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    Lyman "patent" breech

    I have noticed that when I seat the ball in my GPR that the ball comes to a hard stop instead of feeling the powder crunch of the ball seating. It got me to thinking that the patched ball may be hitting the breech shoulder. I got to looking around and found a photo of a sectioned Lyman breech...
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    GPR first range session

    Well I finally got the new GPR flintlock out to the range today and I had a few difficulties. The priming powder never failed to ignite but it would only ignite the main charge every third or fourth time. I'm using 4F in the pan and 2F in the barrel, both fresh goex. Picking the vent hole didn't...
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    Speed Loader

    I like the idea of carrying pre-measured powder charges in the field but I did not want to carry plastic in my possibles bag. So I started looking around in the scrap heap I call a shop and came up with these. 1/2" OD copper tubing and 3/4" oak dowel make nice little speed loaders. These are cut...
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    flintlock first timer

    My first black powder rifle was a TC Hawken .50 cal percussion. I bought it with my princely salary while in the Army in 1975. That rifle went through many changes over the years, oil finished the stock, reblue, TC tang sight and globe front, sling swivels, etc. I foolishly let it go in 1990 for...
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