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I have used mutton fat in the past - found it worked well but my 'rendering ' may have been wrong because it did go quite rancid after a...

Spent some time with Rudyard - he's just turned 80. The spread and depth of his interest and knowledge is just amazing. As well as his...

Here in NZ I've been buying ticking from "Spotlight" , I've also tried a Cotton Canvas they sell - the same thickness but I find the...

Good work!! You should be proud - I'm with other posters - I'd have had a go at 'de-T/Cing' the bolster/snail but don't stress over it.

More should shoot matchlocks !!- I have had so much enjoyment shooting my Rudyard made 44cal Dutch Style Snapping Matchlock - even at...

Drove over the hill to shoot with the Marlborough boys = shot 4 different targets - won the first on the UIT Target with the old 40...

Hard to say after the event - a local shooter has had a tray of Primers detonate in a hand priming press - really messed him up but he's...

Used for anything and everything - Defense/Hunting even target shooting - there sems to have been almost endless variety. This is my...

It wouldn't be hard to machine a 'blank' vent plug; then position the vent as 'favourable' as possible then relieve the inside - a lot...

Caught up with Rudyard and borrowed a couple of NZ- Tony Hawkins Moulds from him a 45cal 350GGr and a .38cal 250ish gr.

It wouldn't be too hard to make an eccentric bush and move the vent closer to the center of the pan without any other surgery. If the...

I 'rebuilt' a poorly assembled kit of a 45 percussion CVA - forget the joining plate and join the stocks without it - you'll have to do...

See if you can get a copy of Herschel Logan's Book - "The Pictorial History of the Underhammer Gun"; it'll give you a great insight into...

Current pricing here is running NZ$39.99 per 100 for No.11's and Rifle Primers - Ouch!!

It was over 35 years ago and I had to pay the freight to New Zealand and they came Air Freight - can't imagine that today!!