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Eric Krewson
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    • Eric Krewson
      I keep it there and there in my shop which is not climate controlled, no problems. I still have some metal cans as seen in the picture...
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    • Eric Krewson
      Eric Krewson replied to the thread Casting Help!.
      I have used a Coleman propane stove for years; it is OK in warm weather but comes up just barely hot enough if I cast in the winter, I...
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    • Eric Krewson
      I have about 800 vintage caps that were in collections of old stuff (60s and 70s) that I bought or people gave to me. They work but not...
    • Eric Krewson
      A man can never have too many molds.
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    • Eric Krewson
      I started with an H&R in .45 in about 1974, I shot a patched round ball and thought it was a little weak for deer. I knew very little...
    • Eric Krewson
      Eric Krewson replied to the thread Shot today.
      I have a Cabela' shooting bench that I leave out in the weather covered, I don't really like the way it is built so I am going to take...
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    • Eric Krewson
      I have shot my GM barreled .40 with .390, .395 and .400 balls and a .018 patch. My tournament champ friends shoots a .400 in his .40 but...
    • Eric Krewson
      Last time I checked it seemed like Rice will make a custom barrel to exact specifications for considerably more than the cost of their...
    • Eric Krewson
      Eric Krewson replied to the thread Flint knapping?.
      I mentioned using old broken arrowheads for gun flints. I went up in the attic to see what I could find in a cookie tin I had full of...
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    • Eric Krewson
      Eric Krewson replied to the thread Chestnut?.
      I have followed the development of the blight resistant American chestnut for a long time, the cross breeding has been going on for over...
    • Eric Krewson
      I cut several crowns with a homemade hickory coning tool but the wood compresses after a couple of crowns and it doesn't work as well...
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    • Eric Krewson
      Eric Krewson replied to the thread #11 Percussion Caps.
      I think it is a Cal thing, although, when I give people a heads up when I find caps in the local Walmart most people around the country...
    • Eric Krewson
      Eric Krewson replied to the thread Chestnut?.
      When I was growing up in East Tennesse in the 50s, the sides of the ridges had the standing dead chestnut trees on them in abundance...
    • Eric Krewson
      Eric Krewson replied to the thread #11 Percussion Caps.
      As was mentioned here before, haunt Walmart in July, they will have CCI #11s until they sell out which will be rather quickly. Academy...
    • Eric Krewson
      Eric Krewson replied to the thread Mussel loader.
      All of the serial number TC records for these guns were burned up in a plant fire so the age can't be nailed down very accurately, I saw...
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