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    Hooked Breech Tip

    Thanks Steve. I'll have to try the sharpened brass next time. I used a piece of soft iron that was sharpened and it worked but was a little scarry to use. Please let me know how you like the video - maybe I'll have to get one for myself as I like messing with old ml shotguns. George
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    Hooked Breech Tip

    Hi Steve, Thanks for another good tip! I hadn't thought of soft solder but am sure it works fine. I recently restored to working order a E.James 11-gauge double and had to resolder the barrels. The job went fine but I had a heck of a time cleaning excess solder off so I could brown the...
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    Hooked Breech Tip

    Hi Folks, I'm building my first gun, a 20-gauge Track of the Wolf hooked-breech English fowler (in walnut) with Jim Chambers round-faced English lock. I was having a difficult time inletting the breech tang and mentioned it to the fine folks at Dixon's. Their suggestion was to epoxy the tang to...
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    Greetings from a greenhorn

    I just signed up and wanted to say Hi to all you nice folks out there! It's a wonderful sunny day here in Lehigh County, PA and I should be out enjoying it but wanted to get my feet wet here on MLF too. My interests are BP Shooting, gunsmithing and studying the historic arms of our forefathers...
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