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    POWDER STORAGE QUESTION

    You might buy a certified powder magazine if your really worried about it? like this I think Dixie has one too.
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    deer

    HaHa I love sneaky bucks! I've been watching this group for a couple years but I still don't know where they go during the season! Click for larger photo!
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    powder horn base plug

    Gentlemen, it may be easy enough to figure out, go into the kitchen and take a plastic cup, fill it with water to the top, and squeeze it to create and oval - watch the water level. :shocked2:
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    Blind Tap/Hole

    I should clarify that when using two taps, the first tap is a gun or plug tap, then the second is the bottoming tap.
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    Blind Tap/Hole

    A blind hole (tapped or not) refers to a hole which does not pass completely through the object. In other words, you DO NOT want to drill the hole so that it penetrates into the bore! Tapping a blind hole requires a special bottoming tap that will cut threads as close to the bottom of the hole...
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    PC Rifles

    So in todays dollars were talking $100 - $200 - equalent to todays junk sks or T/C. That makes the T/C *way* over priced - but hardly a years pay. Using the fact a custom rifle is basically hand made, a $2000 rifle would not be very far out of line for the cost of a regular handmade rifle -...
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    PC Rifles

    So really - how much did a typical everyday rifle cost in 1800? Nothing fancy just a shooter - the model 700 of it's day say.
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    post hawkin here

    I try like hell to eat all the coyotes I kill but it’s a hard thing ”“ is it all right if I just skin em and take the furs, toe nails, and skulls? :)
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    Gosh dang it I need help.

    I bought some walmart ticking today - I just finished washing it and it's drying now
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    Coning a muzzle

    I am curious, what is the taper per inch on a coned muzzle? Is this something sharp or a real gradual taper like 1 to 3 degrees?
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    Gosh dang it I need help.

    I want to thank you guys for all the great suggestions and advise - I printed out this thread and showed it to some of the local guru's (who will never get this computer thing) and they were equally impressed with the level of knowlage displayed here. Thanks again, I will keep working on it and...
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    Gosh dang it I need help.

    I guess what I’m hearing then over all is; I should try conicals, if they shoot well, I can blame the barrel for its poor RB performence ”“ if they shoot poorly I should start looking at bedding, sights and wedges etc. OK what kind/brand of conicals should I shoot? Are they sized to the bore...
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    Gosh dang it I need help.

    Yeah but I had to drop to 30gr and put in a wad to get that patch, it's the first full patch I've found - it's really got me stumped. Yes I did check the sights, they are OK - as for the wedge - what is tight? I can push it out with my nail - just barely - mostly I use the tip of a...
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    Gosh dang it I need help.

    Well, I always assumed it was a 1/48 twist but honestly I never counted turns with a tight jag and figured it out. It’s has a pretty shallow rifling ”“ about the same as my .17 cal cf rifles, maybe 4 or 5 thou. The guy I received the rifle from shot conicals, killed a few deer with it in the...
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    Gosh dang it I need help.

    I’m completely new to muzzle loading rifles so go easy on me if I’m doing something stupid. A friend heard I was interested in getting into ML so he gave me a T/C Hawken .50 cal that he built from a kit in the mid 70’s (serial number K175xxx). My interest is in shooting patched round ball only...
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