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    Beware of inexpensive gun kits

    A good friend bought a rifle kit for an inexpensive price several years ago. He tried to build it with my coaching and made considerable progress, but finally gave up. He asked me to finish it fir him. He had disassembled the Siler lock to inlet it piece at a time, as I suggested, but had not...
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    Girls Rifle Approaching completion

    Here are a few more progress photos of Emeline's little hunting rifle. Blue the lock and barrel, and it is load development and sight in time.
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    Amatuer built Generic Lancaster

    I have been working on this one for a year, but that year included a move from Virginia to Tennessee, with all that entailed. Mark Weader inletted the barrel and ramrod and Rice provided the .32 caliber barrel. Jim Chambers sent me the Dale Johnson lock. The rest of the stuff came from either...
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    Emeline's rifle, progress photo

    As I said, I am slow, and my wife has other things she thinks I should be doing. In sny case, I have the trigger, trigger guard, ramrod thimbles and fore end cap on now. Once the sideplate is inlet, I will begin cutting off lost more wood, thinning the lock panels and giving them a little more...
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    Emeline's Rifle

    Here is the beginnings of a little hunting rifle I am making for my grand daughter. It is a scaled down rifle built on a fowler shape with a very slender, 31 inch, .40 caliber swamped Rice barrel. The lock is a small Siler from Chambers. I found a very small Lancaster styled buttplate at TOW...
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    CVA Missouri rifle repair

    Who knows the details of the breechplug and drum in CVA Missouri rifle? My friend has come into possession of a nice one with the single exception being someone has begun drilling the clean-out screw in the drum. We may need to finish drilling, easy-out the screw, or drill the hole larger and...
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    What size nipple threads on Spanish rifle

    My friend was given a Hawken style .50 caliber Spanish rifle. He has assembled and repaired the lock now, so all that remains to make the rifle shootable is a nipple. The rifle came with no nipple. The name on the barrel is "Springfield" It has only one wedge holding the barrel on. It also...
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    Pattern for 1858 Remington cowboy style holster

    Does anyone have a pattern to make a cowboy style (as opposed to a military style) holster. I want it for a replica 1858 Remington Army with 5 1/2 inch barrel. I can reduce the length if the pattern is for a longer barrel. Thanks
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    Gander Mountain Flints

    I went to Gander Mountain looking for #11 percussion caps. All they had was several tins of #10 Remington. They were expensive. I happened to notice two black English flints in a plastic package for (I kid you not :idunno: ) $12.99. For goodness sake, don't anyone buy these. Track of the...
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    Black Powder substitutes

    I have been shooting muzzleloaders including cap and ball revolvers for over 50 years. I now freely admit that I have never used any propellant except genuine black powder. I also find that the incredible mess from a cap and ball revolver tends to dampen my enthusiasm after a few days...
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    Chamber diameter

    So, given the fact that most modern cap and ball revolvers have a chamber diameter smaller than the groove diameter, why do so many of them shoot well? I have a 25+ year old Uberti that shot just fine the last time I tried it. I never thought to measure the barrel and chamber as it seems...
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    Charcoal Blue

    How durable is charcoal blue compared to the regular hot blue found on commercial guns? I am referring specifically to Uberti revolvers in this case.
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    Cimeron 1858 Army

    I have been looking at a Cimarron 1858 Remington Army with a 5 1/2 inch barrel. It is much more expensive than a similar Uberti revolver. What does one get for the additional money. Is the revolver made or finished any better? Are the markings authentic (or close)? I have written to...
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    1816 US flintlock pistol

    An antique shop a few miles from here has what is called a model 1616 US flintlock pistol. It is listed for sale at just under $1,200. I have been looking at images and descriptions of the pistols, and it may be an original. If so, it is in very good condition. The tock appears to be either...
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    Jug Choke

    Does anyone know how, or why a jug choke works? Thanks.
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    Another Tennessee Rifle

    I certainly am not in the same class with many of you who build the wonderful carved and engraved guns, but I have been building for quite a few years, and enjoy the craft very much. This is the first Tennessee rifle I have built since the old Dixie Gun Works precarves in 1967. We built them...
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    What size wads?

    I have a CVA 12 gauge double. I tried measuring the bores using a digital caliper and it read .710 inch. (I don't know what kind of accuracy can be expected in doing this.) Someone else measured theirs, and found it to be .718. My question is for someone who has one of these; "Do you use 12...
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    Sidelock bolts too short

    I bought an old-stock but otherwise new kit for one of my grandsons, who likes to work on guns. It is a 12 gauge CVA double barrel. I decided to assemble the parts and convince myself that everything works and let him do hardware installation and all the finishing. (I have built many muzzle...
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    One half scale 1860 C0lt replica

    I went to Tennessee to visit grandchildren. While near Sevierville, I stopped by Parker and Sons to buy some black powder, and by Smokey Mountain Knife Works to photograph a small scale revolver that I had mentioned in an earlier post. Below are some photos. What is it, and who made it...
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    Colt signature series

    Who actually made the Colt second generation signature series bp revolvers?
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