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    Biggest Movie/TV ML Gaffs

    Where to begin? So many gaffes, so little time. Most recent that I've seen -- "Man from the Alamo" and all the weapons are post Civil War. :headslap:
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    Biggest Movie/TV ML Gaffs

    I don't remember Brian Keith being in Wayne's Alamo. :hmm:
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    Shooting vacuum cleaners - Video

    I was raised on the old adage -- Don't shoot what you don't want to eat. Bet the toaster would taste better than the vacuum cleaners. :rotf:
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    need help in finding this old film

    Just my two cents -- If you are looking to try building your own, I would also suggest you find a copy of the Foxfire series of books. Number 5 has extensive articles on the art. :thumbsup:
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    another goofball on youtube

    Priming the pan first was necessary because once you dumped the powder down the barrel you could not go back and prime. That was the historical reason. Safety today might dictate a different practice, but back then safety was less concern than getting the round off. I wonder how many of those...
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    when did the reproductions arrive ?

    Colt SAA's even showed up in "The Man from the Alamo" :headslap: > Talk about pre-1870 :rotf:
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    Old Wooden Compass, Please Help Date!

    My first thought was the box it is in looks very much like one I bought many years ago at a local hobby store and use to carry my patch lube in.
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    Muzzleloading magazines

    Muzzleloader is my preference. My only complaint is they tend to spend a lot of historical space on the Eastern scene at the expense of the westward movement and very little on the post 1830's (muzzle loaders were de riguer to the end of the Civil War). Other than that, love the publication...
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    Mountain Man Movie

    Makes it hard to reload with an NDN stuck on your ramrod.
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    "The Mountain Men" on History International

    I agree -- staying away from the historicity of the weapons, etc., I am fascinated by the sheer hardiness of these men. How many today could repeat Hugh Glass' story of survival? I also like the way it de-glamorizes the life these men lived. Yes, it was "romantic" in that they were in an area of...
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    Still burning my patches, help!

    When you "tap" the ball home be careful you don't overdo it and deform the ball. :thumbsup:
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    Anyone use a card/wad under patched ball?

    I know you posted this in the flintlock area, but I do use an overpowder wad under a PRB in my Lyman GPR .54 percussion. It seems to help prevent blowby and keeps the patch intact. It definitely tightened up my groups at the range.
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    Exploding Powder Horn

    Hope your hand healed without any scarring. :wink:
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    Exploding Powder Horn

    Jumpshot beat me to it. Seems an arm will get burned before anything else because at the end of the arm is a hand and fingers to hold a match to ignite some powder poured out of the "heirloom." :hmm:
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    percussion caps ? Culprit

    Agreed. It's the hot gasses that are culprit. Sparks are too large to get through the areas mentioned, but hot gasses can penetrate even the tiniest openings.
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    I did a booboo!!!

    Absent distractions and short start, my vote is with the possibility you had the bullet creep back up the barrel. How easily to the conicals slide in? I have had maxis actually creep off the powder load just from the air pressure caused by loading with the hammer down. When I hunt with conicals...
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    Hammer stalls

    In reenacting, when using paper cartridges, priming first is part of the loading routine. Enough powder in the pan for ignition then rest down the barrel. Hammer stalls are not an option and NPS guidelines require them.
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    Lead vs Leather

    Interesting read in the latest "Muzzleloader." Article about lock rebounding and busting flints. Leather and lead wraps are discussed -- each has merits for protecting flints from being broken. Just my 2 cents. :v
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    Found several replicas I believe to be real

    Check the loading lever. If it has a simple detente spring near the rear hinge point to hold the lever in place, it's a Walker. If it has a catch release at the front (muzzle end) that was an improvement the Dragoon offered to keep the lever from dropping during firing and jamming the cylinder.
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    Who Sees "The Flash"?

    You're not alone. :thumbsup: This topic was raised some time in the past and until then I had never even given it a thought. I didn't notice, so it never occurred to me to notice. Then I read about how people DID take note and guess what? I had to train myself to ignore the elephant in the...
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