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  1. R

    Barrel length

    I have 2 barrel lengths I like, and both guns serve me well. My Early English Trade Gun .62 has a 39 in barrel, perfect for still hunting with PRB or shot. Not too long of a barrel that it gets hung up walking through the woods. Deer, rabbit, and squirrel. The other is an English straight stock...
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    Range/Practice vs. Hunting Loads

    I target shoot( paper and trail walk) with the same load as I hunt with. I see no point in changing anything. I shoot at 2 or 3 different clubs monthly and I'm usually in the top 3... So WHY should I increase my powder charge to hunt, that changes everything, especially point of impact...I know...
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    38" Barrel?

    I have a 39 in on my Early English Trade gun from North Star West....Its great to handle in hunting situations, with shot or PRB, and I use it sometimes while Ranger/Trekking reenactments...also great in the woods and brush...its a .62/20..
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    roundball in smoothe.

    I use .57's when I roll live paper cartridges for .62...accuracy is pretty good out to 40/50 yrds.
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    Yearly powder usage

    Between monthly shoots at a couple of clubs and reenacting, I use prolly 5-7 lbs a year if I had to guess. It's sometimes hard to tell do to replacing used powder with new powder won at the shoots.
  6. R

    Can U decide on only one gun?

    .58 Smooth rifle....enough for big game with a PRB and plenty for anything hunted with shot....love mine!
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    Hydrogen Peroxide bore cleaning

    I use a straight HP and rubbing alcohol mix every cleaning, haven't seen any damage or problems, the HP cuts the fouling like nothing I've used, but never used a HP and baking soda mix...
  8. R

    Picking Vent Hole?

    Don't remember the last time I picked my vent while shooting, and I shoot 2/3 weekends a month.... Ranger
  9. R

    How do you Carry Lube?

    Yeah, I was talking about spit patches, that's all I've used for years and it's never failed me....
  10. R

    How do you Carry Lube?

    In my mouth....lol :rotf:
  11. R

    Help needed on a small camp

    I second or third the wedge and small fly....easy to set up for one person, and all the privacy, and protection you need... I currently use a 9x9x6 troopers wedge, and an 12x12 fly out front...
  12. R

    Roundball Caliber

    I like the .58... Have won many a shoot with 65 grains of 3f and a patched .562 roundball...spit patched with pillow ticking
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    Rice Smooth Barrel 20g ball size

    Keep the .585s...I use newsprint and .575/.585 roundball to make military style paper cartridges. I used 90 grains of 2f, bite and prime with it also, then shove ball and paper down....accuracy is reasonable out to 50/60 yards...
  14. R

    Small pouch and Day Horn

    Check out Darrel Lang....Leather from the past....he does a great job, and prices are very resonable
  15. R

    anyone have a .50 smootbore?

    I have a .58 and love it...it's a straight stocked English fowler, 44 inch bbl....real light, with a tapered fore stock, fast swinging.
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