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    Left handed flintlock question

    I am totally lefthanded and shoot lefthanded. I am old enough to have learned to shoot righthanded because LH rifles were almost nonexistant. But just as soon as I saved up enough dollars to buy a LH rifle that's just what I did. I now have 3 LH bolt guns. And I've built my own LH flintlocks. It...
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    How to carve Moldings

    For the straight cuts I clamp a straight edge, against the stock , then using the straight edge as a guide I run a pencil mark down it. Now I can see if it's where I want it to be. If it is I use a parting tool held against the straight edge to make a light cut the length of the straight line...
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    Slotting pin lugs

    SMO, My lugs are made of soft steel. My pins are made of drill rod. They are harder, I haven't even had one to bend yet. Before and behind the lug is a long stretch of tough maple which keeps the pin from breaking, though I'm sure eventually the pins will split out the maple. I'm sure drilling...
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    Slotting pin lugs

    SMO, The lug was bent up towards the muzzle. I don't believe the slotting caused the lug to crack. One thing I don't understand is why it took nearly 20 years to crack that lug. I don't have any thing to compare them to but you have seen photo's of some of my targets, some of my good ones how do...
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    Slotting pin lugs

    SMO....you might be wrong about this. Especially about a free floated barrel. I slot all my rifles in both directions. Never questioned it. Then a couple of years ago I had taken apart my 20 year old Lancaster .54 and happened to notice something strange looking about that first slot. Looking...
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    When to change touch hole liner?

    FWIW 20 or 30 years ago when I was building my first rifle I called Jim Chambers place of buisness and asked them about the touchhole size. This is what I was told. In the years since it has worked to perfection and I'm very picky about the performance of my lock and rifle. "When you first go...
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    Full cock in stand

    The hammer stall keeps your frizzen dry and clean, but also works as a sort of safety. It is made of stout leather and if you try to fire your flintlock with it down on the frizzen all you get is a soft "thud" when the flint hits the leather. The flint doesn't penetrate the leather so no sparks...
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    How do you waterproof a wooden ramrod

    I use jim Chambers finish on all my new guns, usually about 8 hand rubbed coats. After the last coat has thouroughly dried I use Q tips and split wood shafts with a piece of cloth held in the split. I use the Q tips soaked in finish to seal every crack and hole. Then I use the split shaft, coat...
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    Traditional gun stock finish

    Try some Jim Chambers original oil finish. It's all I use anymore and I'm pleased with the results.
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    Replace Front Sight on my Kibler

    Have you considered a simple peep sight for the rear? My eyes got to where they couldn't focus on either front or rear, I always saw multiple lines. I made a simple peep sight and that cleared both sights up. It's worth a try.
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    Kibler stocks OK for a lefty?

    "And my sympathy."
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    Trouble…

    How so? And what expensive, proper tooling do you speak of? I was going to suggest pulling the breechplug, pouring out the dry (ungreased powder) and driving the ball out the front. I've done it with no harm to my rifle. I don't know if the pederasoli can even be unbreached by the common man...
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    Colerain or Rice........?

    I have a Rice .40 and a Colerain .54, both shoot very accurately and I would buy either one again. The Rice was clearly better machined and finished while the Colerain took a good bit more time to finish up. The Rice is a nicer barrel and priced so but mine doesn't outshoot the Colerain. I like...
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    Kit stocks

    I'm pretty sure Wayne Dunlap doesn't make stocks either. At least he didn't several years ago when I was looking for a LH Isacc Haines in 50 caliber B profile. Wayne is an excellent supplier of premium wood though. And offers a better choice in his kits than most.
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    Elk Hunting

    Yeah I know, this is an old post. But it is an old post of mine, I am the OP. I ran across this by accident and decided it needed finishing. I put in for a rut hunt with muzzleloaders for years without getting drawn. That's the short answer. The long answer is I was employed by the department of...
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    Mr. Flintlocks

    Different circumstances sometimes require different solutions. That's a good reason to have backup loads and lubes. I've been hunting with black powder since 1996 and have tested many lubes and combinations. I started out with crisco and it worked great. I used it for years with no problems. I...
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    Mr. Flintlocks

    I wouldn't use it for hunting. It will dry out and most likely leave a rust ring where the ball was sitting. As for just shooting, I like it a lot. Mr. Flintlocks lube is the same as, or very similar to Original Lehigh Valley. This is/was my favorite lube for casual shooting. But as I discovered...
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    Your thought on my RR getting hung up?

    When I complete a rifle it almost always have either burrs or part of liner intruding into the bore. It's a simple fix to me. I pull the breech plug and using swiss files and/or a dremel tool remove all the portuding liner and burrs until the barrel is smooth. You do it right and there will be...
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    Ignition issue with Flint GPR

    I bought my first flintlock over 25 years ago, a GPR, and from what I'm reading things sure have changed. At the time I was a fairly capable caplock shooter with some accomplishments at the firing line. So I wasn't anticipating any problems, I was sure wrong about that. The rifle only actually...
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    Hunting lube question

    I use those wet lubes for casual shooting but not for hunting. My reason is they will dry out and in a short amount of time cause a rust ring in your bore. For instance I had my .40 loaded for turkey hunting with a patch saturated with a wet lube, didn't shoot my rifle, so I left it loaded. On...
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