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    TN/KY Rifle Show, Knoxville, TN

    The 46th annual Tennessee/Kentucky Rifle Show is coming up April 19-20 at the Jubilee Banquet Facility, exit 110 off I-75 north of Knoxville, TN. , then west about 1 mile on the left. $10. entrance fee. I think it is a good show. I miss it sometimes, but in general I have been attending for...
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    It had rained all day yesterday, and most of last night. This morning I settled into my local ground blind about 6:45am. The woods were dripping wet, dark, silent, and chilly. Suddenly; "Ka-Ploosh --- Ka-Ploosh". I could not see anything in the dark, but I knew that sound. A beaver in the...
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    Who?

    I have a nice flintlock Lancaster pattern longrifle made by a "J. Fahling". It is a contemporary rifle that I think was made about 20 years ago. My question is; Who is/was J. Fahling? Where and when did he work? Any info whatsoever about him is appreciated.
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    Surprise.

    I was in my deer blind before daylight this morning. It is a ground blind and only about 1/4 mile from my house. I sit on a metal folding chair facing west, my back against a large sweetgum tree. I have several shooting lanes cleared through the brush in front of me. Behind me is a thick...
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    Diamond in the Rough

    This morning in a used book store I came across this little gem; "The Pennsylvania Kentucky Rifle", by Henry J. Kauffman. 1960, First Edition. In very good condition, including the dust jacket. Over 370 pages of text, photographs of various rifles, fowlers, and accoutrements mostly...
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    Austrian Fowler

    I got this fowler a few years ago at an auction. Here are the statistics; The barrel is 33 7/8 inches long. About 14 gauge. The L.O.P. is 14 inches. The barrel is held to the stock with three keys. Number 2 is engraved on the tang. The stock is made in two parts with the joining...
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    A Clean Miss

    The flintlock went off flawlessly. Cha-Pow! The cloud of white smoke, enhanced by the humid air, obscured the target. I scanned the forest as I began to reload. The smoke slowly dissipated. There! Barely visible through the underbrush, I saw the white tail of the buck as it moved away from...
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    Smoky Mtn. Hunters

    I just finished a little regional book titled "A History of Hunting in the Great Smoky Mountains", by Bob Plott, and published by The History Press, Charleston, SC. Bob Plott is a descendent of the famous Plott family that developed the Plott Hound. His book simply chronicles some of the...
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    Boone

    I'm just beginning to read a new book, "Boone" by Robert Morgan, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008. It is a biography of Daniel Boone. Anyone read it yet?
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    Island Hunt

    Yesterday, Nov. 1st was the opening of muzzleloading deer season for me. In the pre-dawn blackness I canoed across the dark, placid river and landed on a large island, 100 acres or more. I had hunted this island last year and missed my chance at a 6 pt. buck then because he saw me first. This...
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    Ft. Loudoun, TN.

    Ft. Loudoun Trade Faire, this weekend, Sept. 6 & 7. Near present day Vanore, TN., SE of Knoxville. Ft. Loudoun was established in 1756 and destroyed by the Cherokee in 1760. F&I War. I'll be there on Sunday.
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    Bear Sighting and Pig Sign

    I was in the backwoods yesterday morning. I pushed through the underbrush and made it down to the river side. I fished a long, very deep pool, but only got some nibbles from small sunfish. I went downstream, jumping from rock to rock and bulling my way through tall weeds and brush...
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    Turkey Trek

    I'm baaack. Miss me? I just returned from a three day turkey hunt. I parked my truck at a friend's home down in the Bullet Creek Valley, loaded my gear on my back, and headed up Hogback Ridge. Every now and then I would stop and do some turkey calling. I slowly made my way up the...
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    Natural History of NC

    At a yard sale, yesterday, I bought a book for $2. I haven't read it yet, but I think it looks real interesting. My book is a 1968 reprint of an original that was first published in Dublin, Ireland in 1737. It is "The Natural History of North Carolina With an Account of the Trade, Manners...
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    blocked touchhole

    DANG! I needed to open up the touchhole on my flintlock jaeger from 1/16" to 5/64" in order to get better ignition. The 5/64" drill bit snapped off. It is jammed in the hole. I can't punch it through. I can't drill out the hard steel of the bit. All I can think of to do is to carefully drill...
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    predator hunting

    Anyone ever try predator hunting with a muzzleloader? I've been thinking of building a .45 half stock percussion rifle and using it on coyotes. .45 caliber because I already have the barrel for it. I hunt thick forests so the shots should be within 50 yds. or so. Last autumn while camping out...
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    Fun at the Range

    Back in the days when I was still a working law enforcement officer, I was also one of our firearms instructors. We did pistol qualifications four times a year. Everyone was armed with their issued Baretta .40 semi-auto's. I stepped up to the firing line with my .44 1860 Colt replica. "Ready...
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    Spork?

    Anyone ever hear of a spork? I have one that a friend made for me several years ago. He hammered it out of a piece of steel. It is simply an eating utensil. There is a two pronged fork on one end, and a spoon on the other. The handle between fork and spoon ends pivets in the center on a...
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    Hello the camp

    Howdy ya'll. I've been lurking around here for a while, and finally decided to make myself known. I've been messing around with muzzleloaders for about 15 years. I got the bug when I borrowed a replica of an 1863 Springfield, and killed a young buck with it. Since then, I have put together a...
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