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    Where does the energy go?

    Hey there guys! So here's the deal. You have a true Flintlock smoothbore and a percussion muzzleloader. Both are .58 caliber. Both have the same amount of BP or charge. They are both fired from the same position, at the same time, and from the same angle. Therefore, the same amount of...
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    The Lock and Trigger Mechanism

    After reading a couple of posts within this forum. I was just wondering if something could be done to confirm ones concept about the Lock and Triggering mechanism for Traditional muzzleloaders. If someone could make a video of the Davis Trigger coupling with the Siler Lock, that would be...
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    Breech Plug & Breech

    Hey there guys! Please help me out here. I have essentially 2.5 Breech related questions: (1a) Isn't the breech just the region just behind the barrel where the charge, patch, and powder, sit and the explosion takes place? (1b) Essentially, the breech is the same as the chamber or the...
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    Furniture

    Hey guys! Maybe someone can answer a question for me: Just what is the furniture on a ML?
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    Thinking about a New Barrel...

    I'm thinking of getting a new barrel for the ole traditional ML. I'd like to get a high blue polish on the new one. You guys got any advice? Thanx
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    Inline Muzzleloaders ~ Advantages

    I thoroughly enjoy most aspects about blackpowder firearms. I own several inline and several traditional percussion muzzleloaders. I know that there's supposed to be this wide gap between to two types of muzzleloaders, but other than the depth in variety of scopes more available to the...
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    Don't Gimme a Break from this Tree

    Had this dream a few weeks ago: A had spotted a huge thirteen pointer white-tail deer, just a few days prior. So here I sat in this tree, holding on to my Hawken, with my hungry family at home, patiently waiting for me to return with something, anything to eat. Thus far, neither the Lord...
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    Sentimental Antique Muzzleloaders

    This post was inspired by a previous post entitled,"Grandpa's Rifle". Now here's the scenario: You find your great-grandfather's old muzzleloader in the attic. You later determine that this muzzleloader indeed belonged to his father who fought in the civil war and was an avid hunter. Upon...
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