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    When Do You Use Your Vent Pick?

    I've been using torch tip cleaners for 60 years, they bend and get so crooked they are hard to use but they don't break. I don't use made in china ones.
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    Leading in a smoothbore

    for really bad bore leading or when all else fails make a 50/50 mix of distilled vinegar and hydrogen peroxide. Degrease the bore with dawn dish soap. Stick a toothpick into the nipple or touch hole. Fill the bore with the acetate solution (it works faster hot) and let stand for a half hour...
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    Underlug hole elongation...

    Each chunk of wood will be different I'm sure, especially those with a lot of figure, however wood just doesn't expand/contract over its length to any degree. Unlike metals which have well known thermal expansion numbers that are "written in stone" wood is a living thing even when it is dead. It...
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    Underlug hole elongation...

    A 40 inch barrel will grow/shrink in length .0252 inches over a 100 degree F change. which covers most hunting scenarios. Rate of expansion/shrinkage change per degree per inch in most steels is .0000063/inch/degree F.
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    Need advise on possible restoration project.

    I'll admit I'm old, but still have all my fingers, both eyes, and got there by being a little careful...Not too careful, mind you, but careful enough. If that old girl were mine I would brush out, and patch out the bore as best as I could without use of chemical or abrasive means, then properly...
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    It's left hand, miracles do happen!
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    Longer Barrels On Small Caliber ML

    Longer barrel has more inertia than a short one, even if they are equal weight (think swamped barrels). It takes more energy to get the longer one moving, and likewise more energy to stop that movement. Long equals steady. Inertia is your friend especially when shooting offhand. Portability is...
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    Showing off a little.

    Striking wood, good shooting too, and it will only get better. It's a shame all our ash was killed off here years ago by the borer, nothing left now but suckers. What's your load if you don't mind me asking?
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    New Guy from MI

    Welcome from north central Michigan
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