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    Thompson Center Bought from S&W

    Have a T/C G2 Contender(centerfire) and just love it but if they'd called the 'Hawken' something else I'd have accepted it has a serviceable albeit unauthentic entry to Muzzleloading which should have been seen as a stepping stone to the more historically appropriate and not an end point in...
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    12L14 Steel good enough?

    I read an article many years ago when they were discussing steel for M/L tubes and they glued a plug into a cardboard mailing tube and discovered it would sustain any "reasonable" black powder load they tried in it! So where's the problem with 12L14? Especially as some very respected barrel...
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    12L14 Steel good enough?

    I think Douglas quit for purely economic reasons - cut rifled M/L barrels cost so much more to make than Buttoned and the market was probably not worth the effort. I've used a number of Douglas Barrels over the years - all awesome shooters. My 40 Bedford still going strong after over 30 years.
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    Muzzleloader magazine

    The vagaries of international mail to New Zealand; I received the Jan/Feb issue before I got the Nov/Dec one ! Still waiting for Mar/Apr But still worth the wait it's an exceptional publication . At least the information is credible, most of the internet is full of misinformation. I still miss...
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    Very stuck minie ball, tried everything having to pull the breech plug

    I had to deal with a very stuck (half way down) Lee Wadcutter 58 in a Navy Arms Buffalo Hunter - in the end I debreeched it and with the barrel held in soft jaws in the Vise I used a length of 1/2" steel rod and a 2Lb hammer to drive it out and it really took some shifting but in the end it came...
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    Landsknecht Arquebus and Petronel

    Rudyard made the 'horn' tipped ramrod on my 1570's Dutch Matchlock (he made that too) and that was mid 1980's and it's still in ace condition. I really treasure the gun and my friendship with 'Rudyard'. Actually the tip is really a sleeve and the rod timber comes right to the end with a tiny...
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    Greetings from Oklahoma!

    Welcome from Nelson New Zealand - I spent a very enjoyable couple of days in 1987 in Oklahoma visiting the J M Davis Museum and the Wool-la-roc foundation - just awesome and excellent hospitality from the Motel in Pawhuska. Great memories.
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    Landsknecht Arquebus and Petronel

    I have a 44 cal Dutch - style snapping matchlock from the same maker - I used it at the MLAIC World's in 1989 (badly - my fault) , the maker also shot it in the gunmakers match at Friendship on my way home to NZ - all there were amazed at the speed of ignition - they're quick!! Being a...
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    Thoughts and/or identification of this percussion (fowler?), please.

    Allen & Thurber maybe?
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    eBay Flintlock Lock

    I'd agree either H&A or an early Dixie that has been worked on; I had a Dixie lock that had come from a Royland Southgate Rifle and that had an identical Bridle with no inner bearing - it had been percussioned when I got it - the sear spring could be a replacement hence not fitting the slot in...
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    Hi there from New Zealand

    All the best in your new country - very fond memories of the 1987 MLAIC event at Kitchener - Kiwis and Cannucks get on great. You're moving closer to BP Heaven as well - Friendship. Go for it!!
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    old bullet mold

    I don't think the old guys used to cast a lot of balls at one time: I've got a couple of old moulds and have cast balls out of them - the handles get real hot real quick. But I agree they are delightful pieces of historical kit.
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    How I Stripe my Ram Rods. A how-to video.

    I pretty much do the same but I use painters masking tape and I follow the spiral with the torch and clean off with Shellite or Coleman Fuel - a light stain; a coat or two of Tru-Oil then use Boiled Linseed after that.
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    G'day from down under

    G'day from across the Tasman
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    Homemade cleaning Patches

    Out here in NZ we get 'ex-mil' cotton flannelette in rolls usually called '4 x 2' - 4 inches wide with a line every 2 inches - the correct size for cleaning a 303. It's usually about NZ$9 a roll - lasts for ages and does a good job.
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