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  1. M

    Protecting your gun during hunting

    On my caplock, I've found that a careful coating of black fingernail polish seals the cap to the nipple very nicely, and firing the rifle seems to remove most all of said polish. That, with a balloon over the muzzle renders my loaded rifle impervious to even a small waterfall that might develop...
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    powder in the pan ignites powder in chamber

    Just a couple of thoughts on this thread. One, a frizzen needs to be carbon steel in order to be hardenable. It is the carbon that allows steel to get hard. Second, I have read an article on flintlocks by an author whose standard practice was to stick a feather in the touch-hole before...
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