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    blowing down the barrel, etc...

    Thanks, guys. Like I said, I don't spend much time on forums. Guess I should learn or keep my mouth shut. :grin: John
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    blowing down the barrel, etc...

    Apparently I need to learn how to work this forum. I intended to make this my reply to an existing thread.
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    blowing down the barrel, etc...

    I don't get on this or any other forum all that often. I did start shooting muzzleloaders along about 1958 if I remember correctly. My father taught me to blow down the barrel after each shot "to put out the sparks and soften the fouling". I've done it ever since. Obviously, I'm still here...
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    weight of powder

    I think we need a little more information. 17.5mm is just under 70 caliber (or 14 gauge) so that's a starting point. You mention cartridge but I suspect you are shooting a muzzleloader because of your reference to 1812. Are you shooting a rifle or smoothbore? Who made it? It's hard to...
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    "Green" Bullets

    I read the same news article on CNN earlier. While the information is presented in a slanted manner, I have to also applaud them for at least noting the studies that fail show any measurable danger from lead. Regardless, this is yet another attack we need to keep an eye on. Being allowed to...
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    Any Southpaws shoot a righthand flinter

    I'm a lefty and started shooting frontstuffers back in the late 1950's which was long before anyone thought to make locks that suit us "southpaws". I'd have to say that my love of flinters is almost as much from not having my right forearm peppered by debris from a percussion cap as anything...
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    Tennessee Valley INC

    The TVM Jaeger made by Matt Avance was extremely well done. Storm
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    Restoration Ethics Question

    I have to second what Paul said, especially the part about documenting original condition and the changes that are made. Pass this information along to any future owner. I say this because I recently had the sad task of telling a customer than what he had purchased as an original percussion...
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    GPR Shoot Today

    Well, mixing up the locks would sure count as "something that changed"! :wink: Storm
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    Rear sight on smoothbore

    I did the same as Leatherbark. I used an old rear sight off a Model 1911 pistol. It looks like it belongs there and put my smoothie to shooting to point of aim at 50 yards. Storm
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    GPR Shoot Today

    Yep, that sounds like the fly. Cock the hammer, retard its fall with your fingers, and trip the sear. You may be able to see if the fly is doing its job. Try cleaning the lock and lubing it. Also, take a look at the set triggers. Do they have a screw that adjusts spring tension on the rear...
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    May have a new Flintlock shooter in the wings...

    "It is too bad more coverage isn't made of people using traditional oriented muzzleloaders to help get the word out...I think I'll go win one of those big 150 million dollar lotteries...buy up 8 or 10 large pieces of property strategically located across NC, build state of the art shooting...
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    How long does it take you between your first to second shot?

    There have been times, shooting in a timed match such as a stake shoot, when I managed to reload in 40 seconds or so. Sometimes a bit faster if I just shoved a naked ball sans patch into the bore and ran it down with the rod. In those situations I had everything I needed exactly where I could...
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    GPR Shoot Today

    Hunt, I'm sure that someone with more experience with the GPR will chime in here but it sounds to me like you need to pull that lock and take a close look at the fly in the tumbler. Just in case you are thinking "What the dickens is he talking about?", the fly is a small metal part that is...
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    Unique German Ivory and Pearl-Inlaid Flintlock/Dagger/Gun /Axe, c. 1750

    That is a very interesting example of the multi-purpose shoot-em, stab-em, bash-em weapon type! I agree that it does look Middle Eastern. Storm
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