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    Kibler Southern Mountain rifle ordered

    My rice barrel .40 seems to prefer.389 ball and.015 patch
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    NMLRA members

    I’m a member. 👍🏻
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    Touch hole screw

    Thread gages are inexpensive. Every gun enthusiast should have one in standard and metric.
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    Bought a Flintlock today

    Great buy. Good luck with it.
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    .40 Cal

    I have a 40 with a rice barrel. It’s new. Only about 40 shots through it. 395 balls load hard with .015 patch. I shot .389 balls lately with same patch. Much easier to load. And accuracy was acceptable. I’ll work on that.
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    Kevin Blevins flintlocks

    I think 5 months is pretty accurate. I have one of his southern rifles in 40. Accurate. Good rifle.
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    Hand-me-down percussion rifle - homemade?

    I agree. I would use a used brush wrapped in all copper chore boy. Not solvent. Dry. This will work especially well if you can remove the breech plug. Removes lead quickly and safely.
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    .40 and some ideas

    This has been best for me as well.
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    Need help finding a hunting flintlock setup

    Ethan. Welcome. Depending on where you live in Pennsylvania, I would first recommend Dixon’s. They’re located in Kempton. Easy to find them on the internet. There are other gun shops that specialize in muzzle loaders. As mentioned, you’ll have to go with flintlock in your state so stick to real...
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    New From New York

    Welcome. I’m new here as well. My family had hunting camps in Lake George, and later two in the Saranac Lake area. One on the lake and one on the river. North country I’ve lived in the mountains of southern West Virginia for over 40 years . Great group here.
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