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  1. MiddleJohn

    Finally bought my first

    Welcome and congrats! And a good choice in a rifle, my first was the same but in .50 and 42 years ago. Still my favorite!
  2. MiddleJohn

    Powder and mice?

    Had a made in China knockoff Dremel tool set in plastic that was chewed up just like that, especially the corners.
  3. MiddleJohn

    Heres a challenge for you

    Or a vise jaw imprint.............
  4. MiddleJohn

    Stuck cleaning brush

    Years ago when I first started in BP shooting, I got a brass brush stuck in a very dirty bore. Since it would not pull straight back out, I decided to twist the cleaning rod clockwise as I pulled it out. Came right out. Bristles laid down sideways enough with the twisting and laid down to the...
  5. MiddleJohn

    Lyman Guns

    what I thought as well..........
  6. MiddleJohn

    Opinions on Carbine size

    An And it's on page 633 of my 2008 catalog and page 573 of the 2019. I'll bet it's in most, if not all of them.
  7. MiddleJohn

    lyman great plains

    Bought mine over 30 years ago and it will be the last rifle I ever sell!!! Investarms Lyman GPRs were flat out great guns.
  8. MiddleJohn

    Wedge Pins falling out on a GPR - Using an Arbor Press to tighten

    Just laid my wedges over slightly opened vice jaws and gently tapped the center. Check fit, proceed slowly. Then marked each wedge for correct placement Easy peasy.
  9. MiddleJohn

    P. Bondini Firearms

    My Bondini W. Parker .45 uses 440 balls and a .015 patch and is very accurate. Are you sure yours is a .45? The .44 calls for the .433 ball I believe. Mine is serial #6xxx and made in 1984. Very nice workmanship!
  10. MiddleJohn

    T/C Hawken Restoration.

    Mine also has very beautiful wood with vertical "tiger striping" over the whole walnut stock. Sweet rifle!!! And it's not a kit, with a serial # of 80xxx and no sign of rasping off the cheek piece. But should it have one????
  11. MiddleJohn

    T/C Hawken Restoration.

    But mine is marked as Hawken and has a curved but plate.
  12. MiddleJohn

    T/C Hawken Restoration.

    I always thought T|C Hawkens always came with a cheek piece. I have a 45cal percussion without it and assumed someone along the way had removed it. So maybe mine never had one?
  13. MiddleJohn

    TC Barrels from Sharon?

    And the same mark is on my 45 t/c percussion, serial #80xxx. Does that mean it's a Sharon as well?
  14. MiddleJohn

    What happens when you don’t weed the garden,

    And here in wine country we call them Puncture Vine. Can be spread all over the vineyard by tractor tires. Whenever we see one in the fields we pull them by hand, spraying won't kill mature seed/thorns and those will last in the ground for years before germinating. Nasty weed! The very flat...
  15. MiddleJohn

    Unknown Flintlock Pistol - Help needed!

    I have a similar one that my sister brought me back from Egypt, I think. Never told her she was ripped off. On mine the barrel is electrical conduit, has the same seam.
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