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  1. J

    Kentucky Rifle ID Details

    It's actually L.G.C.&L. The "G" must have worn off enough to look like a C. Found an old question/answer from '02 to halfway validate what I found. If anyone's interested the site is http://www.gabelguns.com/QuestionsAndAnswers/ViewQuestion.asp?QuestionNumber=1291 I think I'm getting pretty...
  2. J

    Kentucky Rifle ID Details

    So after a phone call to Dixie Gun Works, it is a Latimer, Colburn & Lupton lock from Cincinatti anywhere from 1856-1861. Apparently they only made locks, and then put them on other barrels and/or stocks, so I'll probably never find out all the details. As for the bore, it looked like a smooth...
  3. J

    Kentucky Rifle ID Details

    My father is law came across this rifle, and apparently the owner has no issues parting with it. I could use some help identifying it from the pictures and description he gave me. The barrel is 44", and rifle is 59" overall. He put a caliper in the bore, and estimates it as a .54 Cal. Some...
  4. J

    Linen Patches

    This may invoke some comments from the experts, but I've used everything from precut/prelubed pillow patches (of various sizes), down to old cotton shirts that were just about ready for Good Will. As long as I'm 100% cotton with some type of natural lube, my T/C Hawken loads and shoots just...
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