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    Ball diameter for .54 GPR

    Hi Gents: Two questions with regard to the flintlock Lyman Great Plains Rifle in .54 caliber--- First: I am building this from a kit and am getting close to test shooting for target work. I have seen about an equal number of posts as to which round ball shoots better: the .530 or the .535...
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    Cutting slots in barrel keys

    Over the years I've lost more than my legal limit of barrel keys when in the field, so decided to make all barrel keys 'captive' with a finishing nail into the barrel channel. I've had the worst luck trying to drill a straight line of holes through the key, then finish up with a too-small file...
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    ML shop in Denver CO

    Howdy brethren ('n sistren): For those of you going out Denver way and are looking for a nice ML shop (black powder stuff only, no kiddin'!), check out The Blunderbuss at 7080 West Colfax Ave in the Lakewood section. Jim Fox is the owner/operator and a most accomodating fellow. His website is...
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    Musket grade powder in GPR?

    Hi all: I have a can of American made black powder labeled 'Musket' (grain size, not brand); it looks to be about 2F granulation. Would this be too coarse to use in a .54 caliber GPR? I would prime with 3F in any case. BJ
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    Stripping the GPR lock to polish

    Hi all: My Lyman GPR flintlock kit is coming along well, but I don't want to finish the gun without polishing the bearing surfaces of the lock works. What is the best way to relieve the pressure of the coil mainspring so I can remove the innards? I can see that the spring is mounted on a...
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    percussion drum venting

    In another post, Paul V. refers to drilling a very small hole in the cleanout screw in a percussion drum. I am curious to know if any of the brothers here have purposely drilled into the drum to vent trapped air when loading. Somebody once advised me to drill a small hole radially into the...
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    Unknown provenance

    Good day all: One of my coworkers brought in a smoothbore long gun for me to examine and try to classify for him. It is a ordinary halfstock with a percussion bar style lock, drum and nipple, brass trigger guard and buttplate, cast pewter or tin forend cap, walnut stock with varnish finish...
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    Caliber as bore gauge

    Who has, and can post, a table of conversion between balls-to-the-pound and diameter in thousandths (or hundredths)? One of my antique rifles has a number stamped on the face of the muzzle which should correspond to the old practice of stating caliber as 'gauge' numbers. I think Ned Roberts'...
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    Finishing metal for browning

    Hi all: I am building a .54 flint Lyman GPR from a kit and found that all the metal parts (buttplate, trigger guard, forend cap and ramrod entry pipe) are what appear to be sandcast steel. I have filed and polished (with 150 grit aluminum oxide paper) to remove the mold parting lines. Now I am...
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    Presbyopia

    In 1968 my eyesight was good enough to let me win the Tenth Naval Pistol Championship at GTMO ("Pearl of the Antilles"). I haven't shot since then until recently, when I noticed that all my sights have grown fuzzy due to presbyopia (old folks' eyesight). I could move the rear sight forward to...
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    ML gunshops in Old Quebec

    Hi All: Thinking of a long weekend trip to Quebec City (the walled city) in the fall. Would like to know if there are any ML shops in the city or in the surrounding communities. Also, any peculiarities to national or provincial gun laws that would stifle a shopping spree? Thanks, Bluejacket
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    De-rusting original barrel

    I am refurbishing a late percussion offhand rifle which I used to shoot a long time ago. I recently took it out of storage to clean the barrel and found no traces of fouling, and the rifling looks sharp and clean, but very dark. There is no pitting and no signs of scale rust. How far do I...
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    Venting the percussion powder drum

    I have seen a printed reference to drilling a small vent hole in the percussion powder drum about 90 degrees forward of the nipple and angled away from the barrel. I have yet to see this in practice. Does anybody have experience with this? Would you recommend it or not?
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    Fred Miller's address & phone number

    I tried to reach Fred Miller at the phone number posted by BS on 7/23/05 in re TOTW Jaeger rifle. When I dialed the number I got a recording that the number could not be completed as dialed. Director assistance for Mifflinburg PA gave the area code as 570 vice 717. Talking to Fred I learned...
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    After 35 years......

    Further to my earlier post entitled "Single Shot Target Pistol HELP (7/06)"-- Yesterday I took the pistol and some .005 Ox-Yoke dry patches (Thanks a load, Articat!) to the range to see how the pistol would work out. Not trying for accuracy, more to work up a load. Fired two strings of ten...
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    Selecting round ball/patch combinations.

    Hello shooters all: A single shot pistol barrel has the following measurements: .432 land-to-land and .440-.441 groove diameter. The rifling is 8 grooves with what appears to be a 1:48 twist (I think the barrel was take from a rifle, cut down and turned octagon to round.) Barrel length is...
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    Single shot target pistol HELP!!

    Hi all: I have a custom made underhammer target pistol acquired about 35 years ago at Friendship; never got to shoot it at the time or until now. The bore diameter is supposed to be .432"; a bunch of .431" rb and .007" linen patches came with it. The builder told me he had used a special kind...
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    Research on schuetzen rifle maker

    Our Continental or UK members may be of help here: looking for info about a (possibly) French gunmaker in Turin, Italy during the middle of the 19th century. The name was either Piochat or Rochat, engraved in script on the top flat of the barrel "(name) a Turin". I had such a rifle...
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    Hooks vs. underlugs on barrel.

    I am preparing to build a percussion target pistol and want to use a hook and cross-pin to secure the barrel instead of drilling through a dovetailed lug. 1. What do I make a hook from, and how do I secure it to the barrel? 2. How does the barrel slide forward to unhook if the tang is bent...
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    Sources of unshaped pistol stock blanks

    I want to build a percussion target pistol using a walnut or cherry halfstock with a sawhandle profile behind the tang. What are good sources (dealers) of unshaped stock blanks having enough material to allow the sawhandle? Also would like to have Wayne Dunlop's site URL. Thank you all. v/r...
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