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    loading issue

    I was shooting yesterday with a friend with a newly obtained .50 cal custom poorboy style rifle. This rifle was built in the 80's by Charlie McChandless, in MO. The touch hole liner was just installed, made from a SS 1/4 bolt, with a 3/64 hole and coned on the inside, flush fitted on the...
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    My oldest gun

    This double smoothbore has passed down through my wife's family, to me. Her great grandfather bought it from a river pilot in the 1870's. The story goes that it is the first percussion gun in Alabama, marked on the rib Forrest Morris & Wilkins Mobile, a hardware store in the 1830's. It...
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    New 1861 springfield

    I have been considering a move to a CW rifle for some time, having shot .45 & .50 cal TC & GPR for years. I found and bought a Colt 1861 three band musket. It is pristeen, with the bayonet, scabbard and Colt Sling. I think it has never been fired. I there a member who cast mini balls for...
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    Do convertible locks work well?

    It seems a natural conversion to have a flintlock to a caplock, with the drum added in the touch hole. I know Lyman has this option--- but do they work well? HOSS
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