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    brown bess

    just wanted to let everybody know that we have not MIA just nasty weather moved in and have not been able to get the bess out and shoot it. :( so when the weather breaks and turns nice. we will get it out and shoot it some more and try some of the advice that was posted. thank you dweeble
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    brown bess

    the bess is a pedersoli. we use 2f for the load and 4f primer. the problem we are havin is. alot of times we when fire it. it doesnot even burn the powder out of the pan. you can shoot it 3 or 4 times and then it will spark good enough to go. sometimes i give up and i take the flint out work...
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    loadin brown bess

    I will show husband what you all have to say. It is his gun. I am the one that knows how work the computer. lol Dont get me wrong I like to shoot the Bess all so. Even if the dang thing is bigger than me. lol So thank you for all the help. dweeble :hatsoff:
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    loadin brown bess

    yes .715 is what i meant. eyes playin tricks on me lol
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    loadin brown bess

    Been shootin my Brown Bess alot. And when we load paper cartidges with a .175 ball. We have to swab the bore and lube it about every two shots or the loads wont go down. I know it is fowlin, but thats only a couple of shots, what a pain. Any advice? When we load it like ashotgun we dont have any...
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    brown bess

    The powder is not the problem. It works fine in every other flintlock we have.
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    brown bess

    Ive been shooting flintlocks for a long time, usually have no trouble. But this Brown Bess is giving me fits. I love shooting it but no matter what I try, I am havin hangfries and at times it doesnt even burn the powder out of the pan. And it is sparking each time. Ive tried other types of...
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    scrimshaw

    WOW!!!!!!!!!! I can not believe the response i am getting and all the info. Thank you so much for all of it. Now i can not wait to start on my horn, i still need to do a little more work on it before i start the scrimshaw on it. but i did a little pratice run on it though. i thought since i...
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    scrimshaw

    i want to thank all of you for the info. i am a beginner at this and need all the help and the luck i need. lol thank you very much dweeble :hatsoff:
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    powderhorn

    Thank you both for the info. i am lookin forward to the results. wish me luck, lol for i am a beginner at this and need all the luck i can get thanks again dweeble :hatsoff:
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    powderhorn

    just wonderin how to give the horn the polish shine. and if anybody has any info on scrimshawing. thank you dweeble ps i posted this in another forum without thinkin first lol
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    scrimshaw

    I was wondering if anybody can help me on scrimshawing on a powder horn. I have the horn that i have smoothed down myself and now i what to add some scrimshaw to it. i have never done this before. need some advice please. plus i all so what to know if there is some way to give the horn the shine...
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    refinishing a barrell

    I am so glad that you all have the info that i need. what would i do with all of you guys. when ever we get the gun done i will have to show it off to you. i hope that it turns out nice. thanks again for all the info. dweeble :redthumb:
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    Where do you live?

    I live outside a town called Ste. Marie, ILL. I am a country girl born and raised, so would not even think about movin into town. i have to much fun out in the country, shootin my guns and enjoyin the smell of blackpowder. dweeble :peace:
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    refinishing a barrell

    Thanks guys for helpin me. just got the gun at a show and it needs some work done. the blue is awful on it. so thought brownin would be the wat to go. i am also redoin the wood finish on it. hopefully it will look good after i get done with it. if not i guess hubby will have to do it all over...
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    all members new and old please.............

    I live outside a little town called Ste. Marie, ILL. Not much to it. but i like it that way. dweeble :peace:
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    refinishing a barrell

    I have a Thompson Center .45 cal. flintlock barrell that is currently factory blue. Needs to be refinished. I have always been a fan of barrells that were slow rust browned. How do you do it? Or who can I get to do it? Or do I just need to chemical brown it and forget it? Thanks for any info...
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    brown bess sling

    Here is another question to be answered by all who know the answer for me. as you all know husband has a brown bess. he wants to take it for hunts and to shoot at home. he bought a sling from Dixie Gun Works that was for the bess. but now it is a pain to sling it over your shoulder even when ya...
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    trouble in the flintlock hammer

    ok all, he got it to work. thanks for all the helpful suggestions. dweeble
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    trouble in the flintlock hammer

    This question is from my husband. I have a Pedersoli frontier rifle in flintlock, less than a year old. Love it. Took a deer with it Thursday. But today (Dec.5) while hunting, it started acting up. When you try to cock it to full cock, it wont stay cocked. But if you pull the set trigger, then...
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