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    What barrel lenght?

    I have not experienced much discomfort carrying 42" barrel through the woods. It shoots a good pattern, too.
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    Gone to the Smooth side

    I am interested, too. What's the process?
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    Black powder????

    I think there is one in St. Charles. That's where the casinos are, right? I think it's called Mike's Guns.
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    Black Powder where??

    He's an hour or two from Hunt's Outdoor in Hendersonville, TN. He might want to look them up. HistoryBuff
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    Do I have a barrel bulge?

    Yes it does. HistoryBuff
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    Early 18th Century Shot Pouch/Snake/Flask

    Check out this thread: Shot Flask Discussion HistoryBuff
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    Do I have a barrel bulge?

    After my range session this Saturday I went home to clean the 20ga. While cleaning with a tight patch, I noticed the resistance went to nothing about 2-3 inches from the breach plug. Maybe I just didn't notice before, but it sure seemed to get loose at that point. The barrel was made by Ed...
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    Range report w/Circle Fly Wads

    I went to the range this past Saturday to try my new Circle Fly wads with the 20ga. I soaked the wads in olive oil overnight and tried three shots into cardboard. That's all I could really get on that range. I used 1 1/8 oz of #4 shot. I loaded with 80 grains of Goex FFg, over-powder card...
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    Greetings

    Welcome to the forum. Indeed there are three sections to this state. See Wikipedia. They are diifferent culturally in my opinion. It's a wonder we've kept it in one piece since 1796. HistoryBuff
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    History of powder grading system

    When did the system of grading powder by granulation using fg, ffg, etc come into practice? HistoryBuff
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    Cleaning with flax tow

    I obtained a good sized piece of flax tow at a trade faire a while back. It seems kind of hard to work with. It's like a big lock of long hair. But it looks like it might work great for cleaning between shots since it will sort of absorb the fowling instead of pushing it down to the bottom...
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    Circle Fly Wads

    I just got a package of 500 from TOW. What is the general opinion about these fiber wads? I got the dry ones. Should I soak them in olive oil or roll them in my olive oil/bees wax mix? And what kind of container do you use to carry the lubed wads into the field? HistoryBuff
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    Do patches freeze to balls and affect accuracy?

    I have had some dry and get pretty stuck to the ball after being in a loading block for a while. But I always find them in about the same place on the ground at range as the fresh patches after firing. So they peel away pretty quick after leaving the barrel no matter what, so it seems...
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    Bass Pro Shop has Black (Gold) Powder

    I can get it for $12.95/can here in Middle Tennessee at a little saddle shop in the middle of nowhere. HistoryBuff
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    Kit is finally finished!

    It's perfect! Decorated nicely without being gaudy. I just wonder how much that irritable emailer you mentioned on the other thread thinks it's worth. I've seen people ask a lot for something of far less beauty. I hope I'm not offending if I ask if you do all that brass and lock egraving...
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    paper cartridges

    Thanks for the info everybody. I'll give it a try. HistoryBuff
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    paper cartridges

    This discussion came up before, but I can't find the thread. Somebody posted a good link with a procedure for making paper cartridges, but it was for blanks with 60 grains of powder. I want to make live roundball cartridges for my 20ga with up to 80 grains of powder. Can somebody point to a...
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    .600 or .595 ball?

    I bought a package of over-shot and over-powder cards from Tip Curtis. I don't recall the brand and I threw that part of the packaging away. But the over-powder cards measure 1/8 inch thick and the over-shot cards are 1/32 inches thick. Both cards fit perfectly tight in the bore. Easy to...
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    Hi all! From Tennessee

    Welcome! Another Tennessean in the house. Where is Dixie Gun Works anyway? HistoryBuff
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    Manskers Station

    Well, I actually made it up there this morning. Very nice trade show. I could of spent a bundle of cash and time there. But having other obligations, i just walked around for about an hour or so. Next year I'll plan for it. HistoryBuff
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