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  1. hockeyref

    Charcoal

    Anyone know where mullberry ranks on the “desirable wood list”? I prune a bunch off every year and would just as soon try to make charcoal out of it as throw it on a brush pile to rot. Second question - when is the best time of year to trim? Winter, spring, fall?
  2. hockeyref

    Trail-cam pictures.

    He refused to sign the model release form.
  3. hockeyref

    What Part Of Clean It Now Don't You Understand?

    Unless you plan on buying it back, his gun and his problem (until he asks for help de-rusting the bore) At isually the range I run a patch wrapped around a brush with windex between shots. Before I leave it will get the windex patch followed by an alcohol swab/flush. Then swabbed out with MAP...
  4. hockeyref

    Random thoughts on the Lyman/ Investarm patent breach

    So i’ve been following the touch hole/self priming thread and it got me wondering about the actual dimensions of the Lyman GPR patent breech. I do use a brush to scrub it out, but have often wondered about making a scraper to fit. Other thoughts include opening the patent breech diameter, or...
  5. hockeyref

    Frizzen wear - smooth it or replace it

    Replaced flint with a new one and took it outside to test. This is a slow mo video capture of the sparks in the pan (no primer-just sparks) A bit out of focus but looks pretty dang good to me. What do you all think.
  6. hockeyref

    Powder and mice?

    I am going nuts trying to figure out what BP forum i posted my pics of the chewed BP bottles. The only place I can think of that I cannot check is the defunct 1858 Remington forum. I will have to find my pics and post them here. Oh, and we now have 5 cats and one is a Maincoon. He is a true...
  7. hockeyref

    Powder and mice?

    I think i posted about this a few years ago. Critters prints were all over the dust on the caps and bottles. But they only chewed the BP and not the smokeless. I keep the BP in a steel ammo can with the lid on loose. The Hinges and latch not connected but it is in place to keep critters n...
  8. hockeyref

    Hunting with glasses

    Playing hockey back in the 70’s and 80’s i wore rec-specs…. Basically glasses with an elastic head band and no temples. No contacts for astigmatism back then. Coach told me to put a drop of dish soap on each lense, rub it into a paste and leave it dry. Then buff it off with a soft towel. I...
  9. hockeyref

    Rework a cheap foreign horn

    Already has octagon tip shape. Was thinking about going round and adding the extension. Sad to say, but it is my only horn. 🙄. Fubar means I buy a new one - either raw as a project or already finished. Not that I don’t want another project, but it is christmas and funds are thin.
  10. hockeyref

    Rework a cheap foreign horn

    So when I first got into rock locks I bought a cheapo imported horn on sale at Gander mountain. I was wondering if anyone has manages to make an ugly silk purse from one of these sows ears? Can’t help thinking about pulling/replacing the base plug, sanding the spout down and making a wooden...
  11. hockeyref

    Anyone else have sore raw fingertips

    Dont have a stitch wheel, always wanted one. I draw the pattern in pencil and use a leather hole punch with rotating head using the smallest punch to layout the stitch on the thicker stuff. The bag I was messing with is an abomination that stitched together from pieces of a too large thrift...
  12. hockeyref

    Anyone else have sore raw fingertips

    Every project be it leather, wood, metal, cars, or computer parts requires blood letting to be fully complete.
  13. hockeyref

    Anyone else have sore raw fingertips

    Just whining here. I did some repairs, reinforcements, and modifications to the bag I made a few years ago… all I’m gonna say is that the upholstery needles and the needle on my speedy-stitch awl are dang sharp. They will easily cut you and if you dont pay attention you will have pink stitching...
  14. hockeyref

    Has anyone here successfully barked a squirrel?

    So did anyone else come to the conclusion that “barking” might have really been a byproduct of “not hitting them in the head” and “oooh close enough works”??
  15. hockeyref

    Gemmer Hawken review

    Gotta ask how tall that front sight started at if you filed a quarter inch off of it. Granted it was nearly decade ago, but when I built patience” I went fixed rear and didn’t have to take the front down much. Did widen the rear notch a bit.
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