Took my brother in law for a walk around of the local rendezvous (Boscobel Wi). Some very nice displays were still up from the school tours.
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I cleaned all of my B/P guns and put them back in the safe, all but one. I coned the barrel of my .54 Haines rifle to the point that I could start a ball and a dry patch with my thumb as the coning instructions suggested. When I shot the rifle the other day, I found that a lubed patch was a bit thicker than a dry one and I couldn't thumb start a ball easily.
I pulled the barrel on this rifle and un-breached it for another round of coning. I think I am out of 220 wet and dry paper as well as carpet tape. When I got the coning tool I looked all over town for the right sandpaper, I could find US made sand paper in the finer grits but the 220 at the auto parts stores was Chinese made which is a red flag for me.
I ended up going on Amazon and ordering a pack of US made 220, 300 and 400 grit as well as the carpet tape. Amazon is so successful because they have everything under the sun, I am a prime member so there is no shipping cost and the item will be on my doorstep in a day or so.
I hate going to the local stores, asking for something that is very common and getting a 1000-yard stare from the clerk who doesn't have a clue about what I am looking for.
I pulled the barrel on this rifle and un-breached it for another round of coning. I think I am out of 220 wet and dry paper as well as carpet tape. When I got the coning tool I looked all over town for the right sandpaper, I could find US made sand paper in the finer grits but the 220 at the auto parts stores was Chinese made which is a red flag for me.
I ended up going on Amazon and ordering a pack of US made 220, 300 and 400 grit as well as the carpet tape. Amazon is so successful because they have everything under the sun, I am a prime member so there is no shipping cost and the item will be on my doorstep in a day or so.
I hate going to the local stores, asking for something that is very common and getting a 1000-yard stare from the clerk who doesn't have a clue about what I am looking for.
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