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  1. 1

    White smoke

    as I don't use the stuff I'm not sure but I'd think that would be pretty expensive at cannon volumes, 🤷‍♂️
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    Boring out to 20ga

    perhaps 16 gauge would be better??
  3. 1

    Alaska People?

    been about forever since i posted anywhere on this forum so I'm currently living near Homer
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    Leave Muzzleloader Loaded?

    for a number of years the only guns i had were BP i always kept them loaded and the only issue i ever had was my first colt when i used the recommended bore butter and stored it, it oil fouled the powder. i never saw any sign of a problem from storing a well cleaned BP gun loaded i did have a...
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    Left handed shooting a right handed gun?

    I too am a lefty and due to lack of availability my last 2 ML's have been right handed all percussion pieces, I've not noticed any big difference but i started muzzle loading as a very experienced shooter i think the biggest thing is to teach safety and assuming no offset to the stock let them...
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    how do i disassemble a tc

    had a chance to put a few rounds through her now. need to work up a load she likes but put all my shots in a 2'x3' box and no problems. thanks for the heads up about the smaller pocket in the breach, the manual that came with it was incomplete. you guys are always a wealth of information! :bow:
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    how do i disassemble a tc

    thanks i just wanted to know
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    Small game/large game loads

    well at least you see deer. all i ever saw in season was tracks :(
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    how do i disassemble a tc

    two years ago my trusty old traditions hawken was stolen :cursing:fortunately a good friend just decided to sell his tc hawken and I jumped at the chance to get it! what i want to know before i attempt to work with it is can i remove the breach plug easily and how do i go about it, i know that...
  10. 1

    a couple of comments on my new New Army

    when i can get them i use 454's in my Uberti 58, i have used 451's with success but i don't mind using a bit more force to seat the balls, prefer #11 caps on it but am still using the factory nipples. btw my #11's are Remington's. a bit of olive oil in the barrel,some white lithium on the pin...
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    New BP Revolver Shooter

    my step mom and my sister can both out shoot me (at least when sissy can get her glasses right)so that's no surprise but i just love to see the younguns getting the bug keep up the good work! :thumbsup:
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    Cleaning Cap & Ball Revolver

    glad you mentioned that M.D. i was gonna take yolu to task over it, i actually got some good advice from this thread. i only ever used olive oil on my 58 rem. will look at the other parts i don't grease as often next time i shoot it ( probably tomorrow as is 4th of july and i need to feel some...
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    howdy y'all

    seems its been a while since i checked this thread, cause about a year after i started it i moved back to Alaska so i be frozen again and havin a ball. happy 4Th of July think i can find some legal fireworks this year, i live next door to a gravel pit and i got some powder and shot!!
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    Old Hickory Knives

    my gawd looking at that #8 Opinel my possible bag contains their #9 and my pocket is missing something if my #6 isn't where it belongs along with my case xx rancher.! great tools.btw these are my everyday blades, i know the case wouldn't be pc to any period b4 around 1960
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    SxS triggers for a lefty

    i too am a lefty, my dad told a story of my lefty cousin using his fathers double shotgun the first time, put his finger through the front trigger far enough that he caught the back one too the first time he fired it, knocked him off the top of the hay wagon and broke his arm in the fall, just...
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    hawken sight's

    I just checked my current traditions Hawkins and it has a steel dovetail on the front, I'd bet you could order a drop in from somewhere
  17. 1

    Natural wild foods

    i did not see fiddle head fern on the list or nettles both are excellent greens here in Alaska we often use cow parsnip ( also called pushki locally)but i will repeat the earlier warning KNOW the plant before you eat it! salmon berries are delicious, i like devils club root bark for a tea, we...
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    Holster for pocket 1849

    as a left handed shooter i found gun leather kinda hard to find so i been making my own holsters for years, they are not that difficult and it shouldn't be too hard to find patterns on the net, also some back issues of backwoodsman magazine have good instructions on making your own.
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    Remington & Triple 7

    it took me a while to get back to this thread. old ford i havent yet found a bullet mold for my 1858 so i'm using round ball. and i use 1 1/2 wide cigarette papers for my paper cartridges
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    Remington & Triple 7

    i use an 1858 remington from uberti as my field gun in alaska, i use 3f 777 and load it heavy, only ever had 1 problem and that was from loading a damp chamber. as for accuracy it took me a bit to learn where my pistol was putting those loads but it shoots a consistant 5 inch group at 25 yards...
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