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I have used olive oil / deer tallow mix with success but am now using raccoon / deer tallow mix. I liked them both and adjusted the mix for thickness according to the predominate weather.

Even though my 50 cal flintlocks are currently shooting the same load, 70 gr 3f under a 250 gr lee, I'm still a fan of each rifle (or in my case each barrel, I can swap out a 50 cal for a 40 or a 53 smooth bore) having it's own bag.

Remember us Pennsylvanians have extra incentive to go flintlock. There is something about sulfur smoke in the snow.

50/50 deer tallow/crisco

Welcome from one that has been to your store. Good luck with the powder, I hope I get to try some soon.

It's under the Address section, but here it is: Regulations.gov Go to that page then at the top of the page is a search box and type in FWS-HQ-NWRS-2022-0055 there and it will take you to the electronic comment page.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is proposing to ban lead ammunition and fishing tackle on certain federal lands by 2026. The proposed regulation is here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/06/09/2022-12463/2022-2023-station-specific-hunting-and-sport-fishing-regulations...

Thanks everyone for your answers, I wanted to hear what you all were doing before I did something stupid. Fortunately for me I have some bees wax, tung oil, carnuba wax, Ballistol, True Oil (unless it has dried out), boiled linseed oil, paste wax (maybe not Johnsons), kerosene, and raccoon oil...

I have a new to me .45 caplock with a wooden ramrod. I went to the range for a short session a few days ago and it was very hot and humid. I use a range rod so the wood rod stayed in its place on the rifle. While cleaning the rifle I probably sloped some water on the rod. Bottom line is when...

I thought I heard that you wern't allowed to own a cannon back then.

I now add $50 to my estimated costs for any muzzle loader I'm interested in from Illinois. I got caught with this problem a few months ago; yep I paid an Illinois FFL to ship to my FFL. My FFL and I just scratched our heads as he handed me the box. No charge from my FFL but we both thought it...

I've used him and like him and as Henry Miles did I added a little extra to the bill. Hope he has a few apprentices he's training!

Welcome from a retired DCNR Officer from Pennsylvania. 1858's rock

517 Nice boredom breaker!

Sorry for the delay in getting these posted, good old "other duties as assigned". It's just an abused plain jane and yep, they drilled through when they mounted those rifle sights. I shot one cylinder through it before I took the rifle sights off and it felt real good; I haven't put a front...

Hope you're not expecting a new out of the box example, when I picked this one up it had a set of modern Remington rifle sites on it. I'll try to take a few images tomorrow.

Welcome from Central Pennsylvania. I visit Hatteras often and would love to hear some hunting stories from that area. Looks like a good fowler area.

Limb wood has a combination of tension wood and compression wood. The upper half of the limb, as it is growing, produces tension wood because the force of gravity is pulling it down while the limb itself wants to stay up; the closer to horizontal the limb grows the more tension wood produced...

Wow, such talent!

Hello from Central Pennsylvania. I visited your area 15 or so years ago while working on the Cave Creek Fire. Loved the area especially the Frank Lloyd Wright houses I could see from the School Buildings we were using as the Incident Command Post. I grew up close to one of Wright's houses...