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  1. sniper68

    Poor Boy-Barn gun etc.

    Hows about some of you more astute Folks explaining, or giving your opinions on the similarities or differences in Poor Boy, barn gun, Schimmel, Tennessee, S. Mountain type rifles. Some of these names I've only heard of in the last few years(decade) give or take. :confused:
  2. sniper68

    Last one, promise!

    :wink: Was contemplating which guns I should part with, as the herd needs thinning. :hmm: And, don't ya know found this one for sale. Test fired and rough sited only. Virtually exactly what I was contemplating. Iron mounted(hand made) Va., 54 cal., 44" bbl., Walnut stock with minimal...
  3. sniper68

    Ying Yang range day

    A buddy called and axed( :grin: ) if I wanted go shoot with him at his club. He belongs to the prestigious Fairfax Rod & Gun Club :bow: . Of course I said sure! Dug out my old Eddie Bauer safari shootin jacket, tweed hat and my pipe(an old Christmas gift I found in my underwear/sock drawer)and 2...
  4. sniper68

    Flint or camp axe?

    This Gentleman had some flints for sale awhile back. When I asked him what size, he wasn't sure, I had him measure the width. He come up with 1". he said a few were smaller and most were a little bigger. :shocked2: He was right!!
  5. sniper68

    Lubed patch storage

    As most of you all know some patch lube's will cause patch deterioration after a period of time. Some quicker that others. I thought I'd share a neat way to make up as many patches as you want and keep them indefinitely, be they strips or cut. In the past( and with success), I would store them...
  6. sniper68

    GunBroker find !

    Saw this on GunBroker the other week. Had bought from the seller before, good guy. Rifle built by Tom Stroh(Roy's Dad), nuff said. Had a "GOOD" buy now price. One guy had 5 bids on it and was $75 from the buy now price. :youcrazy: After 2 days of pacing the floor and waiting for it to go away...
  7. sniper68

    Dissecting cast bullets

    I am always courious about air pockets or voids in my cast balls. :hmm: Using a knife never exicited me, so I didn't do it much. That is until I tried doing it with a PVC cutter. All I did is sharpen the blade. No more worries about sliceing my fingers off. Makes a perfect cut with every time...
  8. sniper68

    Improved flint flusher

    I've never herd anyone complain, but I've have tried a couple of flushing units and had the same problem with all of them. :cursing: 1. Getting the O ring just right over the touch hole with just the right pressure to get a water tight seal. Almost imposable! 2. On "ALL" my flinters, I can't...
  9. sniper68

    54 Hawken by Cooner54

    Bought this from cooner54 about a month or so ago. I finally get a chance to try it out. No place to shoot around here anymore. My Buddy belongs to a Gun club, so I get go with him as a guest, when our schedules match up. Made a couple of dumb mistakes. "First" one was trying to cram too much...
  10. sniper68

    Ah Shucks!!!

    Runnin ball and testin yer marriage, all at the same time.. :shocked2: :redface: :shake: sniper :(
  11. sniper68

    New Squirrel rifle

    Received this yesterday from Steve Zihn, of Shoshoni Wyoming. .36 cal., 38" tapered Moonie barrel, 12 3/4" pull and weighs 7.4lbs. Top notch workmanship. :bow: Super shweeet!! :hmm: I think I'm going to thin out my Squirrel Rifle's. :( To many high tech caplocks...
  12. sniper68

    Tom Fuller RETIRING!!!!

    I thought I would share with y'all a phone call I had this morning. I have a pending order of several thousand flints on order, that are way overdue. I had e-mailed Tom 3 or 4 times and no response. :confused: This is very unusual for him. With orders piling up I was getting a little worried...
  13. sniper68

    From trash to treasure

    This rifle was headed for the trash can :shocked2: :youcrazy: :shake: :nono: , but was rescued by a relative of the owner :applause: . A rare Jacob Altland rifle of York Pa. circa 1810..... :thumbsup: albums.v502 sniper68/DonsAtlandRifle028.jpg [img]
  14. sniper68

    Percussion to flint

    Before and after.... :grin: Twas a whole lot harder than I thought it would be, but I'm glad I did it. :shocked2: [img] LinkFirst shots,50+yds, 70grs FFFG, .018 pillowticking and GoJo patch lube with no swabing between shots. With a little load tweaking, getting used to wearing...
  15. sniper68

    TOW

    I thought saw a post on where to get Tow?? Must of got deleted, cause I sure can't find it!! :hmm: I just wanted to let ya'll know all TOW ain't the same.. There two basic types. "Flax" Tow and "Hemp" Tow. Flax Tow is fairly soft and light in color compaired to Hemp Tow, which is darker and...
  16. sniper68

    Before & after

    Ain't she pretty!!! :grin: :)
  17. sniper68

    Grinding humps

    I thought I'd share with ya'll my method of makin those humpy flints, un-humpy :v Dremel tool= 49 bucks, long time ago. Clamp= $1.99 @ Big Lots.. Diamond grinding wheels= $3.99 fer 2 at Harbor Freight.. Results= PRICELESS!!!! :thumbsup:
  18. sniper68

    Rocky Mt. elk Rifle

    I thought I'd share the pictures with ya'll. This is a rifle Al Edge just finished for the Rocky Mountian Elk Founditation Auction in late February. :grin:
  19. sniper68

    Small deer & big fish

    This is what I'm good at!! Catchin big fish :grin: and shootin small deer. :( :redface: Caught these on my lunch break at work yesterday. Five of them over 12 inches... :)
  20. sniper68

    Bi-ignitional

    After much thought :hmm:, I went an donne it, droped off my percussion Tennessee rifle Sunday ta have it converted ta flint :grin: It has a Siler mountian lock and they're ain't no flint version for it, so goin ta havta make a lock plate ta fit. I guess that means it ain't PC, but that's OK with...
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