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    Damascus Barrel Shotgun

    On the wall is where it will go. Might have it looked at down the road. Thanks everyone. :applause:
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    Damascus Barrel Shotgun

    paulvallandigham, thanks for the great advise. Now I'm off hunting for the day. :thumbsup:
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    Damascus Barrel Shotgun

    I posted this question on another site but you guys might be able to give me some input also. My brother-in-law just gave me an old double barrel shotgun. It's marked LONDON FINE TWIST on the top barrel rib and was soft soldered on, something I will have to solder back on. The square hole on...
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    Ball Roundness

    I always figured the round ball loses some of it's roundness being rammed down the barrel anyway?
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    Last Of The Mohicans

    I can look out my window at Fenimore across the Hudson river. I would assume it's named after James Fenimore Cooper. About a mile upstreem is the famous Coopers Cave. Yesterday I was hunting with my muzzleloader in the Pilot Knob, Buck Mt area of Lake George, not far from Fort William Henery...
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    12 lb ball found Lake Champlain

    I may be wrong but didn't the powder magazine blow up at Fort St Frederic at Crown Point? never know what was sent airborn. Used to spend a lot of time canoing and camping in the area and found a lot of old square nails by the shore. I remember reading that the site was also used as a military...
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    Most accurate conical

    I've had great luck with both the 250gr & 320gr LEE REAL bullets in my 50cal TC New Englander with a 1/48 twist. I use 60gr to 70gr of 3f black powder for target shooting and 90gr for hunting. They also shoot well with 90gr in my TC Pennsylvania Hunter with the 1/66 twist.
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    Early CVA Mountain Rifle

    Thanks guys. I might start by giving the Birchwood Casey stain a shot. I never heard of Sycamore being used for gun stocks. I did a Google search and found it's fairly common.
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    Early CVA Mountain Rifle

    I just acquired an early CVA from a friend of mine. He got it from his grandfather and it appears to be the Mountain Rifle built from a kit. The trigger guard and butt plate are steel. Nose cap and thimbles might be pewter and the patch box is brass. It has set triggers and the 32" 50cal barrel...
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    Percussion revolver rifle

    WOW, great pics, thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:
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    PATCHING OUT BETWEEN SHOOTS

    I keep a thin patch in a water filled container and fallow with a dry one. If I don't have water on hand, I'll stick a patch in my mouth for a bit, Mike.
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    Lee R.E.A.L. bullets

    Thanks guys, Ill pass it along and maybe he'll try them. Huntin Dawg thats some good shootin!
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    Lee R.E.A.L. bullets

    Do you think Lee REAL bullets can lead up a bore? A buddy of mine just got a 50cal TC Renagade with set triggers and shooting supplies for $125.00 from an add in the paper. The owner hadn't shot it for about 10 years and the bore was slightly pitted. He's not very impressed with the 100yd groups...
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    lead source

    We have a metal scrap yard just over a mile away. I went there a few years ago and the owner was hesitant about selling lead, saying he was sure there were regulations on that sort of thing. I told him that I'd only use it to cast bullets and promised not to consume any and I dragged out a five...
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    Lee R.E.A.L. bullets

    I got the LEE REAL 320gr mold and have been very happy with them in my 50cal TC New Englander. I put three shots in the same hole at 50yds and the next two were within an inch of those. I'm getting the 250gr mold next. I was surprised to find they also shot very well at 50yds to 100yds from my...
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