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    New Underhammer project from Muzzleloader builders supply

    John is right about water quenching small springs and that dipping in water to cool is okay. But I need to clarify what I was talking about or I'm going to get someone off to a bad start! My reply made John sound wrong and he wasn't. The spring we were talking about is a spring triggerguard and...
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    Book on forging gunlocks

    I have been doing some research (which I have come to the conclusion is for the rest of time) with a friend in a museum in Europe for about 3 years now. There are a couple of hints I will share with you. Based on some suspicions I had, I had him measure a selection (about 430-what was in one...
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    ramrod finish

    Paul had a good point about a separate bench rod. If you are going to hunt or "trail walk" with your rod as the full use then by all means practice using it. But if not, save it. You can get more uniform tamping pressure from a solid rod. My grandfather had a really cool way he finished his...
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    Underrib Help!

    Well, I bombed out. I had 3 of the 1 inch and they all measured around the same as what you have or worse. The cold drawn styles with no lips measure .225 so they are still not thin enough. Just goes to show manufacturers aint builders! If it were me, I would just mount a ball end mill and cut...
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    L&R Bedford Flintlock ?

    You are doing fine! This is a great place to find years of experience to help you. Just so you know; 99% of every mainspring produced in production locks today is an investment cast spring. Most of us have learned from hard experience, that castings are doomed to have voids and imperfections no...
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    Underrib Help!

    Clay, out of curiosity, what is the size of your barrel flat to flat? Is the rib you have flat at the joint (where it matches the barrel flat) or does it have a little rib which overlaps and hides the joint? I understood your .1875 measurement of the web and the .250 thickness of the rib. If the...
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    Maple stocks from DGW???

    Try calling Muzzleloader Builders Supply. They have some stock blanks in some pretty good grades for the money. The owner is a builder and knows wood.
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    Maple stocks from DGW???

    The wood they have is over-dried soft white maple. I hate to say it, but they need to get their wood somewhere else. Although it has some stripe, the wood tears and acts like its....punky? Don't know how to describe it, just don't like it.
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    New Underhammer project from Muzzleloader builders supply

    There are two types of quenching; water or oil. Water quenching is a common use but the treatment is considered surface hardening and can be improved enormously by adding brine or salt to 50 degree or cool water. You can grind thru water quenched hardened surfaces. Its complicated and takes a...
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    tuning a lock

    Thats an excellent observation! Is the lock a problem in or out of the mortise!? If it works okay in your hand, but won't hold cock in the inlet, then wood is interfering with the sear. If it is a problem still, then look at the ledge on the tumbler and the length of the sear nose. Remove the...
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    L&R Bedford Flintlock ?

    L&R locks could stand a bit of production improvement to their quality. They make so many they are really pushed to get them out the door. Regardless of who makes a lock, there is most generally room for improvement. To improve any lock, flint or percussion, begin by totally dismantling your...
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    Flint conversion

    I'm not sure of this 100%, but since Traditions guns are not manufactured in the US, the drum threads are most likely metric. If they are, that may be your only difficulty. To make it easy to replace anywhere in the US by any good supplier (like Muzzleloader Builders Supply), drill it out and...
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