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    gunpowder burns

    If you were very close, you personally won't be able to remove it. Maybe a dermatologist could with a skin peel. I changed a flint on the firing line with the muzzle pointing down range, and the priming removed. After I changed the flint I closed the frizzen on a empty pan, pulled the cock back...
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    Warning to Canadian Flintlock owners

    First off let me say that I have in no way any legal experience...with that said, let me say this. I believe that this whole incident and record of it be exsponged( however you spell it). You don't need an arrest record, even if the charges were dropped! This sort of thing would drive you nuts...
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    14 gauge round balls

    Track of the Wolf has recommended powder charges,wads,patch,and ball sizes for your 14 gauge smoothie. They also have the moulds you'll need. It's on their web site. Sorry but I don't know how to post or paste links yet. ...Geo.
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    "smooth rifle" vs. fowler

    I'm just responding in general, and not to anyone in particular... I think one of the nicest smooth bore/ rifles was that Issac Berlin I just finished. I have seen others do it, and it really is a nice looking gun. It did have a rear site and was in .69 cal. It's stock architecture is rifle...
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    Chambers Early Lancaster

    Now that is a very nice job!! Clean crisp lines. Very good job carving, I really like it Great Job!!. ...Geo.
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    How hard is the first one to build?

    For me I entered thinking it was a 5. I did real sloppy work. Lack of patience, lack of tools specific to the gun building trade. Not having a game plan, sort of made it up as I went along. Never really seen a longrifle (a good one) to see what I was trying to immulate all compounding that...
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    Rodgers Rangers

    I do believe the TV series with Buddy Ebsen starred Keith Larson like you stated. ..Sorry my other post was meant for Claude after listening to the music stuff,Which I don't remember from either. ...Geo.
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    Making yer own swampped bbl

    I have a few Green Mountain swamped barrels, and Rice, Getz and Longhammock. I don't remember which barrel maker I checked with a caliper, but I'm leaning on GM, but when I checked the breech , I got different measurements across the flats. Not that it made any difference to me, but I was...
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    Rodgers Rangers

    I think the movie "Northwest Passage" starred Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, and Walter Brennen, among a few of the cast. ...Geo.
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    Making yer own swampped bbl

    Got yourself a micrometer? File one flat, and mark where you mike it. Write that down. Do the opposite flat and so on. You could file at one spot the smallest dimension all around the barrel, then taper it to the breech. Reduce the muzzle to where you want it and taper it to the smaller...
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    stock molding techniques ?

    You did a nice job scribing that line. It looks nice and straight. When I was first looking at it, the ramrod groove looked alittle like the barrel, I guess it was the shadows, camera angle, lighting. This at first looking at it, looked like an incised line at the top of the forestock, which I...
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    Rodgers Rangers

    Yes, Yes! That's the show. I can't believe I couldn't remember that it was Buddy Ebsen.
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    Rodgers Rangers

    Does anybody out there remember the TV show about Rodgers Rangers back in the 60's? I don't remember any of the actors names, but, I'm sure that one of the major actors also played with Fess Parker in the Disney series Davy Crocket. ...Geo.
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    stock molding techniques ?

    I don't endorse this method for the inexperienced. I use a router. A special router base I made rides in the ramrod groove. I chuck a 1/2" cove bit in the router. The special router base consists of a halved 3/8" dowel screwed to the router base so the cutter is about 1/8" away from the edge of...
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    Ramrod channel

    The cooked ramrods stay put pretty good. Also, alot of builders use tapered rods. Where do they get them? They make them. If using a .50-.54 cal. a 7/16" rod tapered to 3/8" is usual. They look nice too. Take a 7/16" rod and taper it down to fit the first thimble. Some makers will drill the...
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