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    How many grains in a pound?

    Twin, queen, or king?
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    Smooth rifle???

    First, I would like like to sincerely thank the contributors to this thread in helping me figure out the type of long gun one of my Rev War ancestors would have used (see my intro post). Second, regarding the oval bored weapon - are you sure you need anything other than round all for it? I’m...
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    Smooth rifle???

    I believe I have seen descriptions from that time period using the term "smooth rifle" as another term for fowler (i.e., ~20 ga long arm) used with both shot and roundball.
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    Hello from Georgia

    Thanks. I grew up in Roswell and Albuquerque.
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    Hello from Georgia

    Winder, here.
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    Hello from Georgia

    I built (read "assembled") a very modest .50 cal Hawkins kit with iron fittings back in 1996 as a way to honor my mid-19th century Missouri ancestors. I am now doing the research to figure out the type of firearm one of my Revolutionary War ancestor would have carried. Henry Farnsworth leased...
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