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    Light hunting rifle, straight stock?

    Comfortable, wide buttplate would be my choice. Straight stock rather than extreme drop - remember shooting grand dad's old single-shot 12 gauge and how much it kicked?. His had so much drop it was impossible (even for adults) to gain a proper mount. I only have two .58's, but a buttload of...
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    Underhammer question

    Been shooting those since the 60's. The "takedown pin" that holds the barrel in the receiver is tapered. It will go in both ways (for a bit), but if you try to hammer it in the wrong way....just don't. (Speaking from experience.) The buttstock is prone to splitting if you try to ram a patched...
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    new member from Germany

    Hello from N.E. Missouri.
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    How do you stabilise your rifle for load testing/sighting in?

    Sandbags, Sandbags, Sandbags ...and, perhaps a brick on the bottom if I need elevation. Stability is my friend.
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    Gardening ..again

    Well, "Management" twisted her knee to the point most gardening for her part is on hold. I had everything tilled up looking like "Mother Earth News", but we got a 1 1/2 inch rain and a light frost -so it's good we didn't have much planted. Went "fishing" at Mark Twain Lake Fri & Sat with two...
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Found out I bought a box of schuetzen musket caps I didn't need. Oh well. $7.50's not going to hurt me and every sale at a local gun store helps keep that store in business. Seemed like a good price.
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    Muzzleloading Long Rifle Identification

    Neat ol' gun. Thanks for posting. We used to call those "Cornstalk guns", for no particular reason that I can recall right now. One of my favorite types, They'd kill anything with hair or feathers. Thanks again.
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    Old fella on the line.

    Not every older person is able to still do the things they used to do, but I've yet to meet one that wouldn't like to do them again. The best present you can give an older person is simply include them in your activities. Old people can be a hoot and some can even still shoot...if you have a...
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    Teach the children muzzleloaders

    Ate about age eight, I took one of those el cheapo Italian percussion rifles with a two-piece stock and modified it for him. I shortened the stock and remounted the crescent buttplate, paid a gunsmith to shorten and re-crown the barrel, etc. I made a new, unbreakable ramrod cut a frontsight...
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    Gardening ..again

    Gardens are tilled, ready to plant, but "Management" (wife) sprained her knee, putting a kink in our schedule. So far, cabbage & turnips are in the ground. Turnips are the Favorite snack of Max, the Bassett hound who has finally dug the last left over turnip out of the garden. Have well over an...
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    New to everything!

    Glad to have you in Missouri. Greetings from N.E. Missouri - just south of Hannibal.
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    Underhammer receiver problem

    I have done the same thing. The tapered pin will, indeed, go in from both sides (right to left being correct on the one I had at the time). Hydraulic press is EXACTLY what's needed. Trying other methods buggered up the pin, which required a replacement. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. At the...
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    Help with identification and value

    Someone's "project" gun. Non-original front sight, attempt at customizing the grip and what looks like a brass frame. First time you shoot it, the loading lever will probably fall down, rammer may go into a chamber, and the Indians will have your hair hanging from a lodge pole. To me, it might...
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    Grandpa stories

    Had two grandfathers and a step-grandfather. Inherited paternal grandad's Winchester 12 gauge lever-action and step grandfather's Browning 16 gauge special order Auto-5 quail gun. Both are well-worn, so considering having both restored for grandkids. The Auto-five has a 5-digit serial number...
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    Why no black powder hunting personalities

    Maybe what's needed is a video game based on the 19th century to fire up some youngsters' interest and imaginations. Plenty of historic material available and no lack of challenges to overcome. Game could start in St. Louis (or anywhere), then head up the Missouri or overland ..deal with river...
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