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Charleville Musket - Which One Used by Continentals?
All of this is great info - thanks for all the responses.- Rum River
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- Forum: Smoothbore
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Charleville Musket - Which One Used by Continentals?
Some of them I have already. An all original Model 1884 Trapdoor from 1889, all original Krag from 1901, a 1903A3 from March 1943, an M1A (pseudo M14) and an AR (pseudo M16/M4). I go back and forth on a Garand. My hands are pretty poor and they can be difficult for me to operate. I've had some...- Rum River
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- Forum: Smoothbore
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Charleville Musket - Which One Used by Continentals?
Thanks for the responses. Where I'm going with this is to own an example of a common American military issue longarm for each of our major wars - Revolution, Civil War, Spanish American, etc. Right now I need a Charleville, plus a '61 or '63 Springfield, plus either a '03 Springfield or a 1917...- Rum River
- Post #5
- Forum: Smoothbore
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2024 Alvin York Shoot - Anyone Attend?
I went and observed last year for the first time, was going to go this year but spent that weekend at the Sioux Falls gun show instead. Did anyone go? How was it?- Rum River
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- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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Charleville Musket - Which One Used by Continentals?
From what I have read so far - the 1777's were typically carried by the French Army while the Continental Army used mainly 1763's and 1766's. Do I have that right?- Rum River
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- Forum: Smoothbore
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The Superstition Of Gifting A Knife, Is It Real?
Fifty years ago my Grandpa Dutch gifted me my first ever hunting knife. He had made it himself from a blade off the silage chopper on our dairy farm. Ten minutes later he walked over and told me had changed his mind and wanted it back. In shock, I slowly handed it back - after which he smiled...- Rum River
- Post #40
- Forum: Accoutrements
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Grace tools review,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Like others here, I have the Brownell's set. The first set was the basic from when I went to gunsmith school in the early 80's. The only bits I broke were from prying with them. (Young and dumb.) Over twenty years ago bought the big set. Since then added the thin blade and torx sets. Have kept...- Rum River
- Post #26
- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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Sows ear CVA Hawken.
I really like the brass/wood contrast on that.- Rum River
- Post #36
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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#11 cap shortage and mag-spark
In my area of the world haven't seen caps for a "while" - not even the beat-up, half-full, scarred-up tins at a gun show for only $25. Thought briefly about the 209 option but I have a number of unmentionable guns that need those. So, yup. Buffalo Arms has more of my money and a 1000 RWS's are...- Rum River
- Post #5
- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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Breech plug removal. Jag and cloth stuck in barrel
First I would try holding the ramrod in a vise and pulling on the rifle. I read somewhere that back in the actual era some shooters would tie a leather thong to the ramrod with the other end anchored to a tree for the same approach. Second I would unscrew the ramrod from the jag and shoot it...- Rum River
- Post #18
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Lyman Rifle Accuracy
I have two different Lyman 54s, one with the 60 inch twist and one with the 32 inch twist. In both cases .535 projectiles worked better than .530. It sounds like a .535 would never work with an .018 patch in your rifle - but maybe with a .010 or a .015? I'm not saying this would instantly give...- Rum River
- Post #27
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Black powder or Pyrodex
I coached the local 4-H Shooting Sports blackpowder discipline for about ten years. Our state's 4-H rules said we could only use Pyrodex. The guns were either T/C Hawkens or Lyman Great Plains rifles. Once a week from early June through late August. Cleaned by the shooters with Ballistol at the...- Rum River
- Post #200
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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My 1st Ruger Old Army
I agree with this gentleman. At one time I owned a Ruger unmentionable single action whose bore diameter was .357". I bought it used with it's 6 1/12" barrel very slightly bulged at the halfway point. It was so slight that I did not even realize it until cleaning one day and saw the ring in the... -
Uberti 1860 Army front sight
I agree the best option is to raise the front sight to lower point of impact on a fixed sight percussion revolver. I currently own a couple of specimens on which I need to exactly that. They happen to shoot so high it would be impossible to file a notch deep enough on the hammer. If it were a... -
Just returned from the range
I'm glad for threads like this, starting to get me fired up. The last three-four years some health stuff has really affected my time on our back yard range. This is the year. Things are less sucky now - looking forward to a good season on our range.