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    Dixi Gun Works Disappoints.

    Back during the pandemic, I wasn't getting out much and not even going close to Dixie for the foreseeable future and I was needing a new ramrod for my ol' 12 ga double. So, I ordered a new hickory blank, tips and screw on accessories with the idea of making the fanciest ramrod I ever had for...
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    USPS Fiasco

    I recently was doing a lot of work on my old Jeep and ordered most of the parts online. A lot of them were shipped UPS and I had a couple of empty boxes show up. Fed Ex shipped got here no problem. The local UPS center is only open from 4pm to 6pm daily and if you try to call, you get a call...
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    Dixi Gun Works Disappoints.

    That's what I've been thinking for some years now. I now live about a 20 minute drive from Dixie and if I'm in the neighborhood and have time, I try to stop by and see what they have. But before I moved here, I made many orders from them since the late '70s.
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    Paper shot cartridge tutorial

    I started experimenting with paper cartridges last year for my old Navy Arms 12ga caplock double. I've got a workable process, but like anything else, it could be better. I haven't really settled on any certain paper, but like newspaper and thin paper sacks so far. Fast food ones work if...
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    Hello from Arkansas

    Welcome from NW Tennessee, originally from the Genoa AR area.
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    Carrying shot

    HOw do you create a divide between the shot and Powder? Are you putting the wads inside the paper cartridge? Do you use a dowel to wrap the cartridge and stick it with wax? These are a work in progress but here's the current method which is subject to change if I come up with a better idea on...
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    Carrying shot

    I make pre-measured paper "cartridges" with shot in one end and powder on the other. I carry them in an old zipper pouch along with my capper , some loose wads I cut from cardboard and a few other possibly needed tools. . The shot end of the paper is used as a shot cup, the rest goes between...
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    Hello from East Tennessee

    Welcome from Gibson Co, TN!
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    Capper recommendations

    I've used mine since around '79 and don't see any need for another one. I did buy a spare a few months ago just in case.
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    Anyone else excited for squirrel season?

    Season started here late last month. Opening morning, I got out there in the yard with the ol' dubbel burrel and thinned out the pecan thieving bushy tails in short order. My old hunting load of 1 3/8 oz of #5 shot still drops them as good as it ever did. I might even be able to make a pecan...
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    Hello from west Tennessee

    Gibson Co here.
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    Pietta or Uberti, which should I buy?

    I've owned a Navy Arms Remington NMA made by Pietta for over 40 years. Best shooting revolver I've ever had which is why I still have it. Looks like 10 miles of rough road and I had to replace the cylinder about 20 years ago due to some boneheadedness.
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    Making stuff

    I got the urge to make a stick dulcimer, but by the time I was almost done with it, it'd got mixed up with a gitfiddle resulting in this. Minutes after I took this pic, it fell out of the chair and broke the tuner head. I did get it fixed though and it plays nice although it's more a 3 string...
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    Cushion Wads

    With the paper cartridges in my 12ga, I've been using the extra cartridge paper between the over powder wad and the portion of the cartridge that holds the shot.
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I've started making paper cartridges for my Navy Arms 12ga double and can happily report that with the start of squirrel season here this morning, they work quite well on the local tree rats hoping to snack out on the nuts in my pecan trees around the house. 2 shots, 2 squirrels. And using the...
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