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    Dutch Oven

    There are alternate definitions of "dutch oven", Bill.
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    Bore cleaners

    Well what's the question again? After five (5) pages, maybe things need to be refocused. From way back yonder, to pg. 1 para. 1 : Do any of the supposed bore cleaners on the market do anything more or better than hot water or hot soap and water?
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    Bore cleaners

    Hold on to that thought for a second NowThis IS the problem, people have to get it in their head, that black powder is different than smokeless powder. A lot different. Corrosive salt residues can not be "neutralized" nor dissolved by oil or grease! It might take longer, but I'd be willing...
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    Rendezvous supplies, "Mountain Prices", exploding caps, Coffee ... &c.

    Yeah, I knew somebody was going to ask that! I've been binge reading several of them, they are all good. If I find the author I will post it. It has to be from journals written around 1840 or later, isn't that when percussion caps became widespread?
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    So, what happened?

    I dunno pard, I think you got the wrong idea. LOL. You do you though (Not that there's anything wrong with that!)
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    So, what happened?

    Can I be your friend?
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    Camp oven

    "It ain't the stove that bothers me so much, it's that darn sack 'a flour bangin' around inside that throws my balance off."
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    Rendezvous supplies, "Mountain Prices", exploding caps, Coffee ... &c.

    I agree, it is obviously safer in broad terms, but I've never heard specifically that "dry air" aka static charges would set off percussion caps (and thus presumably, the gun itself) this would be extremely troublesome. I mean, sure maybe. Can't discount the possibility at all, clearly the...
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    Rendezvous supplies, "Mountain Prices", exploding caps, Coffee ... &c.

    I recently stumbled upon a really nice website about the Fur Trapper era of the American West, particularly w/ published online historical accounts and journals. Really some amazing accounts of some generally really hard core individuals. MOUNTAIN MEN AND THE FUR TRADE I'm sure all you guys...
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    So, what happened?

    .... with the Goex plant shutting down? The last I heard, everyone was running around with their hair on fire. Understandably so, I Suppose. Then, I heard rumblings that DuPont (or somebody) was going to purchase the facility. Crisis averted? I dunno. I'm just a simple guy, I can't keep up on...
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    Are movie prop revolvers fully functional reproductions?

    Details are sketchy, but I'm hearing the firearm was a shotgun. Also that it had been used off the set by crews to fire live ammunition, or somesuch. It gets better. At some point the director wanted another take, and Baldwin, a notorious hothead said something like "Another take!? How 'bout I...
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    Black powder shortage

    Oh, they like guns just fine. They hate you.
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    Cleaning revolvers

    Oil won't neutralize corrosive black powder residue, no. Black Powder is a different animal. It's a similar problem with OT surplus cartridge firearms & corrosive primer ammo. They have to be cleaned with water, or a water based cleaner. US GI issue Bore cleaner was different prior to the...
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    Dutch Oven

    I think that's the secret to cooking over any fire in general. Ever notice Hollywood movies always show frontier cowboys, indians or settlers etc., "roasting" meat on a spit on a crackling fire with 4 foot high flames. Makes for better visuals maybe. You'll almost never see it portrayed the way...
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    Cleaning revolvers

    Chemistry 101. Water (or a water based cleaning agent) is the only thing that dissolves a salt. There are probably countless bores out there that are fooked in some way because people don't know this with respect to Black Powder corrosive residues. Modern cartridge firearms & smokeless powders...
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