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    Lead vs leather

    Lead or Leather?... As you like it. :grin:
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    Talk about High Priced Powder

    Kind of reminds me of the TV ads for household items. Picture a poor underpriveledged, unenlightened stoneage housewife ,slaving in a flour-dusted, disheveled kitchen, in black and white. Segue to a happy well-dressed modern housewife in a sparkeling universe with a prepackaged frozen cake that...
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    nice little blunderbuss

    Beeeeeautiful Job!!!! I must however vehemently disagree with your asessment of the bayonet's practicality. Just wait 'til the next vacuum cleaner salesman shows up at the door. Show him the 'buss and explain to him in a friendly tone that you have a perfectly good one that's been in the family...
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    Musket accuracy

    I see a few variables in the British officer's account that would need to be cleared up before evaluating the engagement. First: There is no mention of an advance upon the enemy from either side. The British were engaged at range and by surprise. The estimate of American numbers is therefore...
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    Too close ones eyes or not too!

    A redcoat stood online in his expensive uniform, spit shined boots, and polished brass along with hundreds of his comrades in what was meant to be a dramatic show of awesome might. His formation launched an incredible rolling barrage of lead in the general direction of his enemy. Precision...
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    I've been spiked

    As I'm no metallurgist; I'm not qualified to give a definitive answer, but especially from what I see of the top righthand piece I get suspicious. First: The metal scaled and broke in a relatively flat manner. Second: The pieces seem to show fracture lines along the same direction in which they...
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    Went to the Mountain, today

    Yep. The New Agers think it does good things for the cardiovascular system. Of course a shop owner will probably only have small jewelry size samples and want to cover his overhead, food, girlfriend, stash,etc. by selling that sample at a rather well salted price. Let us know how a New Ager...
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    New .40cal GM Flint barrel just shipped...

    So I guess for the next week that little-five-year-old-boy section of the brain that any normal guy has will be busy asking "Is it here yet?!" "Maybe it'll get hear a day early!" :grin:
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    I've been spiked

    What if someone really wanted to DEWAT a cannon for good. Say, by heating the lower third up to orange and pouring molten iron or steel down the tube... :shocked2: That might be tricky...
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    Wet patch problems?

    Some rifles will thank you for trying this: Mix Ballistol with 8 parts water. Yeah, I know oil and water, but ballistol is water soluable. Use this to wet the patch you shoot with and lightly blot so the patch remains good and soaked but drip free. In timed competition you don't have the extra...
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    Kit is finally finished!

    I've got a feeling folks'll be to busy looking at the pictures and drooling to be screwing around with an axe. Beautiful work Mike! :hatsoff:
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    Only Because Multiple Entrys aren't allowed...

    Musketman, I do believe Carmen Miranda is smiling down on you from heaven for that one! :grin:
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    Explain the differences in lead shot

    Maybe not a blast but you'd be able to write a glowing testimonial about Radon. It's radioactive. :shocked2:
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    Reusing Cleaning Patches

    My mother-in-law has a lifetime supply of old sheets in the cellar. I'll not likely run out in this lifetime :grin:
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    Who's 'slingin lead' this weekend??

    I'm always envious of folks with Saturdays off. :( Wednesdays, on the otherhand, are good for 45 .535's downrange. :)
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    ML Article in current Field & Stream

    I guess it's the demographic shift to a more urban life that's reponsible. Quick,easy, prepackaged sells. The consumer isn't a fool. Ad firms are fully aware that todays market demands a full blown barrage of assurances that their immitation, cost-reduced, time-saving, user-friendly, non-toxic...
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    Seasoning a bore

    How many bores would the Mongols hoard if the Mongol hoardes got bored? :shocked2:
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    UN Gun Ban

    The picture also portrays the effectiveness of their peacekeeping in Srebrenica. A nice gun indeed. I imagine the dutch were armed with that particular model when they retreated. The 8000 civilians would probably be quite vocal about it's lack of effectiveness...if the dirt that got shoveled...
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    Handling lead, dangerous?

    The problem with lead is that it doesn't go away. Skeet/trap ranges for example. It's cumulative but your body excretes it with time. If you outrun your ability to rid yourself of lead you lose. My grandfather worked in a battery factory in Hamburg PA for decades. His overalls were eaten through...
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    Barrel length/effectiveness?

    Sight radius was and is an important factor in choosing a barrel length. The length chosen ends up being an amalgam of all factors resulting in a usable firearm for the purpose. An eighteenth century musket had to function as a spear. Even if the soldiers proved they could maintain accuracy with...
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