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  1. bldtrailer

    Flints

    you can make your own come to Kempton gun makers fair I will have gun flint demos
  2. bldtrailer

    Lining a shooting bag.

    my wife made me a liner out off stiff canvas folded over 3 times , to make 3 big pockets and sewed one in half to form two smaller pockets . the advantage is durability and the stiffness stays open from collapsing in on to it's self without glueing to leather, I used leather laces to tie to bag...
  3. bldtrailer

    Thank you Bobby Hoyt

    :thumb:
  4. bldtrailer

    Mr Bobby Hoyt

    I Love his shop I've been there to drop off and pickup what a great smell of cutting oil and you should see his gun building cabin next door. :thumb:
  5. bldtrailer

    Salvaging wool from grubby motheaten blankets?

    do what our forefathers did(or fore grandmothers) use cedar chips or full chest the same moths eat feathers and other things we like cedar keeps the bug at bay
  6. bldtrailer

    Breechplug fouling solved

    I like the 91 % dries very fast and removes all oil on all parts pan frizzen and barrel
  7. bldtrailer

    .54 rifled bore pitting

    as far as pitting in a barrel shoot it then decide
  8. bldtrailer

    .54 rifled bore pitting

    who cares what it looks like ,it what it shoots like that matters it's not the best looking car that wins the race it's the fastest. there are thousands of Hoyt barrels out in the world , North south ass. have him reline original rifles and hundreds of CUSTOM flintlock barrels and only one...
  9. bldtrailer

    Breechplug fouling solved

    use a one size smaller jag 45 for 50 and a wet patch then when you hit bottom turn the rod to the right it expands the patching now pull the crud out, the smaller jag allows the patching to ride over the fouling turning to the right(tighty righty)expands the patch . a full size jag pushes the...
  10. bldtrailer

    Regrets with L and R lock for Traditions?

    never ask permission ask for forgiveness and after nearly 50 yrs cheaper to keep her (instead of breaking in a new one) they may forgive but they never forget
  11. bldtrailer

    Vent hole plug?

    Yankee doodle went to town riding on a pony:horseback: stuck a feather in his cap....... the feather was the touch hole pick and watertight touch hole sealer. or todays a round toothpick (I use to clean when not removing barrel) many southern rifles come with a feather hole in the stock to...
  12. bldtrailer

    Regrets with L and R lock for Traditions?

    everyone needs a starting point and unless you have a mentor in the flintlock world you most likely get the sportsman or box store sales pitch( even cabelas is a box store now) it's a small world of flinters best advise is find a local muzzleloader club and watch/ask a lot of times they are...
  13. bldtrailer

    Regrets with L and R lock for Traditions?

    yes live and learn (as long as the wife doesn't find out ) can be costly but my $$$ might save someone else
  14. bldtrailer

    Regrets with L and R lock for Traditions?

    and as for polishing a .... this is for my grandsons and it plain out shoots 1-66 barrel not to bad after getting the lock fixedopen sights 100yrds sight in target shot the 2(under an inch) to the right then moved sights to aim point a good boys starter flinter
  15. bldtrailer

    Regrets with L and R lock for Traditions?

    I did it made the trigger pull heavy then I had Brad at cabin creek fix the lock from L&R , cost me more than the lock (either way it was an improvement over the traditions lock)IT'S NOT A DROP IN now after this Brad told me he fixes the traditions locks to work as they should for the last...
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