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Last Review Posted by VaScout - posted products and: Thu September 2, 2010 1:12pm

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I love a product that is worth more than I was charged for it. These function flawlessly in my CVA mountain rifle, and the shipping was fast. Price was more than fair, I feel like I ripped him off!

Rating: 10

Product Details: "Gun flints" by Homesteader - posted products and: - Rating:

10.00

Last Review Posted by nilo52 - posted products and: Fri August 27, 2010 6:11pm

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who else would let you try the product before asking you to pay for them?

Rating: 10

Product Details: "Gun flints" by Homesteader - posted products and: - Rating:

10.00

Last Review Posted by Ontario Hawken - posted products and: Wed August 25, 2010 9:30am

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This is my first BP rifle and I am very happy with it. Overall it is better made and shoots more accurately to a greater distance than my friends Lyman Great Plains

Rating: 9

Product Details: ".50 Hawken Percussion Rifle" by Claude - posted products and: - Rating:

8.73

Last Review Posted by gblacksmith - posted products and: Tue June 22, 2010 10:47am

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I have their new "haversack-into-knapsack" and a beautiful hand-woven blanket. These are now heirloom items. The level of craft is the highest I have encountered.

Rating: 9

Product Details: "Textiles and Bags" by Claude - posted products and: - Rating:

9.75

Last Review Posted by marwin95 - posted products and: Sat May 15, 2010 5:51pm

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Enjoyed the visit, which I recommend to anyone nearby, traveling through the area, or just willing to drive. Well worth the effort. Like nothing I have seen before.

Rating: 10

Product Details: "" by Claude - posted products and: - Rating:

9.82

Last Review Posted by Fauquierfarmer - posted products and: Fri April 30, 2010 11:21am

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Outstanding !

Rating: 10

Product Details: "" by F Thomas - posted products and: - Rating:

9.00

Last Review Posted by Mr.Brooks - posted products and: Tue April 27, 2010 6:37pm

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I bought mine in the late 1990's and I can't remember the price but I do remember it was very competitive with other brands. It's affordable, accurate with a variety of loads, and looks good to. It also outshoots my Lyman. The rod did slide out when I fired it but 2-3 wraps of dental floss around the ferrules took care of that. Dental floss may not be historically acccurate but there should be something appropriate. I don't like the pins and like PA Rifleman I'm not looking forward to the day I give it a deep all over cleaning. Overall review good to very good and when considering the price then very good to excellent.

Rating: 8

Product Details: "Kentucky Rifle - Percussion" by Claude - posted products and: - Rating:

7.11

Last Review Posted by DaveC - posted products and: Tue April 27, 2010 7:03am

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I just got into muzzleloading. My first starter rifle was the Traditions Kentucky cap-lock .50 cal. 1 turn in 66-in. barrel. It is an attractive traditionally-styled rifle with full-length 2-piece birch stock stained to resemble a dark walnut. It has very nice brass furniture, three rod thimbles, a muzzle end-cap, curved brass buttplate,trigger guard and single trigger, and a toe plate secured by three screws, which seems quite sturdy.

I cleaned the barrel carefully with Ballistol and water, followed by dry patching and T/C bore butter. I dry patched it clean and fired off 3 percussion caps before I shot it at a range, off-hand. The rifle is svelte and seems almost fragile because it is 7 pounds but fully 48 inches long. It balances well, and I liked the muzzle-heavy feel to "hang" on target while shooting from the off-hand position. At first the caps would not stay on the nipple, but this situation improved with use. The CCI magnum caps worked well, but usually got stuck up inside the hammer and had to be removed each time. Trigger pull was a bit heavy, but not too bad, and with a crisp final let-off.

I will wait until I get consistent, repeatable results before I change the sights, but I was pleased with the accuracy at 25 and 50 yards. At 100 yards using a .495" PRB and 65 grains of GOEX 3fff from the bench it was hitting far to the right, but I had issues with the rod sliding out about 6-inches from the sand bag, which may have adversely effected those shots. My most accurate initial shooting was a four shot clover leaf with one flier to the right at 25 yards using a Speer .495" lead round ball with a .018 pillow ticking patch lubed with T/C bore butter backed by 60 grains of GOEX 3fff powder. I swabbed with a Blue Thunder solvent patch, waited for 5 or 6 seconds, and then followed with a single dry patch between shots. Switching to 55 grains of powder and swabbing every five shots was still good. I'm confident I will get a load worked up soon for the rifle. Next time I'll try 2ff powder and later still, .490" balls.

Clean up was OK, but like anything for a novice, gave me some problems. I started out using too big a patch, which jammed up the rod I was using. I patch cleaned it in the field, then took it home, and using a length of tubing through the nipple hole into a pot of 2 liters of hot water, I pumped water up into the bore and back into the pot. This procedure worked OK, but a few times the water would squirt out of the sides of the bolster and get all over the stock, which concerned me. Also I became concerned about water or patch lube running down the muzzle between the barrel and the stock. Once the bore was swabbed with hot water, I switched to dry patching, WD40, more dry patching, and then T/C bore butter for preservation. I pulled the lock mechanism and cleaned it with Ballistol. So far I have a very favorable review of the rifle and its performance. I think it is a nice barrel installed on a budget rifle action and stock, but all-in-all a lot of value for the price. I prefer the esthetics of the full-length Kentucky stock, and I wanted a rifle with the 1-66" rate of twist over the more common 1-48" twist favored by most beginner Hawkens I have seen.

Rating: 9

Product Details: "Kentucky Rifle - Percussion" by Claude - posted products and: - Rating:

7.11

Last Review Posted by ebiggs - posted products and: Fri April 16, 2010 2:59pm

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Typical production rifle but it more imitates a Hawken rifle than a Thompson Center does. Mine has so-so wood and fit is also average. The biggest complaint with this gun is the lock. Apparently Lyman copied TC’s lock but copied the early one that had some problems, too. If you put a new model TC cock on the Lyman GPR it makes a big difference and I recommend doing. Mine shoots well and is getting better as it gets shot!

Rating: 8

Product Details: "Great Plains Flintlock Rifle" by Claude - posted products and: - Rating:

7.43

Last Review Posted by Ilwil - posted products and: Sat April 3, 2010 5:35pm

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I placed an on-line order for numerous small items. It was acknowledged immediately, and in my mailbox 3 days later. The items were individually packaged, prices were quite fair and shipping costs very reasonable. I don't think I'll be ordering from the W. Tenn company any more.

Rating: 10

Product Details: "" by F Thomas - posted products and: - Rating:

9.00

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