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    Long of the short of the barrel

    :hmm: Does the length of the barrel of a smoothbore affect the accuracy of the gun? I have a 36" barrel tulle that I have to raise up and see good portion to aim the gun to hit where I am aiming. I have a 42" barrel american fowler that I can aim down the barrel for great accuracy (like a 5...
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    Wad-Ball-Wad

    :thumbsup: Just been out shooting and found a way a loading that seems to improve accuracy of fowler. A fellow club member really developed it. I put powder charge (70 gr 2f), then divived a greased felt wad in half and put it over the powder charge. Then drop ball down the barrel; (62 cal...
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    The Fort by Bernard Cornwell

    :thumbsup: Am half way thru a very good read. The book by Bernard Cornwell called "The Fort". It is set in the Revolutionary War. The British are trying to re-establish a fort in upper Massachusett and the Americans sail a counter force to drive the British off. Really shows the heart felt...
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    Worst Movie

    :rotf: I watch the other day before the ice storm shut down my dish reception, what may have been may be the worst blackpowder movie ever. The Movie was "Many Rivers to Cross" with Robert Taylor playing Bushrod Gentry. I could spot they were trying to pass off brechloader as muskets and how...
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    Remakes of Our Favorites

    :hmm: WIth topic thread about the remake of "True Grit"(I still remember being a kid in the theater with my parents, my sister and an uncle seeing the movie for the first and the response of the crowd when John Wayne's character told the outlaws"fill your hands you S-O-Bs), what other westerns...
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    How old is your hunting gun?

    I just wonder how long some of us have been using the same gun for hunting. I have a 544 cal. TC Renegade percusion that I have been using for deer hunting for about 25 yrs. Doesn't have the orginal barrel. I shoot the rifling out and sent it in to TC and all it cost me was shipping. It has...
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    Brighten the bore

    :thumbsup: WE all like for our guns to look nice and to be clean when we ain't burning powder. I have came across a way to my the bore of the barrel shine like a mirror. I use used dryer sleets. I cut them in half and then folding them to 4 layer I run it up and down the barrel. Shine a...
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    Increase club membership

    :hmm: Anybody have ideas on how to increase members to a club. Are muzzleloading gun club need to grow if it going to survive. Most core members are mid forties or older. We want to share the enjoyment we have at our shoots and the rendezvouses we attend. Want to pass on our heritage to...
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    Fort De Chartres Website

    For those who have been to or have thought about attending Fort De Chartes Spring Rendezvous, it will be June 7-8, 2008. Their website with other events is www.ftdechartres.com. Southern Illinois about hour drive south of St Louis MO. Lots of camping area, venders, rifle shoot, musket shoot...
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    front sight location

    I am trying to improve accuracy with my tulle and have thought that if I move the front more toward me that it will allow me to look over the top of the sight to aim better.Right now I have to look to one side of the sight to get a point of aim to where I want to hit. I can't keep filing down...
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