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    Kids these days…

    Been years since I heard the dot story. Word I have is the dots had to do with the production line at the brewery(?). Great fun in any case.
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    Rough barn gun

    Worm holes in the original Brown Bess appear to be bored from the exterior of the long go finished stock. The barn find stock worm holes appear to be from before the wood was milled and then became apparent when the final shape emerged - worms could not burrow along wood surface. Like...
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    Why This Wood and Not That on 18th Century Rifles

    USGS maps showing black walnut: While maybe too sparse to be noted on the map, black walnut occurs in western Oregon and in parts of California. My awareness is of several really huge trees that must pre-date pioneer occupancy but I do not understand their history. Maybe from early, very...
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    Why This Wood and Not That on 18th Century Rifles

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    Hello from Georgia! (Soon to be Colorado)

    Hi LongRifleSC, Welcome to Colorado. Check out Colorado State Muzzleloading Association's web site for info and I invite you to join us. Our newsletter, "Poke and Stroke" (will also be at www.csmla.net) lists clubs here in Colorado including those in C. Springs. Buckhorn Skinners is...
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    Is a 40 round ball sufficient for deer hunting?

    For what its worth. 2020 Colorado's legal method of take: -- deer, pronghorn, or bear conical bullets must be a minimum of .40 caliber, and round balls must be a minimum of .50 caliber. From .40 caliber to .50 caliber, bullets must weigh a minimum of 170 grains. Colorado has both white tail and...
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    New member from the plains of Colorado

    Hi William, welcome to this forum. Here in Denver we have left over white plus wind (no thanks). Will you be attending the CSMLA Trade Show, Sat. March 14 in Ft. Collins? Ft. Collins Elk Lodge, 1424 E. Mulberry St (Hwy 14), mile or so west of I-25, north side of Hwy 14. We would like to see...
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    Thoughts on Eatable CWD Deer??

    Politics enter with ballot box biology. Colorado voters get to vote on introducing wolves to this state, a 2020 ballot issue. The wolf advocates include an assertion the wolves would prey on CWD deer; uncertain and to my knowledge not proven from experiences in Wyoming and Montana where wolves...
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