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    Gun show

    I can hardly wait, I actually have that day free and plan on making it over for the show. Always lots of cool stuff to check out.
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    casting bismuth

    I played with making some a few years ago. I started out making shot for waterfowl and it seemed to work out pretty well (I was able to get ahold of some busmith/tin alloy cheaper than buying manufacturred shot). As for round balls I made a few (they cast up just fine) but didn't have much...
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    Loading procedure for a smoothbore ???

    Shooting smoothbores is something I dearly love. Nothing too hard about it but you do have a lot of stuff to play with. What I generally do is drop the powder charge in, then if shooting a ball I just drop it on top of the powder charge and ram it down then pop a wad on top (usually a leaf or...
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    Sauk Trail Long Rifles Turkey Shoot

    Looks like a couple of us from upin the Flint area will be down to Camp and shoot again. We had a great time last year. I'll have to bring the matchlock down again and try for a turkey again. For anyone in the area looking for a nice shoot to attend this one fits the bill. See you there...
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    Clean a clay pipe?

    Graybeard, As already noted burn them clean. Build a nice cheery fire and place the pies net to it until they dry out well tehn move them right into the coals. Let them burn for awhile to burn out the tars and such then let them cool slowly in the fire as it goes out. From my experience I...
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    Bone Tinder Tube

    Mike, The original tinder tube you are seeking came from the one of the Iroquios sites. Check with Mike Galban as I believe he had some pictures of it. I made one out of one of the hind leg bones from a beaver that looked almost identical. as always nice strikers. Also are you still making...
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    How deadly is a patched round ball?

    As has been said by the other posts here as long as you do your part the PRB will put down a deer with no problem. Personally I like a shot through the chest cavity on most any critter out there, as long as you connect it will result in dead game 99% of the time. I have taken numerous animals...
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    Matchlock side plate?

    Wow, that is quite a nice looking bit of metalwork. Any information on the gun itsself? When? Where?
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    Matchlock side plate?

    Interesting question. I can't think of any origional matchlock that I have ever seen that had a side plate, for that matter I only remember ever seeing 2 that even had washers under the lock nails. One had just plain looking round washers and the other had a square washer set into the stock...
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    Can anyone identify this...

    I just saw your post over at the HT board and posted a response for you over there.
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    Spring open shoot

    All the cool stuff is happening that weekend. I will be taking a wilderness survival class on their overnight practical that weekend. I wish I could have made it. I haven't made it to a real shoot since January and only 2 reenactments so far this year, this work stuff is killing me. Just a...
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    Self defence

    Sounds like you may have a need for a bit of civil disobdience and maybe some that is not so civil. "So you say you want a revolution." (singing tunelessly). I always liked the Beatles...
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    Penetration test for RB n Shot

    I have found gallon jugs of water to work pretty well for testing. Set up several gallon size milk jugs full of water so that they are touching and fire into them (you can even make a box to hold them together). Figure that each jug that the projectile goes through is roughly equal to 3 inches...
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    bareballin it

    I would say go ahead and shot it without the patch. I have one smoothbore that shoots very well that way. I just drop the powder down the tube, then drop the ball down and follow with a wad (Leaves/grass/hornet's nest/paper/cloth/etc.). It shoots as well as I would like, loads fast and cleans...
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    Handgonne Contest

    Very nice. You will find that you will really like the snapsack, they are the best.
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