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    Any book suggestions for 12 year old Nephew ?

    A book that I read as a youngster is called Make Way For The Brave. It's a fiction book based on the mountain men. In it the kid even uses a flintlock Hawken. This is an old book but it can be found on BookFinder or other sites. Not expensive at all.
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    lubing a grease-grooved bullet

    Keep your bullets greased "in the groove" just like you're doing. Writers don't know it all.
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    smoothbores on a TV show

    It's not only their budget that was limited...
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    India Bess vs Northstar West kit

    NSW!
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    First range session with NSW Early English

    Not much to complain about... Good shootin'!
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    Which Smoothbore?

    Make mine a 20 gauge. With a round ball it has a little velocity edge over the 16 when used with similar powder charges. With shot loads they are pretty much the same.
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    Hello from the Great Northwest

    Eric, Welcome to the forum. As far as getting a gun, just join the talkin' in whatever section you want. We can only guess that you probably want a rifle but so far you didn't say. Give us more clues and you'll receive several suggestions.
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    .44 kentucky Euroarms.

    Speer lists a swaged ball for .433". Track of the Wolf offers both swaged and cast balls in that size. Dixie offers balls in .435" diameter. Take your pick.
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    Blood and Thunder

    Poordevil, Thanks for the welcome back.
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    Blood and Thunder

    Just like Don Berry said, "Joe is a friend of mine."
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    Blood and Thunder

    There's lots of good reading ahead of you. For more about Kit Carson, try "Kit Carson and His Three Wives." That was written by a fellow named Marc but that shouldn't bother you. Also, "Kit Carson, A Pattern For Heroes." If you read about the mountain men enough you might find the wants for...
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    knife sharpening

    Thanks, Stormcrow. Positive guidance I'd say.
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    Smoothbore problems

    The only thing you might change is your point of view. That's doggone good for 50 yards!
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    Bullet/ball for H. E. Leman rifle

    Okay, we can assume that the rifle is not an original Leman. Now, about the bore, a muzzleloading rifle when used with a round ball fires a ball that is undersize to the bore. That ball is wrapped in a cotton or linen patch. It is the patch that fills the grooves of the rifling and seals the...
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    Video - Shooting TVM's Iron-Mounted flintlock PA Longrifle

    That's far better than Top Shot...
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