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  1. Rum River

    2024 Alvin York Shoot - Anyone Attend?

    I went and observed last year for the first time, was going to go this year but spent that weekend at the Sioux Falls gun show instead. Did anyone go? How was it?
  2. Rum River

    Charleville Musket - Which One Used by Continentals?

    From what I have read so far - the 1777's were typically carried by the French Army while the Continental Army used mainly 1763's and 1766's. Do I have that right?
  3. Rum River

    I Surrender - Time For New Springs

    Dexterity and strength of my hands has been waning for decades, time to adapt. My Remington '58s just aren't fun to shoot when battling to cock with both hands. My Colt 1860's are easier, but if the hands are having a bad day they bother too. These came in the mail today, from what I understand...
  4. Rum River

    T/C .50 Cal. New Englander Barrel

    What have folks seen as to a .50 New Englander barrel ONLY for sale? Any input on value? I'm posting this here instead of the classifieds as a 'want to buy' because I ain't quite sure if I'm ready to buy. I've owned a 12 ga. New Englander for a long time and like it. Every once in a while I...
  5. Rum River

    Justin.44 - A Good Man To Deal With

    Earlier this week I was on the way home from a trip to see one of my sons in Florida. It worked out to meet Justin face to face and buy some lead. Just wanted to say thanks - and that he was super easy to work with as we set up the deal.
  6. Rum River

    Dixie Gun Works Worth A Visit?

    I've ordered stuff from them but never been in the store. Gonna be traveling in the general area - have others stopped in? What did you think?
  7. Rum River

    Ruger Old Army - Takedown Latch

    Back in the day John Gallagher built a takedown latch that did not require a screwdriver. While John is no longer with us, I emailed his son Isaac who related that it was something they no longer provide. My google searches have not yet paid off - anybody know if somebody makes something...
  8. Rum River

    Anybody Visit Jim Kibler's Shop?

    Just curious about stopping in if someday I was traveling in that area. Some shops prefer no visitors, others don't care, some have a few rifles on the rack for sale.
  9. Rum River

    Harper's Ferry Flint .58 Rifle?

    Awhile back fell into a deal on an unfired Pedersoli Harper's Ferry flint pistol with a .58 caliber rifled barrel. Since then it appears to be lonely for a matching rifle, but all Harper's rifles I've come across are either caplock, smoothbore or a caliber other than 58. I noticed some possibles...
  10. Rum River

    E. Whitney Revolver

    Helping some friends with a collection appraisal. One item is a Whitney 2nd Model - 4th type. Serial No. 23xxx I'm trying to nail down a date of manufacture to a range of two or three years. The best I've been able to do with what books I have plus the web is somewhere during the Civil War. I...
  11. Rum River

    Pedersoli .72 Double Rifle

    I have had mine for a few years and enjoy shooting it. On another thread a poster had just gotten one of these and was searching for caps. Rather than start thread drift, thought I'd start a new one to ask how other owners like theirs. When I first got mine I started by developing a load for...
  12. Rum River

    Latest Acquisition - .58 Harper's Ferry Pistol

    My local gun store got this in as part of a trade. Worked out a deal where I traded $150 (my cost years ago) worth of unmentionable powder and ammunition even up. Unfired with some handling marks and a perfect bore. The lock sparks perfectly.
  13. Rum River

    Two Patchboxes?

    One of the magazines I subscribe to had a decent article by a fellow who assembled a long gun kit. Photos in the article showed each side of the buttstock - seemingly each with its own patchbox. As far as I can tell I believe it's a case of one of the images getting reversed. But only out of...
  14. Rum River

    Guns International - Scam Secure?

    There have been a few threads lately concerning scammers. It just so happens I'm very close to making a deal via Guns International on an unmentionable. While Gunbroker has buyer/seller feedback features Guns International does not. Guns Int does have a 'Verified Seller' status that appears on...
  15. Rum River

    Ruger Old Army - Fixed Sight Point of Impact

    I have a couple of these and at 25 yards the fixed sights seem to be pretty much dead on. (Give or take an inch or two, I'm not precise enough that it matters.) What are other shooter's experiences?
  16. Rum River

    Informal Shooting - Alone or with Friends?

    When testing whatever at the range (different gun, different powder, different something or other) I can understand just wanting to be left alone to concentrate. How about just wanting to get out and shoot? Do folks prefer to be on their own or is it more fun with shooter friends?
  17. Rum River

    Grand Portage National Monument

    A few weeks ago was doing a short solo shakedown cruise on the RV before my wife and I went west on an extended trip. Hadn't been to this place for years, was nice to see it again. Didn't have the good camera with - just the phone. Only a couple of my pics turned out. The living history folks...
  18. Rum River

    Favorite Gun Shop 'Routes'

    About a decade and a half in the past I drove one of our then-early-teen sons to a somewhat distant specialist doctor appointment. Figured I might as well use the opportunity to complete that particular circuit of favorite retailers along the way. As Mom may have been taking him for the next...
  19. Rum River

    T/C Hawken Flintlock .45

    So, even though I bought a 12 bore flintlock fowler a few weeks ago - my appetite apparently has not been satisfied. There's this awful gap between my .32 flint and my flint .50. Tripped over the item mentioned in the thread title. It looks like a charge has never been fired from the barrel...
  20. Rum River

    Dave Motto English Fowler

    https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/GunKit.aspx/600/1/ENGLISH-FOWLING-GUN-FLINT-PARTS-LIST Sure as I can be that today I tripped over one of these assembled by Dave Motto. Not that familiar with flint fowlers but once I was home I did my research to find this TOW kit is a match. The...
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