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SSidney Smith replied to the thread What do you hunt with your traditional muzzleloader?.Update. I just found out using buckshot is no longer legal in Pa save for two state park drawing type hunts. So my buckshot idea is now...
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SSidney Smith replied to the thread 1st build, Pedersoli Pennsylvania.I'm with Phil. Sideplates are easy to make. Buy a piece of sheet brass from the hardware store. A piece that's 1/16 thick, and about 3...
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SSidney Smith replied to the thread Storing flintlocks.I always do as above, frizzen open, cock all the way forward.
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SSidney Smith replied to the thread How do you cock your lock?.Interesting question. When at the range, I use my cupped hand and pull back on the cock screw with the hook of my pinky finger. When...
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SI do which ever the situation requires…sometimes I even use my off (left) hand.. Hope this helps……..🥴👀🤣
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SSidney Smith replied to the thread India-made flintlocks.Italian made guns are orders of magnitude farther up the quality ladder than anything coming out of India. There is no comparison here...
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SSidney Smith replied to the thread How did you get hooked?.I used to see guys at the range I went to, shooting muzzleloaders from time to time. I just decided one day I wanted to try it. I did...
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SWhen I bought my flintlock pistol I could not get it to fire consistently due to poor sparking. The first 50 shots were close to half...
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SSidney Smith reacted to dave_person's post in the thread Middlesex Village Trading - Any good? with
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Hi, I am so sorry folks that you have to debate over the benefits of such crap. I hope Jim Kibler does make a Bess kit and you guys... -
SSidney Smith replied to the thread Frizzen Hardening?.
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SSidney Smith replied to the thread Frizzen Hardening?.I bought this stuff called Cherry Red and tried it on a frizzen from a kit I tried to build. I went by several videos of how to harden...
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SSidney Smith replied to the thread Tools for my first build.A good quality Exacto type knife, not some cheap Walmart junk. Nothing makes fine cuts easier than a sharp thin 🔪
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SSidney Smith replied to the thread Middlesex Village Trading - Any good?.Possibly, but how many of us would truly want to own a firearm made using the techniques and metallurgy of 200 years ago.? Regardless...
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SSidney Smith replied to the thread What do you hunt with your traditional muzzleloader?.Mainly hunt deer with my flintlocks. Have killed 3 so far with my TVM Lancaster .54 caliber. When I built my .62 caliber smoothbore, I...
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SSidney Smith replied to the thread Middlesex Village Trading - Any good?.The Made in India stamp would cause me to say hell no. Ever watch one of those videos on YouTube that show these India shops? Not just...