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  1. Mockingbird

    Ready to Start.

    Indeed sir. I have the tap and drill bit from Chambers. Dave thanks for the link. I had just found your post yesterday before putting up this post. Looking at the angle of the butt plate on mine it looks much better than yours was. The rear ramrod pipe tang has the same gap on the sides as...
  2. Mockingbird

    Ready to Start.

    Ames, The bench isn't an expensive one and does need the wall for stability. Might it be better to mount it back side to the wall?
  3. Mockingbird

    Ready to Start.

    Phil, I have a set of DMT stones and a strop as well as a shaped strop for the gouges. :)
  4. Mockingbird

    Ready to Start.

    Finally getting ready to start my fist kit build. I purchased a chambers Little Feller's Rifle kit and am going to start working on it so my 11 y/o son and I can go out shooting together. I have done some horn work in the past but this is my first gun build. Got the garage re-organized and...
  5. Mockingbird

    Help From Upstate New Yorkers.

    Tom I have heard that a lot. Our excitement comes from the fact that we love that place and period in history and we live in Texas, so far removed from it all. Thus, when we get to travel to New England we get really excited (because of course we are just visiting and not dealing with the...
  6. Mockingbird

    Help From Upstate New Yorkers.

    Good Day, I am looking for some advice from some of the folks from the Upstate New York area. My Wife, Son and I will be traveling that area this coming June (21st -28th). My son is very much into Colonial and AWI history. We are already planning to spend a day at Saratoga, one at Fort William...
  7. Mockingbird

    1st time figuring out a load

    Flintandsteel, You are correct the dry lube didn't seem to work for me at all. Based on the info you posted from Rice, where I ended up on my last outing with the .530 ball and .018 patch using the mink oil seems pretty spot on with your suggestions. Thanks for all the great advice. :)
  8. Mockingbird

    1st time figuring out a load

    Hey Flintandsteel, I don't really feel like I am fighting anything at all. :) Let me explain myself a little better. MM (Moose Milk) dry is the patch lube method that Dutch Schultz recommends in his system that is praised by many folks here on the forums. Seems like it has worked really well...
  9. Mockingbird

    1st time figuring out a load

    Sorry for the absence. This holiday season is catching up with me quick, too many pokers in the fire. So I went back to the range 2 weeks ago. This time I used the pillow ticking .014 with the moose milk / Dry patch mixture. After 4 seperate groups of 5 shots each I was seeing pretty much the...
  10. Mockingbird

    1st time figuring out a load

    So before I go to the range tomorrow I wanted to try something out. I took my tightest jag (.525 IIRC) and ran a pillow tick patch down and up. It was a tight fit ( not quite as tight as the ball) but low and behold it looked as if the patch was cutting in the same ring. I took some pics of the...
  11. Mockingbird

    1st time figuring out a load

    Flintandsteel- I don't remember the maker off hand. I think it was Rice but I don't have the info here at work. I do remember it was round rifling and had a progressive twist. Also I am not blaming the gun at all. I am sure it is error on my part. My guess based on what everyone has said is...
  12. Mockingbird

    1st time figuring out a load

    I humbly thank you all for the great advice. I think my next step will be to try a Pillow tick patch with a slightly slicker lube. Figure I can experiment a little while shooting to break in the barrel. I will update here next time I go out.
  13. Mockingbird

    1st time figuring out a load

    Looking for some wisdom. So I have had my rifle for a bit now and life has finally permitted me to start shooting again. The rifle is by Brad and Shane Eming of Cabin Creek. After my first try at working up a load I am quite puzzled as things don’t seem to be going too well. I feel like there...
  14. Mockingbird

    looking for shooting bag

    Well The persona I eventually want to portray is an ancestor who was Anglo but spent a lot of time among the Lenape in the Lackawaxen area of the upper Deleware R. The bag I would be making would be for my son. I am also building him his first rifle for Christmas. I figure the more I can build...
  15. Mockingbird

    looking for shooting bag

    So for the lighter weight leathers do most still use cow or is that where the goat and buckskin come in?
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