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    best steel for sparks

    if you grind the teeth off the edge of an old file keeping it cool you will not change the temper and it will have the right hardness to spark like crazy.
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    best steel for sparks

    I just use a broke piece of file with the teeth ground down.
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    bird shot from a rifle

    when I first saw the title of this thread I was wondering how big a bore ya need to shoot a bird out of it. was thinking starlings actually. :grin:
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    Pinned or Hooked

    cleaning is simpler than folks make it. toothpick or feather in touchhole, fill barrel with water & let stand a couple minutes, pour out water, scrub with tow on worm. dry with patches, oil up barrel. water in barrel channel is not an issue on my guns 'cause both bottom flats and the wood...
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    .50 loading jag that scribes RB the least?

    are you sure that the rod that came with the gun is hickory? my experience has been otherwise.
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    A slender Lite flint rifle???

    there are lots of votes for a bucks rifle mine included however what WE like doesn't matter as much as what school your granddaughter likes and will be able to shoot well. part of the build will be the time you spend together finding out which style or school puts a real smile on her face...
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    Need help analyzing my first outing

    take a strip of your patch material lubed and short start your ball. pull it back out and see if your patching is cut.
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    Casting newbie.

    I use an old barbeque grill that I adapted with a kitchen stove burner from curb side to get a round flame under the melting pot. the dipper I made by silver soldering a long lag bolt to a spark cover from an oxweld torch striker. the front shelf on the grill is convenient to place folded...
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    Backwoodsman's Caliber?

    yes it is sir. I guess I should have put the title in proper form. sorry. I think 10 did not have the caliber mentioned.
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    Backwoodsman's Caliber?

    the following was compiled from rifles of colonial America caliber and number of rifles 40-1 50-8 60-7 70-1 41-0 51-9 61-5 71-0 42-3 52-6 62-5 72-3 43-1 53-3 63-1 44-4 54-9 64-2 45-4 55-4 65-4 75-2 46-3 56-7 66-1 47-6...
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    Sprue removal

    I use a tanner mold and cut the spru with an electricians multi tool. use one of the smaller wire stripper holes.
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    Which Spotting Scope Would You Buy?

    if your only use will be "occasional" use at the target range do yourself a favor and check out the one at harbor freight (20-60x60) if you have one near by. with a 20% coupon it's very inexpensive. I was surprised at how good they are for the price. I also have a burris which is very good.
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    Bent sprue slicer on mold

    +1 it's not hard
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    Cutting the sprue

    use a electrians combination/stripper/cutter crimper. use the wire stripper with the flat of the tool against the ball.
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    Cheap touch hole picks

    use a feather from domestic fowl or game bird not songbirds and such. I know of folks getting in trouble for having the wrong feather. no foolin
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