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    Looking for Black Shooters

    I recently had the opportunity to move back to Montana. I am now living in Helena and am wanting to meet others who shoot black. If you fit into this group and are interested in getting acquainted, drop me a line.
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    Lock and trigger issues

    I just picked up a Lyman Great Plains rifle. I am curious if there is a reasonably easy way to change where the flint strikes the frizzen. It sparks good but hits about 1/2 way down. I am used to Siler locks and they strike much higher. Also this gun shoots quit accurately but the trigger is...
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    1848 Colt Baby Dragoon

    I have a NIB 2nd Generation 1849 Colt Baby Dragoon without loading lever. I would like to carefully take the gun apart to make sure it is lubed correctly. I can not get the barrel off the gun. With a revolver with a loading lever it is simple. Does anyone have any suggestions for me. Thank you...
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    Set Trigger

    I have a Lancaster Pennsylvania flintlock rifle that I have been having some issues with the set trigger. All of a sudden the set trigger would not set. I finally figured out to make it work properly. If I loosen the bolt that goes from the barrel tang to the trigger it works perfectly and is...
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    Seal Rock OR Cannon explosion

    These are excerps from Portland Oregon News. Cannon Explosion Kills 1, Injures 3 In Seal Rock Man Struck By Fragmented Metal POSTED: 6:47 am PDT July 19, 2010 A homemade black-powder cannon exploded Saturday at a home on the Oregon Coast, killing one man and injuring three others, deputies...
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    Firing trouble

    I am having trouble getting one of my flintlock rifles to fire. Actually I can't get it to fire at all! It is a Pennsylvania Lancaster in Isaac Haines styling. It has a 50 caliber Colerain Early American swamped barrel, large Siler lock. Recently I fired nearly 50 rounds through it and then it...
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    Hello from another Oregonion

    I am from Springfield and have been shooting muzzleloaders since I built my first in 1979. It was a Thompson Hawken 50 cal percussion. I love this rifle. I named it "Simon" after the famous frontiersman Simon Kenton. I also shoot a flintlock Kentucky pistol I built in 1980 and a Pennsylvania...
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