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  1. Dave Markowitz

    Barlow knife

    I have one virtually identical to yours. It was my first knife, a gift from my father sometime in the mid/late 1970s.
  2. Dave Markowitz

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Unfortunately I did not get any pictures of the rifle I saw yesterday. If he brings it again I'll ask if I can take some.
  3. Dave Markowitz

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    At the woods walk I attended yesterday another guy had a rifle almost exactly like your Jaeger that he showed me. His was a .58, however. (He shot a different rife in the match, I think he brought the Jaeger along as a backup.) Is the maker's name on the barrel? The one I saw has "John In (some...
  4. Dave Markowitz

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Shot in a woods walk today until my rifle's patent breech got so clogged I couldn't clear it in the field. I was able to do so after getting home. This rifle appears to need water flushed through the breech after each range session to maintain reliability. (I'd even removed the nipple yesterday...
  5. Dave Markowitz

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I was using it as a handle to rotate the chuck. When not it use I keep it on top of the headstock held in place by the little black magnet visible in the pic. The clear plastic cover for the chuck has an interlock that disconnects power when in the open position as shown. I am mindful that...
  6. Dave Markowitz

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Yesterday I cross-pinned the tips on the OEM ramrod that came with my Investarm Gemmer Hawken, as well as the Delrin replacement I bought from Track of the Wolf. I also drilled and tapped the flared end of the OEM rod 10-32 in my minilathe, and used a new lathe spider that I recently got. I...
  7. Dave Markowitz

    Hershel House Passed Tonight

    Here is his official obituary and information about the funeral services. https://www.smithfuneralhomeky.com/obituary/Hershel-House
  8. Dave Markowitz

    Hershel House Passed Tonight

    I'm a member of the "Hershel House Longrifles and Such" group on Facebook. A group admin posted that Hershel House went home at 6:32PM. We are diminished.
  9. Dave Markowitz

    Dixon's

    Yup, I was there a couple weeks ago.
  10. Dave Markowitz

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    This week I received a LH flint .54 "Gemmer Hawken" from muzzle-loaders.com. It replaces the LH flint .54 Lyman Great Plains Rifle that I used to have but foolishly sold off years ago. Anyway, the Investarm rifles made today are not as nice as those made even 10 years ago, much less my GPR from...
  11. Dave Markowitz

    Finally Succumbed...,

    @Loyalist Dave Just in case that you're not aware, the priming mixture in these is based on potassium chlorate, so the residue is corrosive. This normally isn't an issue when shooting BP since we need to clean the gun anyway, but if you just pop a couple of caps you should clean the gun...
  12. Dave Markowitz

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Took a drive up to Dixon's today and picked up a few odds and ends. I held off on buying a neat looking antique English percussion double mainly because I have smoothbores I don't shoot enough, as-is. After I got home I started getting my stuff ready for my deer hunting trip later this week...
  13. Dave Markowitz

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Yesterday and today I took my George Dech longrifle out on my club's woods walk course as practice before Pennsylvania's late flintlock season, which starts next week.
  14. Dave Markowitz

    Safe powder horn making?

    Black powder is a low explosive. It can explode whether it's confined in a vessel or not.
  15. Dave Markowitz

    Foster slugs

    That's innovative! Were you able to get good groups with them?
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