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    Need some info on D.Anderson rifle

    Doug was a friend of mine many years ago. We rode Harleys together and traded work now and again. He went by the moniker 'White Eyes' and worked in Merical's shop making very nice rifles. Just what did you want to know about him? I'm not willing to give out much personal information about...
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    Your favorite source for tappered octagon barrels?

    I've used a number of barrels from this source in the past: BAUSKA BARRELS Address: 105 9TH AVE KALLISPEL, MT 59901 USA Voice: 1-406-752-7706 It's been a few years as I stocked up with about 30 barrels. He did 'cut rifling' and used a shaper for both swamping and tapering. The barrels I...
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    leaving guns loaded

    I agree flinch. The first serious rifle I built was a .58 caliber flintlock. I took it hunting one day but a long standing health issue caught up with me and I was laid up for quite a while. About 6 months later I went into the room where I kept my hunting gear and found my daypack and rifle...
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    Blowing down the barrel?

    I doubt that we'll ever get answers to our questions Cooner. Mine was: Exactly who got their brains blown out by blowing down a barrel. Yours was: Do I understand you correctly that you NEVER inspect the bore of a muzzleloader with a bore light or in any other instance look down the bore of...
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    chisels

    Over the years I've found that the most important chisels for my firearms building are ones that are easily controlled by one hand. The other criteria for doing inlays, lock motises and etc. is having a small contollable chisel with a reasonable radius. The chisel that fits this description...
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    Blowing down the barrel?

    Although this response is shown to be in reply to Cooner it also includes all the others engaged in this discussion. I'm really glad to see that this discussion is now leaning towards 'objective' rather than 'emotional' or 'personal'. I've seen a lot of common sense outlooks expressed here...
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    Blowing down the barrel?

    C'mon Stumpkiller... no fair feeding me straight lines. You know Claude isn't going to think too much of me if I 'copy' and 'paste' the names of everyone off the Titanic. :haha: As a matter of fact the only ones off that little boat that come to mind are Leonardo DiCaprio and Clifton Webb...
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    Blowing down the barrel?

    You know... come to think on it... I seem to recall a lot of writing years ago about covering the ball with powder in your hand to determine 'correct load'. I wonder did hunters ever just use the hand instead of a measure? I used to have a number of books on hunting in Africa. (Traded them...
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    How I made my bear oil

    Man! I'm surprised. I'd of thought that the Harper's Ferry was at least a pound lighter (what with the barrel length and half-stock. Have you ever hefted the English Sporting Rifles?
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    How I made my bear oil

    That's not too bad... what is your Harper's Ferry... a pound or so lighter?
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    Blowing down the barrel?

    I'm hearing ya Cody. Sounds like pretty good reasoning to me. One of the most common traits we all share is the instinctive looking down the barrel of just about every firearm we own. Looking to see if it's clean, looking to see if it's 'bleeding' or, in some cases, looking to see about...
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    Blowing down the barrel?

    I appreciate the info Mike... I hadn't heard about not being able to detonate Class A by ramming or impact. Another attempt at trying to limit possession I reckon. I sort grew up with grade B movies and they had no trouble at all throwing substances and getting them to explode. Oddly enough I...
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    Blowing down the barrel?

    So what was the final decision on this Runner? Was the discharge of the cannon from hot embers or was it due to ramming too hard on the class A explosive?
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    Blowing down the barrel?

    flinch, Cooner54, TexiKan, tg, Cody, et. al... Thanks guys, I'm simply trying to nail down the source. I am quite taken aback at how extreme the reactions are when this topic is asked to justify itself. I've read of the numerous accidents when folks try to pull their loaded firearms out of...
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    House roof pipe lead

    Hokay Hoss... I'll bite. What is it I'm messin' with? These are 1" water pipes.
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