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    Blanket help

    I use regular sowing thread to hand stitch everything together then go over it with a blanket stitch using a thick black wool for looks and to cover up the modern thread,this also makes the seams stronger as some of my capo,s see a lot of use
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    What size wall tent

    We are using a 12 x 14 with 4 ft walls for about 5 yrs, both in rondy,s and hunting,i always get help with the center poles as i stake down the sides,spent to much money on this gear an do not want to rip anything trying to set up myself,just got back from a metis fest in -30 deg c,had to drill...
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    shot for waterfoul

    In manitoba ,canada, lead is illegal for use in waterfowl whither on land or near water,not so for upland game or turkey
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    Need a Brazier....tired of dig'n fire pits!

    Just got back from the pembina valley fur traders rondy in morden manitoba.One off my rondie buddies copied a viking fire pit seeing as how we cannot dig holes in the park,basically 4 slab 2 x 12 x 36" nailed with square nails with a wood bottem filled with 8" of sand resting on rocks so as not...
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    stove placement (for those that have one)

    Got a 12 x 14 wall tent, stove to the left as i walk in, easy to unload wood, when i get up in the nite walking by the stove to go outside it tells me to put more wood in,there may be better places for placement an i thought of moving it many times but being lazy i kept it that way, theirs...
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    Need a Brazier....tired of dig'n fire pits!

    Strinz tents out of nebraska,check out his website, he has all sorts of tents ,tipee,s an metal works,besides a wall tent an canopy over the years i have bought 2 types of braziers ,a single an a double and a 12 x 18 cook stove, i have the rods for a fire pit but i,m lazy an the braziers look...
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    period correct bullet mold?

    Got a .062" an a .058" bag mold from track, use them on rondies for show, but at home i make round ball with lyman, also from T.O.W.The way i shoot it really does not matter the mold but fingers get hot with bag molds even with leather wraps
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    Crushing FFFG To FFFFG

    I have probably a can an a half of 4f but when guys come over to my place to plink i always tell them whatever you have in your horn works fine,forcing myself to do the same, i initially did this because my supply is limited an i,m a cheap bugger, but what i have learned that it does not really...
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    Pedersoloi 12ga sxs,buckshot,and prb

    Good morning, i have shot roundball out of mine with a 2f 90 gr. load.Both barrels obviously do not hit anywhere close to each other, but that does not matter, kicks like a mule an is a lot of fun, so one barrel for chicken an one for deer
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    Rear sight, I may have killed the magic

    I also have a tulle ,but with no rear sight,i only take it out to rondies,an shoot squirels with it,anyway i hope everyone had a merry christmas an have a safe an happy new year, its -38c out rite now,?? is it to early for eggnog
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    leaving my gun loaded?

    Up here in manitoba we do not have a choice, it is illegal to keep a loaded firearm in camp, most ignore the rules.
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    cleaning my tulle

    Just got back from a rondy in southwest manitoba,borrowed my tulle to a friend,some of the longtimers said to clean the powder residue with coffee as they did in the ol days, well he did as i was watching, the gun barrel come out clean with very little effort, was this really done in the ol...
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    Looking for a Tent

    12 x 14 wall tent from strinz out of nebraska,rondies and hunting, weathered wind rain and snow, he is an ol type rondy an hunting guy
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    Why are some locks better than others ?

    Quality of most made in america locks won,t be the issue, will it fit, track, in their book has full sized pictures of locks,why is that important, from personal experience, i replaced the lock on a 54 lyman,the pan did not line up correctly with the touchole, sparked great an did fire,but did...
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    I'm not happy with Lyman

    Good morning, i have a lyman in 54 and a 50 tradition, the patent breech in both needs a scrapper(determine size of breech dia) then order from track, the flush method works great after using the scraper , the wooden ramrod is not that strong, get either a brass, alum, or steel range rod with...
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    Wall Tents

    I have a strinz out of nebraska, bought it a couple years ago,comes with a sod cloth that i think is a necessity, bought a canopy from him last year when my homemade one self destructed in the wind,with the large stove its warm, use it also for hunting, as i,m looking out the window at the snow...
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    I'm not happy with Lyman

    I got one in 54, not a kit, changed the ramrod,an put in a davis lock,great gun,shoots better than i can,i almost always make my own ram roads an use a range rod every where but out hunting
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    Sightng in a smoothbore

    |I own a Tulle and a double 12 ga, caplock,along with other flinters but thats not why i,m posting, its your handle, grampa ron, thats what my 4 grandaughters call me, 67 next birthday, if your ever up north of the 49 pararel give me a shout,bring some warm weather, still 4 ft of snow here
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    breads

    google bannoc, simple metis bread,easy to make at rondies, period correct,you can dress it up fancy or just plain, i tried mixing the dough once with caribou(metis liquer)not a good thing for breakfast or so someone tol me
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    Tent Style?

    Strinz outta nebraska, bought a wall tent from him, stove, brazzier,canopy,over a couple years, use it for rondies an hunting,nice fella, a long time rondy guy an hunter
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