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  1. Eric Krewson

    Pocket drill cloth at Joann's

    I saw a post somewhere about many of the Joann's being sold out of #40 pocket drill ahead of their bankruptcy filing. Just a heads up; Joann's on Cox Creek Parkway in Florence Al has the stuff, a nice big bolt at 40% off. I bought 2 yards to go with all that I already have. My guns really like...
  2. Eric Krewson

    Barrel Browning with Laurel MTN product

    I have done a good bit of browning with LMF and often get the copper color from over wiping the solution on. I panicked at first, sanded off the finish and started over. I found the next time it was no big deal, keep adding more coats, let the part rust, card off the brown rust after every coat...
  3. Eric Krewson

    Unfired T/c Grayhawk value

    I sold one that had never been shot except for my adding fiber optic sights and sighting it in. I sold it for $250 shipped, I bought it at a flea market for $90 so I didn't get greedy.
  4. Eric Krewson

    Flint knapping?

    There are a number of gun flint knapping videos on YouTube, the old Brandon England knappers are interesting, one guy has a couple of modern videos with a lot of how-to information. Brandon knapper; Modern guy;
  5. Eric Krewson

    Is FFFG the Cause

    Every rifle I had that cut patches had a sharp edge at the crown. That said, I did try to shoot some loose weave .010 ticking in my .54 one time; my gun turned them into a ball of fluff. If I shoot my normal .018 pocket drill patches in a new gun and they come out cut, I look at the crown first.
  6. Eric Krewson

    MINIMUM LOAD

    I used to hunt squirrels with a .50 TC, I put about 10gr of powder in it and a patched round ball. When the gun went off it was more of a bloop than a bang. This load was incredibly accurate out to about 25 yards, when I hit a squirrel head the ball just took a crescent shaped slice out and...
  7. Eric Krewson

    Off to a slow start

    I have found you can put Tru-oil over just about anything, do a test spot first to be sure.
  8. Eric Krewson

    Barrel help

    Bring it by Dave, we will take a look with my Teslong, with it I can see more than I want to see in a barrel. It makes older barrels look like junk, even if they are tack drivers, you can see what you are dealing with.
  9. Eric Krewson

    Grandpa stories

    On my father's side my grandfather was a WW1 vet, a violent, drunken, evil man from what little my father said about him. He lived in Augusta Ga, my brother and I went on a bus to stay with him one summer, he was an awkward old man who didn't know how to care for us kids. One of his sons who...
  10. Eric Krewson

    1f for 12ga

    I use 1F in my 12 ga with shot and ball and get good performance, better than with 2F. I over bought 1F back in my "I am going strictly smooth bore" days and ended up selling 4# at a bargain a couple of years ago at the AL Kentucky rifle show because I knew I wouldn't need it. I figured if the...
  11. Eric Krewson

    Trigger guard install

    It depends on the style, many southern rifles had pin in the front and a screw in the back and sometimes two screws or two pins. Time frame had a lot to do with it as well, the above southern rifles were often made post 1800. Earlier rifles almost always had pins, perhaps because it took a lot...
  12. Eric Krewson

    The Gun Works Muzzleloading Emporium and box lock actions

    Done a lot of business with them over the years, top notch folks.
  13. Eric Krewson

    Thanks sky chief

    I had two similar Colerain barrels jug choked by Caywood; One barrel was cut off center at the bore, Colerain sent me a new barrel and let me keep the old one. I had the off-center barrel jug choked before I noticed the off center bore. I gave the off-center barrel to a friend for him to...
  14. Eric Krewson

    Boring out a bore

    Last I heard, he was so booked up that he isn't taking new work until the fall.
  15. Eric Krewson

    Trigger guard install

    Most trigger guards as shipped do have casting gates as well as lugs, the long ones are casting gates that have to come off, the short ones are lugs for attaching to the stock. Casting gates removed;
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