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    NMLRA Western

    Does any body know which gun part/kits vendors are planning on being at this event? I am in the market for an in-the-white Late Lancaster.
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    No Shop Rifle Building

    I am getting ready to retire for real and the wife and I plan on full timing for a couple of years or longer out of our motorhome. Since I'll have plenty of time on my hands, I am thinking it would be the perfect time to get serious about learning how to build muzzleloaders, but obviously, I...
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    quick question re: converting

    I have a chance to pick up a really nice, nearly new and maybe even un-fired Pedersoli Frontier rifle for a crazy dirt cheap price. I would have grabbed it if it had been a flint, but it's a percussion model. SOOO, how hard is it to convert one of these to flint? I Know it can be done, just...
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    burr removal

    I have a French Tulle that has a burr that catches the patch at the muzzle. Is there a quick way to take that out without removing too much metal or having to resort to files. My thinking is to use one of those cheap conical shaped grinding stones that you see in the $2 tool bin at the auto...
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    flash hole problem?

    I finished a non kit French Tulle a few years back. I had to pretty much teach myself how to do it, and was overall pleased with the result. However, at the time I built it, the flash hole ended up about a 1/4 inch forward of the breach plug face. This was my fault, during the inlet process I...
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    Cleaning wood

    Several years ago I put a couple of rifle stocks in long term storage. The had been stripped and final sanding had been done, then they were coated with paste wax, Johnson's IIRC. I have a need for one of them, it's an old factory T/C Hawken stock, so pulled it out the other day. It looks as...
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    Pure lead vs range lead

    I was having lunch with an old shooting buddy earlier this week and he came up with this: He takes his range lead, and by fluxing and scooping, he claims he is converting it to pure lead. In other words all this fluxing is taking the tin and antimony, ie the hardeners, out of the allow. I...
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    hardening a Frizzen

    I just returned from a range session with an older Dixie cub that has suddenly refused to spark. From looking at it, it is obvious that the flint broke through the hardened surface. I have had this happen before, but never this fast. Five shots with no problem at all, the sixth and seventh...
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    Wire inlay

    Is there a good tutorial on this site or anywhere else that has a good set of illustrations on exactly how wire inlays are done?
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    Trade gun question.

    I was perusing TOW's on line catalogue today and something caught my eye. Their trade gun can be had with either a .54 or .58 caliber rifled barrel. I find myself intrigued by the idea of a large bore rifled trade gun, but have to ask- they didn't put rear sights on these did they? And if...
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    Touchhole question

    I finally got a chance to shoot my newly finished French Tulle today, and have run into a slight problem. I got good spark, pan charge burned every time, but I had a devil of a time getting the main charge to go. When it did, there was a noticeable lag. The gun has a touchhole liner, and I...
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    File knife questions

    I recently picked up a box of junk files and naturally, the first thought that came to me was that they might make good knives. I took the temper out out of one of them by heating it till it was a dull red, then let it cool. It can now be cut fairly easily with a file. I have never made a...
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    Recommended hunts

    I am looking for some suggestions for BP hunts. I'm looking specifically for guided or outfitter hunts that aren't going to cost an arm and a leg. My pard and I are both at an age where running up and down hills and such is no longer an option. His diabetes has started eating on his eyes...
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    Proofing a new gun

    A pretty simple question. Once you've built a new gun, do you proof test it? And if so, how?
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    Fly

    Is there any reason to leave a fly in a lock that is being used with a single trigger? I am finishing up my first smoothbore, a French Tulle, and the lock came with a fly. My thinking is to toss it in the trash. YES? NO?
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    Jedediah Starr?

    Any one have any experience with these folks? I've been checking their stuff out, seems a little pricey to me, unless they're selling real quality stuff.
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    Well done holster

    I had some spare time and some large chunks of scrap leather, so I made a Slim Jim holster for my youngest son's 51 Navy. Took it over to him Saturday, explained how he could form fit it by soaking, wrap the pistol in plastic, etc. I'm sure you folks know the drill. Never one to display any...
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    .38 caliber barrel

    I am pondering my next project, and am thinking of building a South Mountain or late Tennessee style rifle. This afternoon I was oiling down some guns in my safe, and ran across the old .36 Navy that was my first BP gun, and that got me to thinking. Shortly after buying that gun (1970) I spent...
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    Whetstones

    I am embarrassed at my age to ask this, since I should know, but how do you clean whetstones? I have several in the shop, and most of the finer ones are getting so clogged up with old oil, dust & etc that they don't hardly work no more. Guess I should mention that although I try to keep them...
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    Builders proof mark

    I have a 3rd Model Dragoon that I am trying to determine the maker on. It is a little unusual, in that it has the folding rear sights mounted on the barrel, it's cut for shoulder stock, but does not have the stock screws. It has the 3 basic Itallion proofs at the bottom of the frame where it...
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