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New Turkey Gun!!
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newtewsmoke
45 Cal.
use the search function and search the word "cups" LOTS of info. Stumpkiller on here is a wealth of info and a master.
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dang! i never get paid in cool stuff for a job... usually just boring old money, or horseback lessons for the kids, or eggs (never been paid in chickens, but i was paid in eggs- gained darn near ten pounds!)
congrats on your new gun!
:wink:
congrats on your new gun!
:wink:
It is a nice gun all ready to finish wood and brown barrel and screws.
got me a gallon of bleech and a stock kit this morning.Will work on it tomorrow.
Checked out the shot cup ideas! I like the three wraps of newspaper around the dowel. just have to figure out how to cut the paper to get even wraps :wink:
got me a gallon of bleech and a stock kit this morning.Will work on it tomorrow.
Checked out the shot cup ideas! I like the three wraps of newspaper around the dowel. just have to figure out how to cut the paper to get even wraps :wink:
Joel/Calgary
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The easiest way to get the measurement is to wrap at least four turns on your dowel, then take a sharp knife or razor blade and make a short longways slit that goes through all the paper. Unroll the paper from the dowel, and measure the distance between the FOUR slits closest to the starting (inner-most) end and you have the width of exactly three wraps; add 1/8-1/4" if you want a slight overlap for gluing.wet said:
Regards,
Joel
I got paid in a rifle. 
ff
I shared doing a compensated comprehensive AWI presentation with a retiring teacher for a library system. I was the military half. At the end of this he said he could give me my money or...
He opened his trunk and there was a gun. Near new. A "Hawkins" type which I did not own one of at the time but was "next on my list" as I thought (and think) they are one of the most beautiful arms. I noticed the double set trigger. I read the ".50 Cal," my favorite for blackpowder rifle, and then saw "Thompson/Center" and tried not to over-react. It would come with cap and ball, starter, etc. if I'd only take it instead of the $100 (I think it was).
Of course I took it. Then I orchestrated it to be the very last gun to fire at the northeast's largest shooting range as the leftwing bureaucrats closed it. Fittingly, the original wood ramrod shattered at the end...
ff I shared doing a compensated comprehensive AWI presentation with a retiring teacher for a library system. I was the military half. At the end of this he said he could give me my money or...
He opened his trunk and there was a gun. Near new. A "Hawkins" type which I did not own one of at the time but was "next on my list" as I thought (and think) they are one of the most beautiful arms. I noticed the double set trigger. I read the ".50 Cal," my favorite for blackpowder rifle, and then saw "Thompson/Center" and tried not to over-react. It would come with cap and ball, starter, etc. if I'd only take it instead of the $100 (I think it was).
Of course I took it. Then I orchestrated it to be the very last gun to fire at the northeast's largest shooting range as the leftwing bureaucrats closed it. Fittingly, the original wood ramrod shattered at the end...
