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    Hey from Pennsylvania

    howdy from nw pa!
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    ebay finds

    picked up 2 bullet molds off of ebay. a lyman Minnie hollow base in .54 for $35 and a lyman .54 great plains for $45.
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    need new leadpot, suggestions?

    I got that pot in the mid 1980's at Elmendorf afb. they sold reloading supplies and I tried to buy them out! box and instructions are long gone, never thought of going on line for the manuals !
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    need new leadpot, suggestions?

    I tore my pot apart and cleaned it. got a little wire brush on the dremmel tool into the pour hole and shined it up. works good now.
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    what to put them in? lubed bullets

    ok, maxi balls are cast, lubed so what do I put them in so they don't get the lube rubbed off? would like something like the Thompson center boxes, but I can't find them anywhere! ideas?
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    rmcoxyoke

    lost the front sight on my .54 t/c renegade on the next to last day of pa flint season.ran to my local sporting goods shop and picked up a rmc sights kit for it.instead of going home, I drove to the rifle range to change the sights and re-sight in.while I was changing the rear sight on the...
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    Your first ML rifle

    mine is still with me. I replaced the barrel with a green mountain 1-66. still going strong
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    Your first ML rifle

    parents got me a t/c Hawkins .50 cal kit in 1983. I was in the air force and worked a deal out with the first sargent to build it in the barracks. cops didn't know what to think! I browned the barrel in a pizza oven that we installed in the airman's club. I sighted it in, then filed the front...
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    Tomorrow is flintlock eve here in Pa.

    the .50 I built in the mid 1980's.it now has a green mountain 1-66 barrel on it. shoots them round balls real good!
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    Tomorrow is flintlock eve here in Pa.

    got out today around 12.worked my way around our property looking for tracks. found 3 sets on the back side. followed them almost to the property line, then spotted them working their way towards me, but above me.at 50 yards one came into a opening, i set the trigger, cocked the hammer and...
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    New lube.

    got some murphy soap tonight.i use a double boiler to do the melting, deep fryer with a 9 inch cake pan in it. tomorrow is our last day of flintlock, will play with it mabe sunday.
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    New lube.

    I just tried the beeswax/peanut oil 50/50 mix. came out too hard.heated it up in a round cake pan and added .54 cal t/c maxi's did not stick to the lead bullets. what can I add/do to fix this?
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    coon fat for tallow?

    come to think of it, I got some beaver fat also.
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    coon fat for tallow?

    wondering if coon fat could make good tallow? got another one today and was looking at the fat I scrapped off on the fleshing board. might have to break out the roaster and try it!
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