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    Slim, trim fullstocks? Barrel balance?

    If it was me I would use southern mountain stock with full 42" barrel as slim as you can get the stock. point in a tree like you are shooting a tree rat it will hold just fine. They are not made for off hand shooting take a rest. You will be fine. Ephraim
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    Me at Coon Hollow

    I see you looking good in your new duds but where are the coons? Ephraim
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    Are flintlocks reliable?

    YES. Ephraim
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    How to make a horn trigger guard?

    The ones I have seen have lasted more than 200 years. What I wonder were they made from one piece or made 2 or 3 pieces that may be why the strap around them. Ephraim
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    How to make a horn trigger guard?

    I too was hoping for some useful info. On making horn guard looking in the wrong place me thinks. Ephraim
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    number of keys needed

    oldarmy I would use 3. on a 42" barrel I use 4 just finished a mule ear with a 42" barrel 3/4 .40 looks good and shoots fine. I think it makes the wood and barrel more stable. Ephraim Ps. my computer is wackie or I would send pic's.
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    burr removal

    Try a steel ball baring like we used as marbles when we was kids and some emery cloth that is the way I crown my barrels. Ephraim
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    just what would be the best browning method or solution

    I think trade guns were left in the white. Ephraim
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    Smoothbore found in PA barn

    I have a few lock plates the same shape they are stamped tower. Ephraim
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    How many builders hunt?

    I built and started hunting with a sling shot at age 7 or 8. started building rifles at age 14 and hunting tree rats. I am soon to be 63 and still build a rifle once in a while and still love going to the woods and shooting at tree rats.Just can't see them so well any more. Ephraim
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    Alvin York Memorial Shoot

    The rain the mud the cold the wind. It is wonderful time you will have a ball. Ephraim
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    18th Century Arms Show & Market Fair

    Hi all there is a gun show in Windfield Tn. at the Municipal Blb. on us hwy 27 phone 423-569-6139. no venders fees. no admission fee concession on sight. I will be setting up with old lock parts and mis. muzzloading parts,turkey calls and a display of custom built guns and some orignal musket...
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    new bag and horn for the .40cal

    I like it. That bag looks like our old outhouse door. Spent a lot of time in there as a kid. :snore: Ephraim
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    ends for a double 12 guage's ramrod

    Have you tryed Dixie gun works or track of the wolf ??????? Ephraim
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    Help finding builder/mfg of this Crockett rifle.

    If you were thinking of the rifle used in the Crockett films I think it was a flint built by Roland Southgate. there was a story in muzzblast years ago that talked about the Southgate rifle. Ephraim
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    Well Said...

    Did he hit what he was looking at? Ephraim
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    spiral marked wood

    I use panters tape and acid stain and some times I just burn it in with a torch. Ephraim
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    Cock off

    If it ain't broke don't fix it. Ephraim
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    New Group Of Shooters in Tennessee

    I will be there and to the shoot this weekend. Ephraim
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    Just starting out....

    I hope I don't make you mad but don't rush in and buy a cheep kit. first gut your self a good work bench and vice and lots of books on building muzzloading rifles. The books will tell you what tools you need to buy and what enlays are. Study frist and save your money. The men that have been...
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