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    Peep sight

    Does anyone know where I can find out just how far back in time the peep sight was used. I would also like your oppinion on the use of peep sights at rondys. Like do you think the shooter of a peep has an unfair advantage over other shooters.
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    390 ball mold

    Lee your a better man than I if ya can find there add.
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    390 ball mold

    I'm looking for a double cap. round ball mold 390 dia. Does anybody know anyone who makes such an animal.
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    Nipple cleaning

    spit on my shirt tail. :) or spit on a rag, and a nipple pick.
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    A Real Capper

    Yep, thats where they came from. Had 3 mod. one for #11 Italian caps, one for # 11 Remington, Navey Arms, and German caps, and Hawken Special order capper for Italian #11 caps with special tip for narrow nipple access area. Price was $8.50. Hope this helps :)
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    The $400.00 knife

    You might have taken me wrong about saying there is no secret to steel. My D2 comes from the same foundry as just about everyone elses does. Dont get me wrong, I dont want to get into a steel war, but I know steel. I grind several diffrent kinds cause everyone has their opp. ::
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    The $400.00 knife

    As a custom knife maker I'd like to say something. Please dont take this wrong. How much do you make a week at your job. When I make a knife in the $400.00 range, It takes me about 3 weeks to finish, sometimes a little longer. Thats not to say anything about how much in materials I have in it...
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    sight adjustment

    One question for ya. what powder are ya shooting? Make sure your getting good groups before filing. Different powder,patch, ball combos, will move that point of aim. Corse you probably all ready know that. :)
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    round ball bullet boards?

    How I make bullet a board is, get a 3/4 walnut board and If you have a 15/16 barrel, take a spade bit that is 15/16 in dia. and drill about 3/16 to a 1/4 in. in the board, the point on the spade gives you a starter hole for your 1/2in. bit to center on. By drilling with the spade first it will...
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    Finishing a horn

    Be carefull of that buffer, you can burn a horn real quick. those burn spots can be real deep to.
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    I bought me one!???

    When you find someone to look at those barrels, please post. I have the same problem. (To shoot or not to shoot that is the question.)
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    proofing a shoot gun barrell

    Where can a get an x-ray and a metal analysis? Who does this kind of work? :thanks:
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    proofing a shoot gun barrell

    Picked up a old double the other day, appears to be a 16 g. Has Belgium marks on bottom and London on top of barrels in gold. The barrels ring when you tap them, so I know they arn't cracked or un soderd. The nipples are open but rusted in. tubes are dark, but I cant feel any pits. Now sure...
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    I have to make a confession!!

    A frind of mine went to a rondy, and watched a man unload cast iron for an hour! Thought he was a trader, so he went over to see just what he had. Nope, just his wifes stuff, clouded up, looked like rain, so he spent two hours putting everything up! Now for a question? where to find those...
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    X ring

    My mind is some times screaming at my finger, squeeze, and my finger wont move. It's taken along time for me to get my flintlock to preform. Now it's the quest to make me perform. getting into that zone on command. Is that target panic? If so whats the cure? Why wont my finger move when I tell...
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    X ring

    Where is that elusive x ring, 9,10 9,10 but never in that x ring! I know where it is, its in the center! My eyes are old, cant see it, but doggone it its in the center! Its really messing with my mind. Shoot no now no now bang 9 damn. Ok shoot no now no bang 10, no x. Any one with a cure, I...
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    X ring

    UBB4-ML-159637-ML- Not Flintlock specific.
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    Isaac Haines vs York

    Thank you very much guys. Squire John, your balance point measurements will help alot. thanx
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    Isaac Haines vs York

    My question is for an off hand rifle, is the ballance at the muzzle diffrent in the two guns? 40 cal Isaac Haines 38 in. B, 4.50 40 cal golden age 42 in. B, 5.10 I'm going to do a chambers kit, Im tired of shooting a muzzle heavy gun. The profiles are diffrent in the barrels, and I was just...
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