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My Baker Rifle Reproduction didn't come with ANY instructions! Guess I'll just wing it, what could possibly go wrong???
It's called internet search. That's the generic manual I used."Read your manual" may not work if you buy used or go custom. Every flintlock that someone built for me did NOT come with a manual. Is there some generic manual that you buy online?!
That's how I got started with black powder firearms. I bought a T/C kit, finished it and knew no one that was familiar with muzzle loaders. Then found all of the necessary supplies, read the booklet, went out backloaded and fired my first shots. That was 40 years ago. Still hooked on them old timey guns!READ THE MANUAL, STUDY AND LEARN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BEFORE LOADING (or buying really). There, hope this helps.
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As a 30 year Hunter Safety Instructor, I couldn't have said it any better !!
That's one of the purposes of the muzzleloading forums to supply generic information and some also very specific information."Read your manual" may not work if you buy used or go custom. Every flintlock that someone built for me did NOT come with a manual. Is there some generic manual that you buy online?!
...and now with the Net that shouldn't be a problem.
My wife say's it's a man thing, not reading the instructions...
I’m using that one in the future!I might add..., we called it "the stupid little book" because that was what the local community where I taught generally thought of the manual. Things change, folks forget,..... folks pick up bad practices. By reading the book you can sometimes catch yourself, and make a correction.
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