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    What period?

    I have a Lancaster Pennslyvania .45. What is the farthest back in time or period can I protray. It is a flintlock, but I also have a percussion lock for it too. It is made by Pendersoli.
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    Round ball Vs Minnie

    I have a smoothbore Enfield. I shoot a .562 patched round ball out of it. I bought a oversized .578 minnie mold thinking that since it's a smoothbore it would need to be bigger.but it is almost to tight to fit down the barrel. It well with alot of effort,but I've never tryed again.I'm thinking...
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    rifling a smoothbore/cutting a barrel

    Back when I was interested in reenacting I bought a MVTCo 1853 smoothbore Enfield. I thought I might use it to hunt turkey and squrril.I got out of the reenacting bug and sold everything ,but the gun.Now I find that the gauge isn't big enough to hunt turkey in Indiana-it has to be at least a 20...
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    58 smoothbore Enfield loads?

    Just recently bought this smoothy from MVTC. It's partly for reenacting and mostly for hunting. I figure with the right loads I can hunt squirrel,turkey,and deer. :hmm: Now the big thing is to figure the loads. Any body have any ideas. I figure that a round ball would proably be better then a...
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    Bayonet for MVTC Enfield

    Just ordered a MVTC Enfield 1853. They don't carry the bayonet,so I'm wondering if anyone has had experience with finding a proper fitting bayonetr for it? OR one that that can be fitted and how to do it? I went through the search engine and found nothing in there.
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    45 Ky flint loads

    Just wondering what others are using in theirs. I just bought a Used .45 Ky flint pistol at Friendship, In.. Paid 70.00 . It's an ol Dixie. I went out and shot it a week ago. I started out with 25 gr.s 2F at 15 paces 440 ball and pillow ticking spit patch. It shot pretty well. I only had about...
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    Civil War Smoothbores

    I'm thinking about doing some civil war reenacting again.I've yet to buy a rifle.What I want is a smoothbore to double as a shotgun.One sutler has a 1853 Enfield 58cal. smoothbore. Another sutler has a 1842 Springfield .69cal. smoothbore. Any thoughts? I'm leaning toward the Springfield,but it...
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    Made the change

    Well I gone and done it. I changed my Percussion to a flinter. It's a Chamsberburg Penn. 45. Shoots great as a percussion,but I got so used to my old Traditions flinter that I had to at least see if I liked it better. I kept the percussion just in case. The problem was my 1800's personna needed...
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    Chambersburg Penn. rifle

    I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this question , but here it is anyway. I can't find any info on the Chambersburg Rifle on the internet.I'd like to know what period this rifle was in so I can adjust my gear and clothing a little better.I'm also wanting to change it to flint ,but...
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    .45 conical moulds

    I've been trying to figure a good conical to shoot out of my .45 Penn. Pedersoli.I shot some R.B. and had so-so luck with them. Then I went to a box of TC maxi-balls 240 gr. They were pretty acurate,BUT they slid down the barrel so easy it just doesn't seem right. I then shot a few 385 gr.HB-HP...
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    Hardtack

    I made a variation of hardtack a while back in the spring.It consisted of white flour and corn flour with some cinnimon in it.The guy said add honey to it ,but I didn't have any.It cooked up pretty good and I put it in the frig. in a plastic container.3 months later I got it out and it was...
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    Pendersoli Conversion

    I got a 45 pendersoli and would like to switch it over from percussion to flintlock.FlintETC. said it was an easy conversion ,but they are kinda high priced. Was wondering if anybody was a little more reasonable. FlintETC wanted 130.00 for the lock 4.00 for the touchhole and 9.00 for S&H.143.00...
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    45 ball or mini

    Having just recently aqquired a new Pedersoli 45 Penn. Rifle I'm wondering if mini bullets would be better then ball ammo. it has a 1 in 48 twist which is alot faster then my Traditions 1 in 66.It's also a 57 in. gun. I saw where lee had a mold for a 200 grain solid based mini that I'm thinking...
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    A bit of luck

    Now I'm not one to win things and when I do it's usually something small.I won a 1899 dollar coin once a few years back. Today I got me a Pedersoli Ky Rifle for 5.00! It's a fancy thing with the prettyist patch box ya ever seen.It's the rifle I always wanted ,but could never afford.Yup 5.00...
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    shot in a rifle

    After reading about the 1/2 balls, it got me wondering about something I've always wondered about.Can you shoot shot out of a rifled barrel.I keep thinkin you'd have a barrel obstruction problem, but I figure if it was tight enough it shouldn't. Anybody ever try this? Would it ruin the barrel...
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    Need parts list

    So where can I find a list of parts for any particular gun.Also plans and/or a video that well help.I can't afford a nice smoothbore so I was figuring on building one a piece at a time.I'd like to build a Bess or a Charleville. The stock I figure maybe the hardest part for me to do. Thought I'd...
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    Old Music

    I'm wondering what kind of music would be period for 1770-1800. I like the old celtic/Irish stuff,but I'd like to pick up some early American music too. Any good groups or "bands" out there.
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    Building a pistol

    I have a Traditions 50 cal. flintlock rifle and I'd like to build a Ky.kit pistol to go with it.I know they have a kit ,but it's pretty near put together already.I done a CVA rifle once and I'd like to try a little bit harder project.I have limited funds ,so I'd like to know where I can get the...
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    Corydon,In.

    Corydon is having a State history thing this weekend 1-4. I've never been to this one ,but I plan on it. :front: Also next week is the Morgans Raid reenactment at Corydon,In.9-10th. Our Regiment is supposed to be there. :blue: :grey:
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    1853 Enfield smoothbore?

    I was looking at a online catolog and found a 1853 Enfield for a reasonable price.Actually a bit lower in price then others.I clicked on it and found it was a smothbore.Now I wouldn't mind having a BP shotgun and be PC for the Civil War stuff. What gauge would a 58 caliber be and is it PC? Think...
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