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    Slug guns

    Call NMLRA and see if you can get the papers written by Lester Cox on building a muzzle loading bench gun. Olie
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    Slug guns

    Call Ed Rayl.(304-364-8269). The barrel is the easy part. You will have to make a mold, then a swedge for the bullets. There is a lot of work to make a slug gun shoot. If you don't a score of 100 with 10x, you won't win. Olie
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    making some Muleys

    It looks very nice. I have a half stock Ohio gun that I built a couple years ago that has a side slapper lock on it.It is a copy of an a Ohio gun. I has an external spring. I also rifled the barrel. It is a 40 caliber barrel. Also working on a 40 caliber bullet gun with a back action side...
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    Obduration in MLs

    It is not hard to do ,just make a sawdust box. The slug gunners do it to look at there bullets.
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    Slug guns?

    Talk to the people at N.M.L.R.A. They may be able to help. I know they have or had a book Shooting with Champions and Lester Cox's papers on how to build a slug gun with all the other things you need. N.M.L.R.A. phone is 812-667-5131
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    rifling question

    Call Ed Rayl I got a .470 mould from him. He may have another. His phone number is 304-364-8269.
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    Experiences with sub-32 calibers ???

    There was a guy at Friendship that sold 1/4 ramrods That is where I got mine. I don't know his name but he was in the sheep shed. I soak my ramrods in coal oil. I think that they are more flexible.
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    Experiences with sub-32 calibers ???

    I like small caliber rifles. I have a .25 and a .30 caliber rifles. The 25 is a half stock Ohio rifle I built with a side-slapper lock. The 30 caliber rifle is a full stock Ohio style rifle that I have to get to shoot. The smal caliber are cheap and fun to shoot, Also I use wooden ramrod in all...
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    36 caliber swivel breech rifle

    That's what I wanted to know. Thank you Olie
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    36 caliber swivel breech rifle

    I would like to post a picture but I don't know how. Also my printer is on the fritz so I can't use that. I will see what I can do about a picture. What I wanted to know was the history of the swivel breech rifle. Did they have them in Europe and came to this country or where they just made in...
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    36 caliber swivel breech rifle

    I received a 36 cal. swivel brech rifle. I was wondering about the history of such guns.Did they have them in Europe or was it an American invention? Thank you in advance Olie
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    Need a simple barrel

    Call Ed Rayl 1-304-364-8269
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    gain twist barrels

    I was told that he made 4 muzzleloaders in his early days.
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    gain twist barrels

    I think that Harry Pope made some muzzle loaders in the early days.
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    gain twist barrels

    I read an artical that said that the best shooting barrels had a very uniform or a slight gain twist.
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