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    Need advice on a good smoothbore gunmaker

    How about Tip Curtis?
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    Colerain Turkey Choke Barrel

    Thank you!
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    Colerain Turkey Choke Barrel

    Could anybody post up any more details on loads for turkey hunting with the Colerain barrel? I haven't hunted with mine in a couple of years and I've lost all of my load info. Thanks!
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    Can't see my dang sights now

    Well, I had cataract surgery on both eyes the last couple of months. My dang distance vision is excellent after the surgeries, but now I can't see the dang back sights on my rifles! Any of y'all had to deal with that?
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    swamped barrels

    I have 3 guns with swamped barrels and I've never had a problem with any of them.
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    L&R Manton plate to small Siler?

    Well, about 20 years ago I built my first flintlock rifle....a .32 Tenessee rifle with a nice curly maple stock, a Green Mountain barrel, and an L&R Manton lock. The lock turned out to be not very dependable, and a very nice rifle has hung in the rack for most of the last 20 years. :shake: So...
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    Say Hallo to the guy from South Africa

    Welcome Francois! Looks like there's several refugees over here. :grin:
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    Casting issues

    I drop the balls directly from the mold to the green COTTON hand towel in the left of my picture and it works fine. Just make sure you use 100% cotton because any synthetic will melt. The electric pot works great, but if you're just gonna cast a few balls every now and then an iron or steel pot...
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    Casting issues

    Yep, you need a ladle. I like the one with the little spout tip on it.
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    How many strikes per flint?

    I've been getting 40-50 dependable shots from the English flints in a small Siler lock. Is Rich still making flints?
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    Original caplock info needed

    Dilly and Paul, thank you very much for the replies! :wink:
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    Range Report: .54cal/.28ga Flint Smoothbore Small Game Load

    RB, do you mean 100 grains by volume in a standard powder measure?
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    Original caplock info needed

    Can anybody tell me anything about this old rifle? It's got a 36" barrel that's around a .41 caliber, and at least an inch across the flats. A friend stopped by with it today and I told him I'd see what I could find out. Thanks.
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    Colerain .54/28 gauge suggestions and comments ?

    Thanks again to everybody that replied. Tip Curtis is building the gun for me, and it oughtta be done in a couple of months or so. It's an English fowler with a curly maple stock, a round face Chambers lock, and brass fittings. :wink:
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    Colerain .54/28 gauge suggestions and comments ?

    Thanks everybody. I've never had a 28 gauge so this oughta get me started off right. :hatsoff:
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