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    Barrel help

    First of all ID, then what would you suggest building with it? What lock would be suitable with this patent breech? Here is all I can determine about it. .45 cal, muzzle to breechplug, about 33”, no front dovetail, one lug on bottom flat, I’m sure it has never been fired, 6x1mm nipple breech...
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    Trip to Dixie

    Hoping to start on a trade gun in the not far distant future. Still in the planning, accumulating, mind building stage. Talked my sweetheart into a 3hr trip. We visited the car museum, looked at an unbelievable number of original firearms, shopped the store, talked to a couple of other customers...
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    Hominy

    All the discussion of cornbread got me thinking of a failed attempt at hominy I made more than 40 yrs ago. Al said though I turned it around to a win. My attempt was with homemade lye as I was heating with wood and my FIL raised several acres of open pollinated corn for feed each year. The corn...
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    The Craftsman

    I thought some might like this. I have a few copies of this mag not in very good shape though.
  5. 1

    Loading lever retainer 1860

    Having lost one of these I don’t want it to happen again. Is center punch sufficient to lock the retainer in place. #9 in drawing.
  6. 1

    Alabama Kentucky Rifle show NOW

    https://www.longrifle.com/event/8th-annual-alabama-kentucky-rifle-show/
  7. 1

    A handful of nuts

    A friend, 89 yrs old, has raised these for decades. He gave me this handful to plant next yr.
  8. 1

    First squirrel

    Poem by 8yr old, George D. Warner, Jr. From his book Get Outdoors, and Kookin tha Katch. We arose at four and started, Eating breakfast at my home. Then to Concordia woods, Where the squirrels feed and roam. When we first saw daylight, We were passing Waxsaw Station. Soon we joined hunters...
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    Swapping pistol parts?

    Pietta. Any problems that might be encountered with older and newer barrels. Should I buy an older barrel will I fit without major gunsmithing
  10. 1

    870 barrel

    Someone recently mentioned the use of a modern barrel having been used in a build. I cannot find that post no matter how I word my search. Help please.
  11. 1

    Not so fancy Ball starter

    No machine work, just a drill and some glue. I did split the dowel from a piece of hickory firewood.
  12. 1

    Picked up some Ball-ets today

    Flea mkt find.
  13. 1

    FOR SALE Walnut hulls

    Ground to consistency of ground coffee. About 5lbs. A medium flat rate box nearly full. $25.00 Priority. Cash, check, postal MO.
  14. 1

    FOR SALE BlackPowder Report Feb.1984

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    FOR SALE Book- Westpointer in St. Augustine

    About 17 pages, by St. Augustine Historical Society, 1964. Sent 1st class $7.00 cash or check no electronic pay
  16. 1

    Pumpkin or squash?

    I planted a dozen or so spaghetti squash seeds and came up with a couple of plants that produced these. What are they?
  17. 1

    Pistol project

    Got a few things together to move forward on this. An 11" piece of .54 rifle barrel, and a piece of curly spalted maple. Now I am monkeying with proportions with a piece of spruce 2x6. I will likely make the grip a bit fuller than most and see how it works. It's hard to put wood back once it's...
  18. 1

    Lee pot

    Found at flea mkt today. I've always said I could do without one but at $25 I couldn't walk away. And loaded with lead.
  19. 1

    FOR SALE Wanted : small flint lock

    Would like to find an affordable small flint lock for a pistol project. Something along this line.
  20. 1

    Breech scraper

    When I had repaired the ramrod and was finishing cleaning I noticed a heavy ring of crud was showing on the edges of the jag so I made a scraper. Just a straight slot steel screw with a 1/4"X.530 piece of 1/16 copper soldered in the slot. Here it is with the results of the scrape. Dave
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