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  1. Skeggs

    Blowing down the barrel

    Document with a nice photo blowing into a muzzle at ranges, matches, or any other such event or location. Send the photo to the insurance carrier, telling them all of the reasons it's ok to do so and accepted at this location/event. You won't have to wait long for a response.
  2. Skeggs

    My priming horn disappeared in shipment

    Unfortunately, it seems gutless management is everywhere, but one thing they are all sensitive to is getting a social media stink going. I've seen FedEx and other businesses jump through hoops once an outcry from the general public gets going.
  3. Skeggs

    What would it take for the NMLRA to become a true "national" organization?

    I do not believe the NMLRA is easily fixable anymore than the NRA is easily fixable. People will always say "look at all of the good they have done" instead of "look at what they are doing now." An apt political quote would be "It's not what you've done for me, it's what have you done for me...
  4. Skeggs

    Good time to join the NMLRA!

    I can't go to Friendship with my family because several have disabilities, so I quit the NMLRA. And until La Pierre the elephant hunter and crew get tossed, the NRA gets no more money, either. None of our rights or shooting sports depend upon any organization seeking funds for fancy suits and...
  5. Skeggs

    How do you transport your longrifle?

    The padded ski bags are fairly inexpensive, $75-ish. Butt end in the floorboard, muzzle beside the headrest, seatbelt over the bag.
  6. Skeggs

    "Use of shot is not permitted"

    A second for Ballistic Products on any scatter gun supplies. Wads/shot cups, flight control, whatever the product is named, that is the choke these days. Properly set up, a 10" pattern at 50+ yards is possible in a 12 gauge cylinder bore. That's how we get big, fast, high flying waterfowl...
  7. Skeggs

    GOOP Lube

    Lee Shaver had a story about using goop or gojo as a patch lube in the Single Shot Exchange. He also talked about Edge Lube, made by Tapmatic (folks that make LPS products) as a grease groove lube. Good info.
  8. Skeggs

    Hunters Who Are NMLRA Members

    I joined, then left. Facility: Friendship is rundown. Maintenance is hardly a priority. Rustic is one thing, this is another. Buildings in disrepair, roads, fences, etc. The shooting lines are not up to spec for a professional organization. Government regulations for accessibility not...
  9. Skeggs

    Keeping Muzzleloading Alive

    I'm pretty sure criticizing your target audience, kids, let's say, will not help getting them involved. If you shoot at Perry or Anniston, you may notice the many, many kids involved. Diverse in every way imaginable. And damn good shots. The climate and environment of these places is very...
  10. Skeggs

    Flintlocks aren't accurate.....

    The first thing I learned about shooting a flintlock accurately was that follow through after squeezing the trigger was critical. That long lock time and long barrel time throws a lot of people. Good shooting.
  11. Skeggs

    50 vs. 54

    A very nice fellow I got to know some years back was a top-notch terminal wound ballistics guy. His short answer to best caliber, etc was simple: the largest diameter bullet, at the appropriate velocity for penetration, that you can accurately and comfortably shoot over and over, is the one for you.
  12. Skeggs

    NMLRA members

    I suspect it is the localized nature of the nmlra. It is set in its ways and doesn't really have much outreach or recruitment efforts.
  13. Skeggs

    NMLRA members

    Used to be, still go to some events, but I have family with disabilities who need accessible bathrooms and such.
  14. Skeggs

    Angelica Civil War Reenactors event cancelled; similar Fillmore activity unknown

    A shame.
  15. Skeggs

    Angelica Civil War Reenactors event cancelled; similar Fillmore activity unknown

    They should consider taking the opportunity to teach historical information regarding firearms and how the current attempts to disarm citizens is a mirror of the British disarming of colonists, etc, etc.
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