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    Lead ammo ban in Wisconsin?

    Just FYI. There is a question on the Conservation Congress asking whether lead ammo should be banned for hunting in Wisconsin. You can vote tonight, or online later this week.
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    How you clean pan & frizzen?

    For those that hunt: after taking a shot, how do you clean the pan, frizzen, & vent? I am curious if many people use those pan brushes you see sold with "flintlock tool kits", or if you use a damp rag, or some other tool.
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    deflected wound channel?

    This season I got a doe with my .54. I used a soft lead roundball and had a beautiful broadside shot. The ball entered just behind the arm. For some reason it took minutes to expire. Upon opening the gut cavity I was surpised to find blood below the diaphram. The ball went through one lung...
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    southern mt. vs hawken rifles

    I know Hawken rifles have bolts (not screws) that go through the wrist and thread into the trigger plate/guard assembly which strengthens the wrist area. How about southern rifles? I see that long tangs that extend way down the wrist are common but I don't see mention of bolts going through to...
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    TVM Southern vs. Tennessee

    I see TVM offers a Southern and a Tennessee rifle. I don't see much difference between the two. Does anyone have any first-hand knowledge of what makes the Southern a Southern and a Tennessee a Tennessee? I wish TVM provided more photos like Track of the Wolf does.
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    Bedded the tang: fit problems

    I have a TVM Virginia rifle that has been serving me well for many years. Then a few years ago I went to do my usual sight check prior to deer season and the dang thing shot about 6 inches high at 50 yards. Well in the ensuing years I had heck to pay chasing accuracy woes. I just removed the...
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    Weird blown patches

    I recovered a number of patches from the range today and they have a curious tendency to be split down the middle. I've seen them burnt, tattered, and otherwise chewed up where the patch is pinched between the ball and bore. But these ones are split down the middle as if it were the back of...
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    Ideas for left-handed ladies rifle

    I've outfitted a number of kids with muzzleloaders and it's been very difficult finding youth-sized traditional muzzleloaders. Wouldn't ya know it, I've got a kid that is left-eye dominant! She shoots one of my right-side-lock guns OK, but I thing a gun made for left-handed shooting would be...
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    questions about Great Plains Signature

    I have been trying to chase down details about the Lyman GPS rifles. And I think I just have more questions than answers. They offer the guns in .50 & .54 and both Hunter and standard versions. So what is the rifling twist and groove depth for: .50 standard version? .50 hunter version? .54...
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    question on mildew on tent

    I've got a canvas tent that mildewed. Right now I'd say it isn't sever, but it is widespread so hand scrubbing A) didn't work, and if it did work B) it would be a LOT of work. The tent is a 12x16 and the mildew lightly covers the entire roof. I soaked it for 48 hours in Oxiclean and it did...
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    Ever cast a bad batch of Roundballs?

    It seems to be a consensus at the castboolits forum that variations in bullet weight don't matter much. Especially for pistol bullets. However if weight doesn't matter, and there are no obvious deformities is it possible to have a bad batch of cast RBs? I have been have problems with a...
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    brush-busting with roundballs

    I thought I would look into what factors affect the brush busting abilities of a bullet aside from the usual mantra of, slow-n-heavy. It has lead me on a fun odyssey studying gyroscopes and such. I am reaching the conclusion that nobody has bothered to design a bullet to plough through brush...
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    eroded nipple effect on accuracy?

    how much does an eroded nipple affect accuracy? After experimenting with conicals I noticed the hammer blowing back. So I pulled the nipple and compared it to a new one. It was easy to see the difference. Just curious how much this could affect the accuracy since I don't often see it...
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    Hope for the future III

    I'd like to extend a special thanks to Adui for putting on a monthly mail-in target shoot. Since I only recently learned about it and there's little time left in March we went out yesterday even though the weather was terrible (cold rain) and shot the target. I got my son and his friend...
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    wood not taking stain

    I've made a walking staff from ironwood (American Hornbeam). I tried using the steel wool dissolved in vinegar but it hardly stains the wood. It takes it better at the root-ball, but the rest of the wood barely takes the stain. I don't know if ironwood is one that displays much chatoyance or...
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    Hope for the future II

    Took my son and his buddy out shooting today. This target is from my son. 50 yards off-hand. 10 shots. Half are in the black. The other half seem to form two groups, one group to the left, the other at 12 o'clock above the target. My son said he could have called one of the shots that...
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    CCI caps

    Has anyone else been getting failure to ignite with CCI #11 lately? I've got a number of sidelock percussion guns ranging from custom made, T/C, Investarms, and CVA. And they all seem to get a failure to ignite every dozen or so shots. By failure to ignite I mean the first hammer blow does...
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    Hope for the future

    Just thought I share some pictures from this year's deer camp. I figure you fellers would like to see younguns using traditional shootin' irons. [/url]2017 deer camp I by frozenfrizzen, on Flickr[/img] [/url]2017 deer camp II by frozenfrizzen, on Flickr[/img]
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    blued barrels/bores

    I think I've finally convinced myself that there is a remarkable difference between the care required for a barrel with a "finished" bore vs a barrel with an unfinished bore. I have had a number of guns pass through my hands over the years. And I have noticed that if the gun was originally...
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    anyone use a plain dowel as a ramrod?

    I suppose, there probably ain't much risk in trying it without consulting you folks but. . . As I look back it has been a long time since I ever needed to pull anything from a barrel while in the hunting field. Whenever I clean I am usually at camp or home where I have access to threaded metal...
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