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    Barrel channel too deep?

    A customer sent a beautiful curly maple plank to a "world famous precarver" to be shaped into a Late Lancaster. After squaring off the breech end of the channel, I noticed that there is a 1/8 inch gap between the top of the barrel and the top of the stock. It seems that the 13/16 channeling was...
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    Lyman molds...

    Before I get the hammer and the punch out, can the alignment pins on Lyman molds be pushed out? I just tried running ball with a single cavity .530 mold and it is leaving a small ridge. I can see a little daylight through the halves of the mold when held up to a light. There was a tiny ridge...
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    barrel lugs...

    The last few guns I've made were done up with staples and punched/seated in with the staple punch. would dovetailing the lugs in be a better choice? The idea crossed my mind that I could possibly be creating a slight "bump" on the bottom of the bore using the staple method. I'm very careful to...
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    cylinder hand

    Reading the post "'58 revisited", jarred the memory bank to retime the wife's 36 cal. '58. I filed the bevel on the cylinder stop so that the chambers line up with the bore. Now I need a longer cylinder hand. Does anybody know where I can order one that maybe isn't already ground down. This...
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    bad barrel?

    After four months, I finally received a customer's barrel that I'm not sure if I should keep it or send it back. First off, the barrel was ordered with breech plug installed and dovetailed for the front and rear sights. The bore has circular rings all the ways down on the face of the lands, and...
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    Hypothetical question...

    Assuming a person was "strong enough" using a single hand hold. Would a 14 inch barrel be more accurate than a standard 10 inch barrel on a Kentucky style pistol? With quality being equal for both lengths, I see no advantage other than sight radius. Maybe even more barrel jump as the bullet...
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    inletting the barrel...

    The last three flintlock muzzleloaers I've built using Pecatonica precarves, I've had to recess the barrel back another 3/8 of an inch into the stock because the breechplug face would be forward of the vent hole. Is this normal? I have no problems doing this, it's easy enough. Just wondering...
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    Good deal today...

    This morning, a man sets his Ruger Oldarmy on the bench, and says he wants $185.00 for it. Several guys picked it up, set it down, and walked away. I happened by, looked the piece over and everything seems to be mechanically in very smooth order. Says he too old, shaking and done with handguns...
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    barrel blackening...

    I'm building a Buffalo/ cross sticks rifle this winter. I'd like to have the barrel black like a T/C or Green mountain. Deep, thick and smooth. I can't find how to do that. I use selenium dioxide to blacken my sights, but it leaves a dull flat black (perfect for that use). Can anyone help me on...
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    Keeping hardware shiney...

    I have a few guns that look best with shiney and new looking hardware. Some with German silver and others with brass. Is there a polish, coating, or "dipping sauce" that builders use to preserve that new look? I'm worried about loosing the crisp lines and contours from years of polishing.
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    forcing cone tool...

    I'm not sure where to put this question, and a search turned up nothing. I have five cap & ball revolvers that need the forcing cone smoothened out. I know there is a special tool/grinder that is used for this. I haven't seen one, so I'm not sure what I'm looking for. Does anybody know where I...
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    Chainfires...

    Guys, I may have stumbled onto another possibility of chainfires when it happens after the first "shot". I just got back from a national pistol shoot, and happen to see the post below regarding chainfires. so, here's my theory; I was shooting my Remmy '58, and had a misfire. I believe the cap...
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    New project...

    Now that I've finished the wife's Lancaster, it's time to build me something. Is there such a thing as a specific Buffalo/cross sticks rifle? or is this a case of "anything goes"? I can't seem to find any examples or pictures of such on the internet. I have some ideas of what I want, but would...
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    uh, ooooooohhhhh...

    Last year, I built the wife a small Kentucky flint pistol, average grade curly maple. I used Wahkon Bay Aquafortis followed with about 25 coats of handrubbed 50/50 mix of Tung oil and artist boiled linseed oil. Came out beautiful. A horizontal hairline crack developed about an inch behind the...
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    Filing

    I've got all the metal attached to the wife's Lancaster and I'm ready to do some serious shaping around the buttplate, tang and toeplate. I decided to do a review in Dave Ehrigs book, and he say to file "metal to wood". Pete Alexanders book say "wood to metal". I remember that one of those ways...
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    Silver wire inlays...

    Trying to get some ideas on wire inlays for the the forestock on the Lancaster I'm building for the wife. Is there someplace on the internet to view rifles already done? Or better yet, maybe a book that may cover this in some detail? Thanks
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    Softening leather...

    I've got some cowhide about 1/8" thick. Dyed reddish brown. How do you take some of the stiffness out of it and what do you use to preserve it? I'm making a gun case for the flint Lancaster rifle I'm building for the wife. Eventually, I will make her a matching shooting bag to go with it...
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    Organizing everything...Aaaaargggghh....

    Six years of black powder and I've got a family room full of muzzleloading goodies. Everytime I want to go shooting, I will spend about an hour getting everything together (and STILL forget something) :curse: :cry: :cry:. I'd prefer to just grab a crate and go but, I've got about 21 rifles...
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    Revolver wad question...

    I use cornmeal as a filler in all of my revolvers whether I'm just plinking or competing at the Nationals at Friendship. I noticed some folks really seem to prefer using wads between the powder and the ball. I tried it once, couldn't see any difference in accuracy to justify the expense of...
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    Nickle Silver buttplate...

    Finally got the rest of the parts needed for the Lancaster I'm building for the wife. The stock had to be shortened to fit her, so of course the buttplate is too large and will be resized to fit. I'd like to take some of the curve out of it. Can the nickle silver buttplate be hammered like brass...
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