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    Notes on making my peep sight.

    As requested here are some simple notes on making a peep like I use. The notes are not complete but should give one a good idea of how it's done. I drilled and tapped a 8/32 hole through the tang just behind the plug. Great care was taken when drilling as to be square with the bore the...
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    To Dave Person, Gunbuilders and locks

    Hi Dave, When you deliver a rifle to a customer have you tuned the lock or do you deliver it the way it came out of the box? With all the problems one must encounter still present? If you do tune the lock do you go the long way and incorporate the neat tricks and fixes you have figured out over...
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    Track of the wolf and the lefthand builder

    I wonder what's going on with TOW? A few years ago they offered several LH kits like the Isacc Haines, SMR's, a lancaster and a Hawken or two. Now it's just the Hawken. I once bought most of my supplies from Track and built a couple of their rifles too. But I'm lefthanded and it seems they no...
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    Another Flintlock Gobbler....

    I shot this bird on the 14th of April 2020 and I'm just now getting around to posting it. I left the house with plenty of time before daybreak, and there I was just driving in the dark, thinking about the hunt ahead when it ocurred to me I had left my turkey vest at home. I had made about 20...
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    Peep sight details for rustic bob.

    This is how I built my peeps, best that I can remember anyway. I drilled and tapped a 8/32 hole through the tang just behind the plug. Great care was taken when drilling as to be square with the bore the drill had to enter the material at a angle. Plus it had to be in the centerline of the...
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    40 caliber gobbler

    I got there a little late, about 7:15 am. I loaded my rifle at the truck, listening all the while. Nothing. I was hunting from a pop up blind less than 100 yards from a powerline, this is one of my tried and true locations for both turkeys and deer. Mid to late in the season those single...
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    Kelley's Stock Carving...?

    Has anybody used a stock from Kelley's Stock Carving? Or even know anything about them? I found his website some time back but I've come up empty looking for info or personal reviews. http://www.kelleysstockcarving.com/
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    Lehigh Valley lube

    Wonder lube works good in my .54's but it sure doesn't in my new LC Rice .40. Shooting as little as 30 gr. 3f it fouls bad and causes clinkers to cover my touchhole and neccessitates picking the vent regularly. Even after running a wet patch down the barrel it was still hard to load. Very...
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    Ageing new bag

    What's the best (easiest) methods of aging one of those new October Country shooting bags? Besides carrying it around 12 months a year.
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    Nose Band?

    What is the latest time period that a simple nose band would have been used instead of the nose cap?
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    Buckskinner Magazine?

    talk-ML-175668-ML- Not a "muzzleloading" issue.
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    Pool Chlorine for stain?

    I had four gallons of pool chlorine on my deck. Once leaked a little. There was for sure some kind of chemical reaction to the wood because the leaking gallon "melted" 2 boards on my deck. Nice swirly holes. I was just wondering if any body had ever tried using it to stain a stock. You could...
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    Barrel Coneing revisited

    Last night I got a call from LC Rice concerning my .40 barrel. While I had him on the phone I asked him his opinion on barrel coning. He said he didn't have an opinion on coning as he had never had a coned barrel, but he thought the way it was coned had everything to do with the end results. But...
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    Sgt. Yorks rifle

    Has anybody read the latest copy of The American Rifleman? There is a story about Sgt. York. There is also a small photo of him "hamming" it up for the camera. Hes licking his thumb just like Gary Cooper did in the film. The point of all this is the rifle he's holding. It has no nosecap and the...
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    Traditional Hunting seasons

    This subject deserves its own post, so here goes; I don't think we can depend on the average fish and game department to return us to true traditional weapons, and I'm talking about sidelock percussion and flintlocks. I've never been interested in underhammers so I don't know anything about them...
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    Ramin?? Ram rods.

    Both Track of the Wolf and the new TVM website are selling a ramrod made from an imported wood. If memory serves me, it is called Ramin, or something like that. They claim it is stronger and straighter etc. etc. than hickory. Anybody know anything about this wood?
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    Eastern Longhunters Bag

    Has anybody put together or seen one of the "Eastern Longhunter Bags" from Crazy Crow? This is a linen type bag instead of leather. I am curious about this bag as I think it will be lighter than leather. A persistent neck problem drives me to "lighten the load".
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    Elk Hunting

    I just booked a New Mexico Elk Hunt last night, though I am still debating on putting in for the Muzzleloader season or not. But, I was talking ML with the outfitter and as food for thought I want to share some of his observations from his years in the buisness. He likes the performance of the...
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    Russell Kvistads?

    Do you know a fella that used to attend some of your shoots, probably still does but I think now he just sits under a tree telling stories and drinking beer, by the name of Benny Coogle?
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    Isacc haines question for Birddawg

    I have been thinking about building a LH .54 in Isacc Haines. What is the actual weight of that rifle with the 38" barrel? How does the gun balance offhand?
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