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    Hunting sight-in

    Lots of good input. Thanks for the ideas. I passed on a nice blacktail this year because all the buck offered me was that (Texas heart-shot). I agree with the fella when he stated horn or body size has no bearing when offered this shot. If you have ever experienced the aftermath. You have full...
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    Hunting sight-in

    I'm torn between sighting the rifle in at 50 yards or 100. What I mean is a correct dead-on sight picture through the sights and on target. I'm pushing patched roundballs out of a .45 or .50. Whats the drop or correction of a round ball between 50 and a 100. We're talking about 1700 fps at the...
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    T/C Flintlock rifles

    Besides the .50 and .45. in the Hawken. What other, if any calibers were made. Did T/C ever make a .54 in a flint?
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    Stuck Ramrod

    T/C has not offered this barrel for many years. I'm not sure how they could warranty this barrel. They are going to offer a .50 as a replacement and I already have a number of these. On the lead issue. How can It be leaded if I got it and It had never been previously fired :hmm: I fired this...
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    Stuck Ramrod

    A hole bunch of FFFF out of the pan primer down the nipple hole and two caps. Blew the brush out finally. :) The barrel was purchased off the web. It's an early example that had never been fired. How could I say no? The bore is out of specs. Its diameter is a tad to small. I have three other...
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    Stuck Ramrod

    One fiasco has led to another on this new 25 or so year old barrel. I was forced to try the grease gun trick and it worked. Theres not a queer bone in my body but I'd kiss the guy that came up with that Idea. Brilliant!Wish I had had thought of it. The problem was, all I had was Harley Davidson...
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    Stuck Ramrod

    After spraying as much LPS as I could down the barrel. The rod to bore ratio is pretty tight. I just tried to pull the rod after letting it sit all night. I've got rods stuck before and put great effort into getting them out. Finally fustrated. I walked away, and to my amazement the next day. It...
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    Stuck Ramrod

    Thanks for all the input. Rememeber, this is a heavy metal Knight T-handled range rod with a .45 cal jag screwed on nice and tight. This rod was made to clean and load .45 cal rifles? I have a number of .45's and this is the only one that has given me any issue. The rod is all the way down and I...
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    Stuck Ramrod

    This is a Thompson Center Hawken 45cal barrel that is like new. The bore is very tight on this one. A .440RB and an OX-yoke .010 prelubed patch is all a fella can do. I have a Knight range rod with the t-handle that has a 45cal jag on the end of it. It's a nice tool for range loading and...
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    Flints are fun, caps are deadly.

    I'm not at your level yet. But it's fun throwing round balls with a flintlock. I need to practice for sure. Thanks for the encouraging me.
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    Flints are fun, caps are deadly.

    I do not place the open BP can on top of the stove. That would be severely foolish. I do however place it on the mantle above the wood stove where allot of very warm and dry air passes.I've read back in day of folks very carefully placeing the BP in the oven portion of their stoves. The heat...
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    Flints are fun, caps are deadly.

    I have heard the oldtimers would dry out their powder on top of the stove. The dry powder. I would think. Should flash off faster?
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    Flints are fun, caps are deadly.

    The rifle I missed with is an old Dixie Penn. long barrel .45 caliber. The buck was bedded faceing me and by the look in eyes he wanted me to chuck him an apple. I'm certain like many folks previously had done. I have deer in my backyard but I go to hunt deer in other peoples backyards if that...
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    Flints are fun, caps are deadly.

    I'm not proud of this one. This year I missed a large blacktail buck when I went for a headshot at twenty yards. When I squeezed the trigger. The primed flashed, but no boom. The buck was gracious enough to lay there while I reprimed, this time with twice as much 4f to assure ignition. The rifle...
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    Flints are fun, caps are deadly.

    I have three flints and again any one of these could be my first choice for the day. My vacation every year is ten days in Eastern Montana busting prairie dogs from morning till dark. I spent a number of years in the Marines. I've always been a shooter and kind of pride my self in this ability...
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    Flints are fun, caps are deadly.

    This is the first year in the last 16 I broke from archery and hunted deer with muzzleloaders. It was a great year and I'm tagged out. Launched a number of balls with the flints and never touched a hair. I found the flint humbling time and time again. On most of the hunts I'd carry the flint...
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    flint cleaning

    I have a very small zip lock plastic bag that is full of cleaning patches soaked in 99% rubbing alcohol. Outstanding for cleaning the rock and the pan after each shot. The rubbing alcohol is the way to go!
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    T/C Hawken Stock

    Roundball, You have yet to lead me astray. I shot the 58 today and used the thick pillow ticking patches like you suggested. It was not easy by any means to get the ball and patch down the barrel. But do able. The groups got really small. Thanks Rounball. :bow:
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    Pitted barrel

    Please define the SHOCK treatment?
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    Pitted barrel

    What do you do when you come across a less then perfect barrel? :hmm:
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