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    Smoothbore weight

    Does anyone have any weights for the 41" barreled NW guns and Wilson or Early English guns from NSW or Caywood,in .62? I know what the long barrled Carolina guns weigh but do not recall about the guns I mentioned. I may want to get a lighter gun as my fusil is just under 8lbs and am not sure...
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    Rev War period Carolina guns

    The topic of specific gun types is interesting and obviously not as well understood as some might think, does anyone have any photos of any Carolina guns from the Rev war period give or take? here is one that I had a few years back. Please share The tallow hole was my addition I could not find...
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    Collectable production guns

    I was really surprised to see an unfired "Hatfield rifle" with a price tag of 1499.00 bucks, I wish I would have bought a few of them 20+ years ago as an investment, hard for me to believe anyone would pay that much for that particular gun....maybe no one will?
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    Deer taken with other cal.s

    The post on Deer taken with then .40 started me thinking about what Deer I had taken with what gun over the years and I realized I had not really kept track of but a very few, the ones with the .40 and one with a .50 Early lancaster and this was one of two bucks and a couple or so Does taken...
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    Dry patch lube

    Anyone have any good recipes for the dry patch system to share? I have not tried it for several years and cannot find my notes and wanted to try it in my Fusil for s&%ts and giggles.
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    Ugliest knife and sheath

    I think this might take the prize, it's kind of what if one had an old knife and a chunk of Elk rawhide and no sinew or thread, it is laced with a rawhide strip from the same heavy material as the sheath, the knife is an old kitchen knife with linen wraped around the handle and then varnished...
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    Fireblue

    What modern bluing method would come close to the 18th century "fire blue" process that was used in the past, durability not being an issue.a thread on another forum about circa 1750ish English trade gun barrels being fire blued as well as brite sparked my curiosity, also any PERIOD refernces...
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    Good Deals in Classifieds

    Looks like a few pretty good deals on smoothbores of various types in the classifieds is anyone is looking but has not checked there lately. :thumbsup:
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    The time is getting near

    This little guy has been hanging around the back field with a few of his young friends 1-2 year olds and has got the blood pumping about the upcomming season, he will likely be a 3x3 when the moss rubs off two of the points are really flat now,can't hunt them here in town but am considering a...
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    Odd Horn

    I found this horn at a flea market several years ago and cut off the head and made a plug out of it it still needs a base plug but I wonder if it is to out of left field to even be a plausibility in the 18th century, it is some kind of Goat horn with a Peacock or some such Bird full length...
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    Deer/Elk tag draws

    How many ave heard if they were lucky enough to draw a big game tag if in a state where this process is done? i lucked into a M100 ML "one Deer" tag which is two months in one unit and two weeks in another and a "one Deer" tag that is good from Sept 1 thru the end of Feb. down in the lowlands...
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    Flying M 'Vous

    Anyone here get to the FHBPB Flying M event near Yamhill Oregon this weekend? I stopped by for a walk thru and saw a couple of familiar faces, it was pretty muddy but that is an Oregon 'Vous, not many vendors but it looked to be a fair turnout of shooters and campers both modern and primitive...
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    Powder measures

    What materials were used for 18th century/early 19th century powder measures? please try to avoid any period references/writings/paintings or other 18th/19th century sources when posting replies, personal preference based opinions or speculation will be quite adequate.
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    Chokes

    I see a lot of jug choke topics lately and wonder what the difference between talking about them and post ML period scopes, or bolt action ML's would be,there is an ADVANTAGE over ML era tech it seems that the promotion of this technology may very well give new smoothbore shooters the nod to...
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    Apostles

    I tried on another forum but got no reply, with the"apostles" used in the matchlock era what was in the wooden bottles, just powder or the ball and wadding or patching I would think that it would be powder only with the ball and wadding if use carried seperatly if so how was the ball and wadding...
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    Next years Buck?

    Maybe this little guy will be bigger and better next season....and somewhere I can take a shot not in my back yard, it was the only Buck that came down to chase the girls this year, not a good sign as there are always at least two 3x4 or 4x5 big guys around every year,might be another bad sign...
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    Good Deals

    Anyone lookinhg for a flintlock ML might look in the forums classifieds, there are some very good deals there right now.
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    Oregon ML hunters

    Good luck to all you Oregon ML hunters who still have time left on their tags, I missed the draw this year and only managed one day out during the general western buck season due to "nursing duty" also good luck to those in all other states as well and congrats to all who have posted the fine...
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    Loading method

    Anyone have any period reference for how and what was used for ammo in the matchlocks and how it was loaded? were these mostly smoothbore?
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    Wrangell AK

    Any of you Alaska guys ever hunt Blacktail on Wrangell Island in Southeast AK? it probably will not be this year but I hope to make a hunt up there when visiting family in the next year or two, maybe a moose hunt up the Stikene(SP) but probably just deer with a fusil to keep the time...
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