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    The Kentuckian

    I Googled him and found out he'd been in a lot of interesting pictures playing a wide range of characters. Very Interesting! :thumbsup:
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    Guns of Lonesome Dove?

    I think I remember it being an 1858 Remington wasn't it?
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    The Kentuckian

    Lancaster was the one charging across the river towards the bad guy who was desperately trying to reload his flintlock rifle to get off another shot before Lancaster could close the distance between them.
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    TC 1/48 barrel twist on Hawken?

    My old original LEMAN rifle whose barrel is 47 1/4" long has a 1 in 48" twist. It does quite fine work with PRB's and 40 grains of fffg. It's good that you brought the question up here instead of simply accepting an opinion being passed off as "expert advice".
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    getting more spark from my frizzen now

    Just for the heck of it, I was able to video myself shooting my original Longrifle with my cell phone. The flash of the pan and the ignition of the main charge are simultaneous, although the ball had to makke it down the 47 1/4" barrel and out the muzzle before the smoke could be seen. Before I...
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    getting more spark from my frizzen now

    Yes, I made sure I had a good fire going. Lots of large hot coals all around and underneath. A small fire or a gas fire simply will not work. I was burning 14" sections of old 4x4 cedar posts. They really put out the heat. and the temperature inside the fire down under the burning wood and in...
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    getting more spark from my frizzen now

    Well, the tin can holding the frizzen inside held together but was pretty brittle upon taking it out of the water. It broke apart easily. However, the frizzen would seem to have had carbon infused into the metal because it works much better now.
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    getting more spark from my frizzen now

    Yep, that's where I learned how to re-harden a frizzen. From the old timers to Turner and then to us.
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    getting more spark from my frizzen now

    Although I had a well known flintlock smith and maker case harden my failing frizzen with Casenit, It didn't spark very well and seldom ignited the pan charge. So, I applied an old method that I read about that was used by hunters and trappers who lived in the field for long periods of time...
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    The beauty and mystique of Penna/Kentucky Longrifles

    Fantastic rifles all! Everyone should own at least one flintlock Long Rifle. It's satisfying and reassuring to be able to fire your rifle with flint, powder and ball and not have to depend on something like a cap that you can't make. You can make black powder, nap flints and lead is easy enough...
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    The beauty and mystique of Penna/Kentucky Longrifles

    47 1/4" straight barrel, 15/16" across the flats, 1 turn in the full length of the bore or about 48", total length 62", 13" length pull, .40 caliber, *LEMAN LANCASTER PA* WARRANTED on the top flat, H.ELWELL WARRANTED on the lock plate. No roller bearing on frizzen, no entry thimble ever...
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    The beauty and mystique of Penna/Kentucky Longrifles

    Here's the onliest Pennsylvania long rifle I own. She's a fine one though she is 174 0r 175 years old. One of Henry Leman's very first made I'm told. Yes, I certainly have and still do touch her off now and then. It itches too much not to scratch it now and then!
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    Jeremiah Johnson.....

    About the .30 caliber Hawken. Four years ago, I spoke with a collector at a large gun show who was displaying some original Hawken rifles that he owned. The man had several and admitted to selling several more throughout his collecting years. He told me that he currnetly owned only the large...
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    Please help me identify these old guns... thanks...

    I'm firmly convinced that everything that you have is nothing but decorative wall art, made to look like real antique firearms at a distance and to the gullible. None of these appear to be any sort of real firearm. They all appear to be made of some soft wood like pine and put together with fake...
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    40 cal rate of twist

    My original .40 Leman flintlock has a 47" barrel and appears to have one complete twist from breech to muzzle. I can't say if it's accurate or not because I can't see worth a darn and flinch like a greenhorn when the pan flashes. It must've been a prefered rate of twist for Henry Leman though...
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