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  1. barnettshale

    Teach the children muzzleloaders

    My Marine Cpl grandson and my oldest granddaughter both received this type of set up 3 years ago. My granddaughter shooting team And results
  2. barnettshale

    C&B Hand gun fun at the ranch

    I didn’t do so good placing the video of the Remington
  3. barnettshale

    C&B Hand gun fun at the ranch

    My brothers and I have some acreage in Llano county, Texas hill country west of Austin. We have our range and enjoy making smoke every once in awhile. ROA Remington 31 cal
  4. barnettshale

    Original British Brunswick P-1841 type Early Model Officer Musket - Untouched Condition (Smoothbore)

    Used walnut sanding dust and thin Starbond to fill the wrist crack. Really solid now. No flex. Worked to smooth it out. Then wiped some Old English scratch remover on to see what that would do.
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    RED RIVER RENEGADES, ELECTRA, TX SPRING SCHEDULE 2024, APRIL SHOTGUN TEXAS STATE MATCH, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SHOOT

    Red River Renegades shotgun shoot starts today ends on Sunday.
  6. barnettshale

    Confederate Revolvers

    If you look at Texas history you will see that Sam Houston, governor at the time, was against seceding from the union and was subsequently forced from office. You can also note that Stephan F Austin recruited from Switzerland and other European countries because they were anti slavery. That was...
  7. barnettshale

    Confederate Revolvers

    I apologize for getting off track from the original post. Didn’t mean to do that. Just got carried away.
  8. barnettshale

    Confederate Revolvers

    https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=2182&context=ethj Taken from his memoirs
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    Confederate Revolvers

    GG Kellersberger and the Col didn’t get along very well. He did report to him. The Col was the department head but my GG is the one boots on the ground responsible for construction. Also came up with the Quaker cannon ploy. He was part of the force that retook Galveston from the Federals during...
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    Confederate Revolvers

    https://digitalprojects.rice.edu/wrc/dick-dowling/files/original/d9d5755fdfca4ed9bb73aa73e9e0232b.jpg Yes it is Texas for sure. Was trying to find a picture of my GG grandfather from the war hoping to see a revolver he carried. He was an engineer from Switzerland and emigrated to Texas in the...
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    RED RIVER RENEGADES, ELECTRA, TX SPRING SCHEDULE 2024, APRIL SHOTGUN TEXAS STATE MATCH, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SHOOT

    Just a reminder. Texas State Shotgun Championship match coming up soon.
  12. barnettshale

    Pietta 1858 With Target Sights

    I have for years used .454 in most of mine. Based on the measurements I got using old fashioned dial calipers a .006 or .005 ring shaved from a .451 ball should be good. As it is I modified one of my .451 round ball moulds to throw a heeled round ball. Weighs 160 grains. The heel measures .433...
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    Pietta 1858 With Target Sights

    Slugged the bore yesterday. Grooves and lands .440/.445 Cylinder chambers all measured from.445/.446 .451 ball will be good. Hope it shoots as good as the measurements tell me it should.
  14. barnettshale

    Pietta 1851 .36 questions

    As an oil field mechanic for nearly 50 years learned that applying pressure to tighten, tap screwdriver then apply pressure to loosen and tap will many times break the rust or carbon crust that has the fastener locked down. Glad you persevered.
  15. barnettshale

    Howdy fromTexas

    Welcome from a fellow Texan as well. If you’re near North Texas there are good folks who shoot near Decatur and also the Red River Renegades in Electra. When I lived south of Houston I shot with the Greenwood folks, range located at Brazoria. TMLRA shoots at Brady about 4 times a year.
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