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    Rifle vs. Smoothbore

    I'd want a Flintlock rifle before getting a Flintlock smoothbore. That said, I have the rifle, really want the smoothbore. It'll be my next BP gun probably a Fusil de Chaisse in .62cal/20 GA, but maybe a mire traditional fowler.
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    Do you gut your deer?

    I've gutted every deer I've ever harvested right there on the spot where it died. And always will. I can't see any benefit to NOT doing it, other than WAAAY backcountry hunters using the gutless method and basically cutting off the meat/quarters to put in bags and backpack out. But I hunt where...
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    Running While Reloading Flintlocks - a necessary survival technique...

    Cool video Mark! Ive thought about trying this, having read about the early longhunters/indian fighters doing it. We're those guns smoothbores or rifles? Or were the round balls undersized? I could see that seating the ball technique working with smooth bores + undersized balls, but no way would...
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    How long before a touch hole needs replaced ?

    I have a touch hole liner, but its flat head screwdriver groove is worn out to the point that I'm gonna need to drill it out to change it. So I'm not changing it until I HAVE to. Has anyone had luck using a left handed drill bit to remove one of these, or(when I HAVE to) should I just buy an...
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    Questions after range day

    My statement IS definitive......for MY particular guns. I made no statement on what others should or shouldn't do, and no it wasn't inferred. And by the way Brokennock, youre being a dick to me for no good reason. Nobody likes a dick.
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    Questions after range day

    Really? I dont use brushes because they are not needed. i only shoot patched round balls. Maybe if i had different guns and shot lead conicals they might be useful.
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    Questions after range day

    My sidelocks have never seen a brush, and probably never will.
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    You never know what you’ll find in the truck!!

    Makes me wonder, what in my truck could work? I do have a small can of WD40, and an even smaller(like 1oz) bottle of CLP. I bet those would do.
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    L&R RPL04 Experience

    Same situation. My Dixie SMR is still shooting with its original lock, with a replaced frizzen and frizzen spring. I bought the L&R lock, and while it fit the inletting about perfectly, it didn't work right. I took videos of what it was doing(was a set trigger/seer issue if I remember right) and...
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    Charles Daly 45 caliber Italian made percussion rifle

    I cant speak to the quality vs TC, CVA, etc, as I've never owned those. What I can say is, although visually these Investarms Hawkens are pretty "plain Jane" rifles, they are quality where it counts....in accuracy. I've won 2 out of the last 3 black powder shoots at my gun club shooting mine! My...
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    Charles Daly 45 caliber Italian made percussion rifle

    My .50 Hawken is a Charles Daly made in 1985 by Investarms. Charles Daly was an importer, who got guns from multiple manufacturers in Europe and sold them in the US. If you dig deep on the internet, you can identify the makers mark and find the mfg date. I have the owners manual as a pdf file I...
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    Dixie gun works mountain rifle

    I really like my .50cal. I bought it here 4-5 years ago. It's had some work done on it. Since I've owned it, the original frizzen broke, but I was lucky enough to find another. Then the frizzen spring broke, replaced it with a different one from DGW, had to drill a hole in the lockplate. Works...
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    How hard is it to fit RPL lock?

    I put a L&R RPL lock in a Dixie Gun Works Southern Mtn rifle. Spent some time getting the patina/finish match correct using Laurel Mounrain Barrel Brown. While it DID drop right in, it didn't work correctly with my triggers. I took videos, sent them to L&R, called them and explained everything...
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I have a big, heavy range box, full of everything for all my BP guns. Today, I was off(rare) and put together a mini box/case for just stuff for my perc Hawken, so I don't have to bring EVERYTHING to the range(have a club shoot coming up). While doing that, I binge watched the latest 8 episodes...
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    Investarm Hawken question

    FWIW, I bought my Investarm .50cal Hawken at a show(Connor Prairie) like 4 years ago for $210 cash. It's a Charles Daly import, built by Investarm in 1985. It's been a great rifle, and a darn good shooter. I bring this up because the OP may be able to just pick up a whole other rifle for what...
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