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  1. The Crisco Kid

    checkering tools

    If you have never done any checkering get a video on how to do it. Brownells used to sell a good one but I don't see it on their website. They've gone over to the plastic blasters since that's where the money is these days. This is the type of tool to use. Its adjustable cutter head is a real...
  2. The Crisco Kid

    Last of the Mohicans Rifle

    This is some bad news Oldwood. I hope you can get caught up on your projects and post some photos of you and your healthy wife holding your guns and smiling. Best of luck to you both. Crisco
  3. The Crisco Kid

    ADDING SOLDER TO LEAD FOR ROUND BALL CASTING

    You can use the 50/50 solder in amounts that will result in a 30 or 40 tin to lead ratio with no noticeable effect on your round balls other than they will cast a little smoother and look a little shinier. Adding some 95/5 solder can make them a little harder. I haven't tried it so I can't speak...
  4. The Crisco Kid

    Black powder on smokeless ranges

    If they complain about the smoke I tell them it's been proven to prevent Covid.
  5. The Crisco Kid

    Pronunciation of "gonne"

    As the Canadians would say, "It's a gun, eh".
  6. The Crisco Kid

    Light hunting rifle, straight stock?

    The early Lancaster. I think the later version was too thin in the wood at the breach for the barrel which is 1.075". I should add that Pecatonica did a fine job on the barrel inlet and the ramrod hole but I didn't want them to go any farther.
  7. The Crisco Kid

    Light hunting rifle, straight stock?

    This is a .58 smooth rifle I built using a early Lancaster stock from Pecatonica and a Colerain 36" tapered octagon to round barrel. It weighs 7 lbs. 3 oz. Pecatonica inlet the barrel and drilled the ramrod channel. I used a large Siler lock and a wide Fowler butt plate and I did all the...
  8. The Crisco Kid

    Get your deer tested

    Time to mask up when you go hunting.
  9. The Crisco Kid

    K. R. Bresien action

    I had a chance to buy 2 beautiful slug guns built by Bresien owned by a lady who with her husband shot with him at Friendship. I was moving and so was she so I passed up on the deal even though it was pennies on the dollar. I tried to sell them for her through my friends in Arizona but there...
  10. The Crisco Kid

    Just Off The Bench

    They say the Devil is in the details and from what I can see you got them right. I like it!
  11. The Crisco Kid

    .45 Round Ball Water Test

    I've had the same experience on deer with a 54. The balls were flattened out under the skin on the off side. The 2 or 3 I remember anyway. Soft round balls kill way out of proportion to their weight.
  12. The Crisco Kid

    Gun safety

    The rule I've heard is to always uncap the loaded barrel when loading the one just fired. I may be wrong but I think the front trigger is always the right barrel. At least it is on modern side by sides.
  13. The Crisco Kid

    Mail broken parts by UPS

    I have had them ask. I had to send a "lamp kit" once. It was a piece of wood with a pipe to run the cord through.
  14. The Crisco Kid

    Franklin, France, The War

    You guys watch it if you want but I won't spend a nickel or a second of my time to watch some anti gun Hollywood puke like Michael Douglas portray one of America's greatest men.
  15. The Crisco Kid

    Problem with ignition on my new Hawken

    Some pictures of your new rifle would be nice. Like Nitwit says, lots of spit is good. At matches anyway it's all I use. You should be able to get off a lot of shots with it. I use a damp patch, not wet, between relays to swab the bore since at 10 or 15% humidity the fouling gets hard fast.
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