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    With time running out...

    Our 3-day muzzy season has ended. Mine went well. Things got exciting when I spotted a dandy buck that Jim Zumbo would have been proud of (then again, maybe not). He came out late and fed with does in cut corn, I knew they wouldn't move before dark, so I tried unsuccessfully to close the...
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    Kilt me some breakfast

    Kilt a spike this mornin'. 80 yds. That was easy. Drug him uphill 200 yds. That was hard. Had fresh tenderloin fer breakfast though :thumbsup: fried in olive oil spray. Still got one firearm tag left for this weekend and 2 ML tags for next week's ML only season. Well, back to the woods fer...
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    How do you soften your hides?

    I'm looking for a better way if ther is one. I've scraped the deer hide, stretched it, applyed hog brain, pulled the hide back and forth over an overhead beam, and worked it back and forth over the corner of a sawhorse. Not soft enough to satisfy. Does it need more of the same or can I shortcut...
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    Mule Deer SUCCESS!

    Hello fellow hunters! It's been 3 weeks since I returned from my solo New Mexico ML mulie hunt. I've just now had the opportunity to give a summary for you. It went as follows: After a serpentine drive that included the Palo Duro Canyon, Kit Carson's home, Taos Pueblo, and the spectacular Rio...
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    Drew NM mulie tag

    I just drew a nonresident New Mexico unit 9 mule deer/ restricted muzzleloader tag....somewhat inadvertantly. I know unit 9 was neither of my first two choices, and I thought I had a different 3rd choice, but I guess I may have accidently wrote down the wrong hunt code. Nevertheless, I'm...
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    My 1st kill with sidelock and roundball

    Today was day 3 of IL 2nd gun season. I was feeling a little ill over missing a doe yesterday, about a 60 yard freehand shot. This morning at daylight, I saw a nice 8-pointer, woulda been a good one to break in the .54 GPR on, but a shot just wouldn't present itself. It rained the rest of the...
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    Did I hurt my barrel?

    Well darn it! Stupidity struck again. Yesterday I shot with 90 grains of Goex through the .54 GPR. About the fifth shot, BOOM with no kick. I immediately realized my mistake. Never in my life have I short started the projectile, not even when I cut my teeth on in-li...., well, you know. Not...
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    Percussion problem

    I have a .54 GPR percussion that I haven't had five months and have only shot a half dozen sessions with. For whatever reason, today it began exploding the caps only on every other cock of the hammer, as if the hammer isn't falling far enough to strike the cap. It does this whether I use the set...
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    Clueless Illinois resident

    I don't get it. I just called Midsouth Shooters Supply, where I purchased a muzzleloader not three months ago, and inquired on one of their other guns. The woman asked what state I lived in, which is IL. She then said that as an Illinois resident, by law, I could not purchase the gun outside...
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    Made a really bad shot today

    The propellant was air. The projectile was a 12d nail. The victim.....my thumb :( I skimmed a shot with an air nailer down the side of a 2x6 I was holding, and it bounced off my thumb about a foot away. OUCH! Flogged it pretty good. Penetrated the skin no problem, so I knew it bounce off the...
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    arquebuse???

    I'm reading a book that jet-tours the history of gunpowder. One hang-up I have is that it doesn't appear do distinguish between a matchlock and an arquebuse. Is an arquebuse a matchlock? If not, what's the difference. Sincerely, Clueless ::
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    1st RB & rookie mistakes

    Folks, I shot my very first roundball (and sidelock) today! It was beautiful! Broke in my 54 GPR, got a little too anxious and ramrodded a second ball without the charge, soooo... my opportunity came early to learn how the ball screw works. Used a little soap & water to help slide it out, ran...
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    .32-.36

    What would be a good .32-.36 cal. flintlock for small game that's relatively inexpensive, and where's a good place to look?
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    GPR trouble!

    I'll give ya'll a shot at this before calling customer service. My GPR arrived today. I cannot get the barrel to seat low enough into the stock to slide the back key all the way in. When I push it through the right side of the stock and the barrel slot, it's not flat and doesn't align with the...
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    Hunting in the rain

    Never heard Kap Kovers mentioned on here. Are they considered nontraditional or are they just not that effective? Anyone use one or do most of you simply avoid hunting in light rain? I'd like to hear some of your tricks for keeping a dry charge.
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    GPR Q

    What is a good patch/RB combo to start with in the .54 GPR? I live in in-line country and .54 lead balls aren't availible locally, so I would like to order the rifle and the RB's in the same order. Also should I get a small variety of components to experiment with, or would I be ok to go ahead...
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    What gun is this?

    My uncle showed me a percussion he bought new about eight or ten years ago that he might sell. There is no make or manufacturers label, except Investarms, preceded with "PN" and "AT" (AT is enclosed in a square) and serial #. Barrel is 28 inches, .50 cal. Has double set trigger. Lock looks like...
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    .50 or .54?

    I'm very close to pulling the trigger on the purchase of my first traditional ML. I'm convinced that Lyman's GPR is what I'm looking for- weight of a gun isn't an issue for someone who's packed a scoped 12 gauge Mossberg around for a while. My only hang-up is choosing caliber. I'm leaning toward...
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    Hello from Southern Illinois

    Hello all! I like what I see here! I come from what we like to call the "deer capital of Illinois" in the heart of the Shawnee National Forest. My interest in the American fur trade era, as well as a love for hunting, have heightened my interest in graduating from the shotgun and in-line to the...
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