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    Juker 45

    I might have the same pistol, posted on it some years back:http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/233935/post/718846/hl//fromsearch/1/#718846 I eventually made a new front sight by cutting down a nickel, and soldering it on. Painted the nickel black and it made a great...
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    Ethan Allen by Hoppe's ¿ Que es?

    Have the same pistol. Drilling out the channel makes a big difference. Mine likes a tight patch. For targets and plinking, 15 gns of FFF 777 under a .445 ball/.015 oxyoke lubed patch is very accurate. Seen 25 gns fff listed as abt max
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    First PRB deer! (graphic)

    Some years back, I found a .45 CVA "Frontier" rifle at a local pawnshop for $60. It was a kit-gun that the previous owner had never finished. I added a few missing parts, some 'medicine' tacks and refinished the stock. I had taken deer in the past with my other .45s, but with Maxi's and...
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    anyone heard of "ULTRA HIGH"

    Is this it? Mine was made in Japan and shoots pretty well with PRB over 15 gns of fff-grade trip-7. Velocity is in the mid 800s with this load. It's a .45. 5 shots at 30 yds...
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    Range Session, TC Hawken .45...

    Thanx for the correction! I pulled out some reference books at home and you are absolutely right... I thought the gun felt a little light, it's abt 2 lbs lighter than a Hawken. Just when I thought I couldn't be any happier abt buying it, I am! Skillet
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    Yet another range-session, CVA .45 "Frontier" rifle...

    This is one I picked-up abt 2 years ago at a Pawn Shop for $60... it was a kit-gun that the previous owner never got around to finishing. This is a half-stock rifle built along the lines of a Hawken... It had a loose front sight, and no under-rib or ramrod thimbles. I scrounged up some spare...
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    Range Session, TC Hawken .45...

    I picked this one up a few weeks back at a local gun shop for $165, used but in very good condition. All of my BP guns are .45s, and I'd been hankering to own one of these in .45 for years. I'd read that the twist on these guns worked well with the TC designed "Maxi's" that I cast for some...
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    Another Range Session, CVA "Philadelphia" Derringer...

    Tried my 22 gn spout, but accuracy went "all to flinders"... Yeah, the first shot might not kill right off, but it might make him too sick to interfere with my escape!! Skillet
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    Another Range Session, CVA "Philadelphia" Derringer...

    Well mykeal, the way I see it, the "comfort range" has just been increased to 15 yds... Now 50, that would be 'pushing'! I don't really plan on taking that Philly to any poker games, just pestering a few targets-of-opportunity from the back porch, maybe trap-shooting a 'coon or two... HH! Skillet
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    Another Range Session, CVA "Philadelphia" Derringer...

    Here's a little gun that I've come to really like, A CVA Philladelphia Derringer kit-gun that I bought from a forum member several months back. It was already assembled, all I did was to add a spare set of sights to it and a few 'medicine' tacks. The Philly seems to shoot pretty well with a...
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    Range Session, CVA "Colonial" pistol...

    lawenforcementtargets.com I buy them by the 100. Less than 40 cents each that way. Also, I have the ram rod in my shooting bag... it tends to get loose and isn't really very functional anyway. Already had to replace it once after I lost the first one during a deer hunt. Skillet
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    Hunting with a Patriot

    I've got a couple of Kentucky style pistols in .45 and have found them to shoot well with the TC Maxi-ball and moderate charges of powder. Abt 25 gns of FFF (by weight) should get you around 850-900 fps. This load will shoot through both sides of a hog in a pistol. That Maxi has very good...
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    Howdah Pistol (20ga) - Velocity Review

    Thanx for the data. Sounds like a pretty deadly pistol. How heavy is the ball? Skillet
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    Range Session, CVA "Colonial" pistol...

    Some years back, my late Father brought me a kit for a CVA "Colonial" pistol. He found it collecting dust on a shelf in a gun shop over near Killeen, and knowing that I shot .45 sidelocks, he bought it and gave it to me to assemble and shoot. I think that he paid about $35 for it. I had to...
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    Looking for a part - Ethan Allen target pistol by "Hoppe's"

    I thought that picture looked pretty decent, that's why I "borrowed" it! BTW, I found a couple of mainsprings in my box of spares that I might be able to cut down to size with a dremel and cutting wheel. 'That don't work and I'll get some steel from Dixie... their prices are pretty reasonable...
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