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  1. rfdr

    Which mountain rifle?

    To each their own, and for me and "Southern mountain rifles" it's an iron mounted flintlock. Even in the later part of the 19th century flintlocks were very popular as they are far more self sufficient than spending hard earned pennies on caps when flints were free. Iron was also cheaper and...
  2. rfdr

    SOLD .54 Smooth Rifle

    SOLD to skwerleater.
  3. rfdr

    SOLD .54 Smooth Rifle

    Built by www.ERLongrifles.com in the Winter of '22.
  4. rfdr

    SOLD .54 Smooth Rifle

    New and never fired. Schimmel style "barn gun" smoothbore w/rear sight. The gun features steel hardware and a grade 2 curly maple stock, swamped .54 caliber Colerain 44 inch barrel, and a Chambers Dale Johnson lock that has been tuned. The trigger is a simple single trigger with a 2lb pull...
  5. rfdr

    New Builder - Kibler Colonial Long Rifle Kit

    Build it anyway you like - seriously, there is no absolute right or wrong. I built one a few years back (images below) and just got another one that I'll start building in a few weeks, but without a patch box (don't need that), both are .54 rifled bbls. I used Jim's iron nitrate for the stain...
  6. rfdr

    SOLD .62 Smoothbore - SOLD

    STILL UP FOR SALE
  7. rfdr

    SOLD .62 Smoothbore - SOLD

    Yep, I checked to make sure, it's an L&R Classic ...
  8. rfdr

    SOLD .62 Smoothbore - SOLD

    Not sold ... yet.
  9. rfdr

    SOLD .62 Smoothbore - SOLD

    One small ding on the left stock side, otherwise she's clean ... Brass turtle front sight ...
  10. rfdr

    SOLD .62 Smoothbore - SOLD

    New and unfired .62 smoothbore, built by Bobby Christian, Colerain 42" bbl, L&R Classic lock, just under 7lbs, nice trigger, brass furniture, beautiful gun and workmanship. I have WAY too many trad muzzleloaders and lightening the herd. SOLD Chambers white lightning liner ... Bobby...
  11. rfdr

    Bobby Hoyt Interview

    Bobby's the Best! :thumb::thumb:
  12. rfdr

    3f in .58

    i use swiss 3f for all long gun calibers, from .32 to .62 and everything in between, for both tube and pan - only one horn needed.
  13. rfdr

    54 cal. powder charge?

    one should use as much a powder charge as both the shooter and gun agree upon. avoid the wrong amount and choose the better, right amount. this is akin to playing all good notes on yer fiddle and avoid playing the bad notes. :hmm: :grin: lots also depends on the projectile and how it's...
  14. rfdr

    Jim Kibler's Colonial Rifle

    right, the kits have long been ready to go, but just need the locks.
  15. rfdr

    Cleaning your ML

    there are no mysteries, secrets, or special concoctions needed to clean a traditional muzzleloader. weren't any problems or issues back in the 18th and 19th centuries, nor none here in the 21st information age millennium. and they surely didn't have all the nonsense "cleaning" chemicals the...
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