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    Triangle two sided file??

    Hello I haven't been building for a while and am just getting back to the hobby and these excellent boards. I have experience with both Brownells and home made trangular dovetail files. Brownells sells triangular files with 1 or 2 blank sides. The Brownells files are advantageous because they...
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    attaching silver nose cap

    Hello I'm building a flintlock pistol with mostly sterling silver furniture. Everything is going well except for the nose cap. I made a decent nose cap from 16 gauge sterling sheet stock. It looks good and fits the forestock really well. If possible I'd not like to use rivets to affix it to...
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    Burning patches

    It is also interesting for us dry country shooters that several California rendezvous have prohibited oiled patches due to fire dangers. Most of those with the prohibitions are conducted in June and early July. Lisle George
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    Burning patches

    Mr. Schoultz: I am using Dykem water soluble clinging machining oil. I optomized the water:oil ratio using your system, at 7 parts water to 1 part oil. Pre wet and then dry the patches as you recommended. Thinking about things, I began using NAPCO water soluble oil, but the store in our town...
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    Burning patches

    Hello: I have subscribed and used the Dutch Schoultz method for black powder shooting. It's been a great step forward for me, but I am having a problem with burning patches. The oiled and then dried patches catch on fire after I shoot. In our area, that could be disaster. In order to keep...
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    Oregon Barrel Co.

    I second all of the positive comments about thegunworks. I was looking for a pistol barrel that fit into a specific inlet. Several other companies did not have the item, and told me that the item would be on long backorder. I called Oregon, and Joe got on the line. Told me that he had some old...
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    L & R Locks

    One of the things that I've been doing with the musket locks is to take the lock apart, and harden the lock plate and then put it back together. If you don't do that, the tumbler hole will wear really fast and you will have to rebore and insert a bushing around the tumbler base. Lisle George
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    L & R Locks

    I've installed 7 L&R locks on various guns that I've built, and have had variable results. First locks were the Queen Anne's that I installed in trade guns. Two locks never sparked reliably, due to weak mainspring (as has been noted in previous posts). Sent them back, but got only marginal...
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    left handed Fusil De Chasse?

    It's been a while, but I think that I ordered a precarve Fusil stock from Track that had no inlet for the lock. After fitting the barrel and breech plug and tang, I inletted the lock and got a well constructed gun. Problem with the architecture of the fusil is that the gun thumps me badly...
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    final sanding grit

    May be me just being a bumbling fool, but I sharpen my 3 inch wood chisel, hold it like a pencil and scrape away. It (scraping) is indispensable after rasping the wood to a roughed out shape. I agree with others though that there is a time to put the scraper down and pick up some sand paper...
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    Too close? (Lockplate screw placement.

    I don't see a problem, except, as noted, the hole in the bolster might be a bit larger. Lockplate screw is countersunk, so shaft of the screw should be positioned away from the screw shaft. Lisle George
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    building a short barrel woods gun

    One last thought on short gun design.and this is my opinon only.... I'd recommendnd not doing a Tulle pattern for a short, large gauge gun. The stock drop combined with the sharp edge on the comb of a Tulle will probably give your cheek a thumping every time that you pull the trigger. If you are...
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    building a short barrel woods gun

    I just assembled one like that using track of the wolf parts. I got (I believe) a 32 inch, 28 gauge octagon to round barrel from them and used track's English fowler stock and plans. I put in a Queen Anne flintlock. I'm having a forget attack because I know that I ordered the barrel from Track...
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    Thumbpiece attachment to Nazareth Pistol

    Thanks I think I'll try both methods. Just to learn. Every time I build one and get onto this board, I learn good things. Lisle George
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    Thumbpiece attachment to Nazareth Pistol

    Thanks for the replies. I haven't worked with silver. What metal for nails? I don't think that silver nails would hold very well, and any other color like brass might stand out? For the boss solder, I guess a propane torch? Lisle George
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    Thumbpiece attachment to Nazareth Pistol

    I'm working on a Nazareth pistol from York Co. Firelocks. The furniture is sterling silver, and I've come across a wrinkle in attaching the thumbpiece to the stock. This piece does not have an underside boss that I can drill and tap and hold in place with a screw through a drilled hole just...
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    Getz pistol barrel staples

    Thanks everyone. You've scared me out of the staple idea. I'll do dovetails and just drill the lugs for pins, and maybe put silver escutcheons around the pinholes. Lisle George
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    Getz pistol barrel staples

    I have acquired a Nazareth pistol kit from York County Firelocks The kit includes a Getz 0.50 Cal Swamped barrel. The kit comes with underlugs and pins, but I have purchased sterling silver furniture and want to fix the barrel to the stock with a sterling wedge if possible. Do you think that...
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    Eye safety

    I shoot flintlocks every day. Glasses are a must. I have to change glasses every several months because the powder burns in the lenses are sufficient to interfere with vision. I would have hated to have those burns on my eyelids and corneas. Even safety glasses have some "chinks in the armor"...
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    improving ignition

    Aren't Lyman breech plugs conical? If so, then try putting a wire 0.22 cal brush on a cleaning rod and clean out the conical plug several times during your shooting session. Also get a small wire to pick into the vent plug. Don't put a lot of moose milk down the barrel between shots. I have had...
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