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    Strange Day for Me in the Woods.

    I am 69 years old and after a lifetime of hunting I'm a one-wild-pig-a-year person. I hunt frequently and actually have an extra pig tag to be able to hunt...but after that first pig I'm done. The National Forest wanderings are epic, however. I share your essential joy in being able to walk with...
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    50 Yard Slug Group with a Smoothbore

    Can you please tell us more about how that group happened? Thanks!
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    Limits of Hard Cast Roundball when hunting

    I'm in California as well. I have killed two pigs with .53 patched ITX non-lead balls and wounded a third, which wasn't good, on top of 100 grains of FFFG in a Pedersoli Jaeger. I didn't recover the last pig so I may not have placed the shot well: it certainly went down hard, then got up and...
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    January 2022 Postal Match

    Here’s mine. It’s a nice group anyway. Now to get a little closer to that red part…thanks for doing this. Much fun!
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    Pattern 1776 or Baker kit

    @dave_person in your opinion is the Baker Rifle as good as they say? How does it compare to the 1803? Thanks for any information.
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    .54 cal 1805 Harper's Ferry pistol question.....

    Mine isn't a smoothbore. It has rifling but no rear sight.
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    Not too happy with Brown Bess purchase, best way to fix?

    Lodgewood Manufacturing has a defarbing service which might be of use to you. They bring guns into historical correctness. In the process, they might be able to fix the other issues in this gun. Just a thought: You might be able to turn these deficiencies into actual improvements. My first...
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    Pedersoli Bess Accuracy?

    I'm trying hard to shoot well with patched ball with my Pedersoli Bess. .715 ball and .010 lubed OxYoke patch. So far the best I've been able to accomplish consistently is about 6" at 25 yards and about 12" at 50 yards. Certainly man-capable out to 100 yards but it's surely not a rifle. You can...
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    Flintlock rifles in Alaska

    I'm planning a June trip to the Anchorage, Alaska area and I'm researching any flintlock rifle use in the area. What if anything did they use? Are there any museums where I might see any artifacts? Thanks in advance.
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    Advice for visiting Alaska

    Greetings from California! I'm planning a June trip to the Anchorage, Alaska area and I'm researching any trade musket/Brown Bess/blunderbuss displays in local museums. I'm especially interested in any Native American use. Any advice, please? Thanks in advance.
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    The English Snaphance Lock

    So an English snaphaunce gun could have seen use in 1622 in King Philip's War? And also in the Deerfield Raid in 1703? I understand that many other lock designs were in use throughout this period but were snaphaunces in use throughout the period as well? Thanks for any info.
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    Which Brown Bess?

    I bought a very used Pedersoli Brown Bess for about 50% off new on this forum about a decade ago, and I've carried it all over the place. I've studied a lot of original Besses as well, and come to the conclusion...I don't care about the differences. What matters to me is to be out in the...
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    Brown Bess

    My Pedersoli Brown Bess is one of my go-to guns. It always works. It is robust. It's a joy to shoot. Mine is a .73 so it's a 12 gauge. I bought it used from this site about 7 years ago for $600, and while it has blotches of scrubbed surface rust, the inside of the bore is mint and the gun works...
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    Black powder shooting in Hawaii

    Hi all. Does anyone know anyone residing in Hawaii who might help me write a magazine article about black powder shooting in Hawaii, if there is any? Best of all would be living history. Thanks!
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    Wheel Locks

    I have one of Leonard Day's .54 wheellock rifled carbines. It works well. I formerly owned a Gary White .54 wheellock rifle with a TRS lock. It broke three times so I sold it, but it was accurate. My thought is that wheellocks are obsolete for a reason. :) If one must have a wheellock, I would...
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    Shooting steel ball bearings out of a Pedersoli Bess

    Apparently, yes. I've read the requirements, but perhaps I missed something. Please continue...
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    Shooting steel ball bearings out of a Pedersoli Bess

    Great idea!!! Thank you.
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    Shooting steel ball bearings out of a Pedersoli Bess

    Great idea. Build my own slug...
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    Shooting steel ball bearings out of a Pedersoli Bess

    Interesting Many Klatch! What kind of powder charge have you used with ball bearings? Any adjustment from lead?
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