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18th Century Artisan Show January 31st and February 1st Friday, January 31st: 9 am to 7 pm Saturday, February 1st: 9 am to 4 pm Carlisle EXPO Center 100 K St. Carlisle, PA 17013

George Kieffer and his brother were contemporary Pa builders mostly used green mtn barrels Greg Dixon can tell you more about the builders they came from his area He gets a few Kieffer rifles in now and then for sale all well made almost all with green mtn barrels

# 40 pocket drill tallow lube and 65 grns swiss 3f 490 ball

you can trash the old trigger and buy a trigger from track of the wolf and pin it through the stock higher and it will lower the trigger pull as I did for my grandsons traditionshttps://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=73189.msg729835#msg729835 with the right load you can make them...

just a heads up those are his gain twist barrels

Brad at cabin creek makes rifles with wrought iron barrels( he forges himself) he may be able to give advise

my flinters love swiss

There are 3 kind of shooters those who have dry balled ,those who will and those who LYE about it :doh: if you use a jag one cal smaller than your rifle you will get less stuck half way down , it rides over any fouling on the way in (45 for 50) a same cal plus patch can be tight (good for...

nicely done the other way to get on target is file the base of the peep thinning it will lower the groupI had to file the base of the peep to lower the group at 100yrds this is the load workup target then moved sight to center groupthen shot the 100 yrd groups first 2 were high filed rear peep...

the white tc and lyman sell are German agate , they are made with a rock saw . Agate is a chert as is jasper another chert that can be made into fine gun flints , they are just very difficult to knap into gun flints(some heat treat jasper to make more knappable) all sio2 or quartz micro...

If I tried to mount a bench in my wife's kitchen the height :doh: would be the least of my problems I use an adjustable table in the garage to move the working area up and down and use this to the best suited task ,I also mount a large vise with clamps as needed attached to a 6x2

I'm betting a charge of 3f swiss +- 70 grains will get the result you want all 50s green mtn ,hoyt or getz seem to like the loadhoyt load work up then moved sights to be 2 inch high at 50 only my hoyt gain twist needed 80grns to tighten uphoyt gain twist right on at 50 high at 75 2 inch low at...

Had a similar problem at my gun club benches no way to safely stand a muzzleloader for loading, the bord is held tight to bench by a drill press clap . I really like your box solution

getz 1-72 .50, green mountain 1-70 .50 , bobby hoyt 1-56 .50 or gain twist , rice 1-66getzgreen mtn green mtn hoyt 1-56hoyt 1-56hoyt gain twist all twist can make great groups if you take the time to work up good loads all the above are round bottom but the green mtn is square bottom even a...

you can use a peep sight and or co witness with barrel mounted rear sights. fore placement of rear sight I take a strong magnet and placing it on the barrel and try all different lengths till a clearer sight picture, it also depends on how wide the notch in the rear sight is. I like to use...

this is out of the libs play book (like covid) use the Health codes to push their views on others ! when they bought into the area they should have been told by their realter that a range was in the area ( lead is always present in nature,/background in trace amounts, it is mined from the...

yup but with white lighting liners you must push 4f into the 1/16 hole can take a while (if ball does not exit push more powder through touch hole and RESEAT the ball before firing 2nd time)

I used mutton tallow and can shoot a long time before needing to wipe (I find depending on humidity , the need for wiping can change) I would like to try Herbs method he loads powder patch and ball then a wet patch on top pushes down the load and pulls the wet patch out with the fouling so...