay ideas, besides some of the basics out there you see in the catalogs? One of my uncles took some sheet brass and made a small tomahawk, and a bowie-type knife...
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    Hey from Central Texas!

    I've been lurking for a while, and thought I'd stop in and say hello! I just finished up a CVA Plains Pistol Perc. .50 cal kit a few weeks ago, and enjoy shooting it. My next project is going to be a Lyman GPR, roundball shooter. I started out as most do, shooting .22's and deer rifles. Then...
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    Newbie Questions

    Thanks for all the help. I'll probably order from MidSouth, they've got the best prices around that I've seen. I've been researching inlays too...I may actually cut something original out of brass or german silver sheeting. I think brass might look kinda out of place with the browned...
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    Newbie Questions

    I guess no real reason. .50 cal roundball would probably be fine for me in 99.9% hunting situations I'd find myself in. I'll probably never hunt elk or bear with it, just whitetail and small game. I was just curious as to if this was even a possibility. It'd be nice to know I could go to a...
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    Newbie Questions

    Well, I've been lurking for some time and decided to post. I just put together a CVA Plains Pistol kit, .50 cal, finished it up a few weeks back. This is my first blackpowder gun. It was given to me as a gift, and it was a good starter project I guess. I think it turned out great. It shoots...
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