Keeping your powder dry

[LME]

Most of Clint Eastwood's movies are pretty darn accurate.

I like Clint Eastwood but he is guilty like all the rest. He makes mistakes but it proves he is human.
I remember him blowing up a bridge to keep the enemy from crossing the river . This was during the Civil War. He had a bundle of Dynamite ? The problem is Noble didn't invent dynamite until after the Civil War.

 

[deerstalkert]

I like Clint Eastwood but he is guilty like all the rest. He makes mistakes but it proves he is human.
I remember him blowing up a bridge to keep the enemy from crossing the river . This was during the Civil War. He had a bundle of Dynamite ? The problem is Noble didn't invent dynamite until after the Civil War.

the Good, the Bad and the ugly? still a good flick, and Clint wasn't the director or producer.

 

[Brokennock]

And I want that cap n ball pistol that Leonardo DiCaprio shot ten times like a semi-automatic pistol in the dumbest movie I've ever seen "The Revenant"

Oh boy, you stepped in it now. Maybe worse than me!
That movie is near biblical with some here.

 

[Stone]

Oh boy, you stepped in it now. Maybe worse than me!
That movie is near biblical with some here.

I would think that such a gross misrepresentation of the time period that represents the passion here would be despised?

And yes, The Good the Bad and the Ugly was one of the first movies Clint Eastwood acted in.

 

[Stone]

I remember sitting in the theater and wanting to leave I was so disgusted. The guy next to me overheard the conversation between me and my girlfriend and said "oh wait, he will probably pull out an electric Gatling gun and a stun gun next".

 

[toot]

Yes…
And this type as well…
Both are coated with bees wax inside & out..

I prefer the first one , without the button..
The straps on it are weighted and stay put with one simple wrap … easily removed without cold fingers fumbling with a small button or snap.

I rely like them, they fill a void for wet / inclement weather hunting.

 

[toot]

I ordered a cows knee and a frizzen cover. They will be here before my next hunt.

where from did you order it?

 

[toot]

what movie did CHARLETION HESTION and his son star in, when he shot an INDIAN with a ramrod?

 

[Stone]

where from did you order it?

October Country they seem to be a good company to deal with.

 

[toot]

thank you sir for the reply.

 

[LME]

the Good, the Bad and the ugly? still a good flick, and Clint wasn't the director or producer.

I didn't say he was?

 

[Stone]

I didn't say he was?

I'm not sure how Clint "made mistakes" by acting? The spaghetti western trilogy was the kick-start to Clint's career. Do you think he should have refused the role because the director/producer had an anachronism in the movie?

 

[LME]

I'm not sure how Clint "made mistakes" by acting? The spaghetti western trilogy was the kick-start to Clint's career. Do you think he should have refused the role because the director/producer had an anachronism in the movie?

I think we were talking about mistakes made in films not a particular actor? I remember Clint playing a character call Rowdy Yates on a TV show

 

[Stone]

I think we were talking about mistakes made in films not a particular actor? I remember Clint playing a character call Rowdy Yates on a TV show

Yep, Clint played Rowdy in Rawhide.

I thought we were talking about directors, not actors? Actors do what directors/producers tell them to do.

 

[Brokennock]

I would think that such a gross misrepresentation of the time period that represents the passion here would be despised?

For the most part, but not always, the chest thumping, "I'm a by God mountainy man!" types are not quite as stringent about period correctness as other time periods.
This is why you will see less stringent criteria for "rendevous" than a "reenactment, " or other period get together.
As long as it's "old timey," rough and rugged, and/or has a noticeably hand crafted appearance, it is often good enough.
Nothing wrong with that, it is what it is.
The Rocky Mountain, "mountain man" thing is a tough period in my mind, and I'm certainly no expert. Things are changing fast. There are so many potential mixes of new and old, and mixes of cultures as more Spanish/Mexican influence becomes available. Those that choose to do this period accurately have their work cut out for them.

 

[Stone]

For the most part, but not always, the chest thumping, "I'm a by God mountainy man!" types are not quite as stringent about period correctness as other time periods.
This is why you will see less stringent criteria for "rendevous" than a "reenactment, " or other period get together.
As long as it's "old timey," rough and rugged, and/or has a noticeably hand crafted appearance, it is often good enough.
Nothing wrong with that, it is what it is.
The Rocky Mountain, "mountain man" thing is a tough period in my mind, and I'm certainly no expert. Things are changing fast. There are so many potential mixes of new and old, and mixes of cultures as more Spanish/Mexican influence becomes available. Those that choose to do this period accurately have their work cut out for them.

I have to be honest and say, in all fairness, that I am one of those people who finds mistakes in nearly every movie I watch.

1. The car that just rolled 10 times and then is brand new in the next scene.
2. The guy who is wearing different clothes in the same scene.
3. The guy who shoots 14 times with a revolver.
4. The background of mountains in Florida.
5. An eastern diamondback rattler in California.
6. A sub-zero survival movie where they walk under a waterfall. (The Bear)
7. 1970's cars in the background of a movie set in the 50's.

They're all bad, The Revenant was just particularly bad.

 

[hanshi]

I've used desiccants a fair amount and they do work fairly well. I consider them useful and nice to have available.

When I watch any movie it's for the purpose of being entertained. I do have the tendency to pick out errors in the use of any firearms, explosives and ridiculous stunts - such as the huge bus jumping over the chasm in the movie "Speed". It does sometimes irritate my squeeze when I point them out. But that's what movies are about; entertainment.

 

[LME]

I have to be honest and say, in all fairness, that I am one of those people who finds mistakes in nearly every movie I watch.

1. The car that just rolled 10 times and then is brand new in the next scene.
2. The guy who is wearing different clothes in the same scene.
3. The guy who shoots 14 times with a revolver.
4. The background of mountains in Florida.
5. An eastern diamondback rattler in California.
6. A sub-zero survival movie where they walk under a waterfall. (The Bear)
7. 1970's cars in the background of a movie set in the 50's.

They're all bad, The Revenant was just particularly bad.

I am guilty as well!

 

[Coinneach]

I have read that black powder absorbs moisture and ambient humidity pretty easily. This weekend I did some hunting in Pa. and it was damp out. Our only way to get an opportunity was to put on small drives through thickets and clearcuts. This meant priming the pan for 20-30 minutes and then dumping the pan back into the pan primer. There is also the issue of my flask and load tubes having been outdoors in the high humidity for the day.

My question is if it is a good idea to put dessicant packets in the powder for a couple days prior to returning that powder back into the main container? Also, is it a good idea to keep dessicant packs in the powder in general?

I use a wooden tray with low walls and a wooden cooking Spatular with a Hair dryer set on low speed and low heat.
The trick is to hold the Dryer vertically above the wet /damp powder and not from the side or angled, around 12 inches or so away from the Powder itself.
Use the Spatula to gently circulate the Powder as it dries, once you thinks its done the right angled square corners of the Trays walls to pour the Powder into a wine mouthed vessel before you funnel it into the original BP container.

PS; If you find it difficult to procure the Wooden tray and Spatula feel free to send the damp Powder to me and I'll dry it all out for you, including extensive testing before I send the remains back.

 

[Coinneach]

I am guilty as well!

And every "Mountain Man" dripping 24 inch long leather fringe on everything he wears.