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    Load penetration on Turkeys

    Turkey season is only about a month away here in Michigan and I am looking forward to getting out. Last season was my first with my smoothbore flintlock and I never got a shot off as I couldn’t get anything closer then 40 yards. I only felt comfortable out to about 22 yards. Part of the reason...
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    To late to Burnish?

    I've got a mid grade soft maple stock, sanded to 320, that I have dyed a vary dark waklnut. I wet the wood before dying and removed the hairs with 0000 steel wool. I've got four coats of linseed oil on it and I just put on two coats of paste wax. The thing is the wood has a textured feel to it...
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    Disaster Strikes

    Things were going well on my first gun building project until this morning. I have not figured out how it happened but I have over drilled my touch hole. (My 7/32 drill was setting right next to the drill press?!) I can slide a ¼ drill down that hole. The ¼ x 28 tap barely touches the side...
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    bluing questions from a beginner

    I’ve been zipping along on my first build, (Zipping along means two months of sanding, filing and fitting), and as a newbie I’ve reached a point where I need to ask a few more questions. 1. Should I remove the breachplug and blue it separate from the barrel? 2. Drill and tap the touch hole...
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    Bending the Tang

    I have reached the point in my first gun buiding attempt where I need to bend the tang to fit the stock. I have inlet about 90% for the tang as of now. Will leave the rest to dink and dither for as tight a fit as I can get. My question is - What is the best method for bending the tang? Leather...
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    Turkey Pipe Dream?

    I have been browsing the forum for the last month or so while contemplating the purchase of my first muzzleloader. I have learned a bit already just from the many comments and replays on many different topics. I have not shot a bp gun yet so I have no experience with them. I decided to go with...
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    Starting Out

    I am intending to purchase a flintlock kit this summer to use for our late season deer hunting here in Michigan. I would like to try a period correct muzzleloader. I was thinking a time frame around 1770 to 1800. I have been looking at TOTW’s Dickart, Bivens and Beck with a swamped barrel. My...
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