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    need help identifying/ repairing a rifle

    one of my friends asked me to fix his rifle for him, and i have no idea what make/model it is, when it was made or where i can pick up some parts for her. the rifle appears to be a .36-.40 caliber cap rifle, but it fires with a musket cap. maybe you can see in these pictures. the problem is the...
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    12 gauge muzzleloader help

    me and my uncle got ourselves a pedersoli 12 gauge shotgun today from cabelas. i am familiar with using bp pistols and rifles, but i aint never dealt with a shotgun before. the sales employee explained how to load them but i aint 100% sure on the subject yet. does anyone have any instructions...
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    wire inlays

    im thinking about inlaying some silver wire into a rifle stock. does anybody have any experience with this? what kind of techniques do you use, what kind of tools would i need? and what is the best process of doing this, one that looks the best? and where would i find the wire? and what is the...
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    1849 pocket .31

    anybody had any experience with the uberti 1849 pocket pistol in .31? its that little five-shot revolver all them gold miners used in california. what loads do you recommend? and is there anyplace I can get balls for it or should I just go ahead and cast my own?
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    best ways to age metal?

    so i'm curious about how to "age" metal (steel, brass). I've been thinking about aging a pistol and my bowie knife. what sort of techniques do you guys use to age your guns? I'm talking about that certain look where it still has about 60-80% of the blueing left on it, and sort of that "used but...
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    need help identifying a rifle

    so, during a long overdue trip to Collector's Firearms in Houston, I came across a rifle that was really strange, and i know one of you guys (Zonie :grin: ) will probably know what it is. FYI this gun was also an antique it was on a rifle rack with the muzzle pointed up, and looking at it i...
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    double rifles

    Just curious, but does anybody got any info about BP double rifles, like when they were made and how they shot or any pictures of them? I've always wanted to build a kit one, but all I can find are shotguns or the already built Kodiak express from Cabelas.com
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    .36 Texas Paterson Revolver

    does anybody have any info about repro paterson pistols? (particularly the belt model without the loading lever) I've looked at the one on dixiegunworks.com and its priced at 535 bucks, and it gets alot of mixed reveiws, some really good and others awful. it seems the cylinder binds badly...
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    50 cal. swivel bore rifles

    so, one of my favorite books is "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy. The leader of the band of scalphunters is John Glanton, and in this book he is described as carrying a 50 caliber "swivel bore rifle". does anyone have any info about these guns, like who made them and if there are any modern...
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