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    heavy charges damaging barrels?

    I'm sorry Matt, wasn't trying to hijack your thread (which is why I put the off topic warning at the front of my post.) When I first started shooting muzzleloaders, I was told I couldn't over load the gun as any extra powder would just "blow out of the barrel" and I'd just be wasting powder. And...
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    heavy charges damaging barrels?

    :off WARNING :off Back when I was in college, I had a part time job in a local gun store. There was a Chicago coroner (?) who stopped in every now and then to use the gun range. He once brought in some pictures and a story about a shooting that happened. A drug dealer was shot twice. A police...
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    32 or 36cal suggestions

    I went with a .36 for several reasons. It's a popular caliber so more stuff/foo-fraw available. It's easier to clean than a .32 (IMHO) and it will "buck" the wind better than a .32 will. I got mine mainly for target shooting but it should work for tree rats and bunnies just as well. I also got a...
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    purchases per year

    I have to refuse to answer as being north of Chicago but south of Milwaukee, if i disclosed the actual number of firearms I own and certain people found out. I would be accused of having an arsenal and plotting the overthrow of something and probably visited by different members of the law...
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    New patch lube?

    Try it, worse thing that could happen is either it becomes as hard as a rock and you need to get your barrel replaced or it works better than anything you ever tried and you can't find it anywhere.
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    Tips for casting round balls (modern equipment)?

    I use a Lee bottom pour pot too. You can adjust the flow rate so it fills up slowly or fast. I put the bottom quarter of my mold in the melted lead and when the lead will not stay on the mold I start to cast. I make sure a small puddle of lead forms on the spure plate. Once the lead cools...
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    How to adjust rear fixed sights

    a brass rod works nice. Just make sure the gun is solid on it's side and not wobbling around. also before you start tapping the sight, put a small mark across the sight base and the barrel so you have some reference.
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    What dates for Kentucky rifle?

    The Kentucky/Pennsylvania rifle came into being around the French & Indian war period. The flintlock stocked version was gradual replaced by the caplock stocked version beginning around the 1820's. The flintlock version never really died out. Just fewer and fewer were made. A good number were...
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    What's The Learning Curve On Flinters?

    You mean like when they checked some of the guns left on the battlefield at Gettysburg and found a lot that had several loads still in the barrel? I do remember they found one that had 22 loads in the barrel.
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    What's The Learning Curve On Flinters?

    To be honest, your learning curve depends a lot on you. If you are open minded and listen, don't just take one person's word and try new ideas/suggestions. It will go a lot easier than if you are as thick as a brick and your way is the only way. The first clue I have something needs looking at...
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    Sighting in .45 caliber

    Most people I know start at 25 yards, it seems easier for most. And yes, try to do this when there is no or just a little wind.
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    Sighting in .45 caliber

    You first need to find what powder/patch/ball/lube combo YOUR gun prefers. pick a combo you like, shoot a few targets/groups. Then change one item in your combo and see what effect it has on your groups. Increase it and then decrease it. Please use common sense. Trying to use a .451 ball with a...
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    Cleaning water marked stock

    Have no idea but you ruined it. Seeing how you're new to all this, I'll give you $50 for it. Maybe this will teach you. Not sure what I'm going to do with it but... Just kidding :blah: , try the linseed or a good stock paste and some elbow grease.
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    .62 or .58???

    How about a M4 Sherman? It's self propelled and even has a couple of .50's as backup. Course the mileage isn't that great but sure does goes through light woods easy enough, just not as quiet.
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    Flintlock choices

    If I had to choose, I'd go with the Lyman. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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