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  1. M

    Stupid question - Smoothbore sight

    Don't laugh . . . Has anyone ever put a magnetic rear sight on a smoothbore for shooting balls ? Is there such a thing? I am ok with just a front sight for shot . . . and will learn to shoot it w/o one using balls . . It's just an odd thought I had.
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    Dutch Schoultz System Question 2

    Question for those following Dutch Schoultz . . . As I posted before I am studying Dutch's book step by step. He recommends making a "moose milk" liquid for using as a patch moistener for swabbing in between shots. I have several bottles of Thompson Center # 13 BP bore cleaner in a yellow...
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    Dutch Schoultz System Question - ball weight

    I am re-reading the Dutch Schoultz system that I purchased a couple months ago. It has me rethinking a whole lot of things. . . patches and his dry system in particular. However, I am shooting a .32 . . . my .50 will benefit from what I implement too, but I am OK with how it shoots, as I...
  4. M

    Side bye Side Flintlock - new production

    Did you all see that Pedersoli is now making a .20 gauge side by side in flintlock ? It's pretty cool from the pics online. I'd like to see one in person . . ...
  5. M

    Aqua Fortis on Plain Maple ??

    I am considering using AF on my Chambers PA fowler, but the maple has very little curl in it. . . perhaps 20% . . . . I have 2 basic questions in this regard. . . (perhaps three). First, Is it worth using AF on a maple stock with not much curl, or should I just pick a stain with the color I...
  6. M

    Do LH Shooters Use RH Flint KY Pistols ?

    I am curious . . I have three left hand flint rifles, yet, it seems to me that shooting a KY style pistol might be different than a rifle where the pan it up close to your face. I shot a Pedersoli right handed flint pistol a while back and it didn't seem like it was much of disadvantage for...
  7. M

    Rice Smooth Barrel 20g ball size

    Just a quick and simple question . . .I am building a Chambers PA fowler . . it has a Rice Oct to Round barrel in .62 / 20 gauge. I am curious if others have this barrel what size ball do you shoot? I measured the ID before a show - forget off hand what it was - and bought some .585 & .590...
  8. M

    Siler Lock finish issue

    Hey gang, I am building a LH Chambers PA fowler . .and well . . . as the saying goes, idle hands are the devil's workshop . . . I got started fooling around with the finish . .taking off the grey sandblast that these locks have on them. . . I think I overdid it. My thought is to leave the...
  9. M

    Steel Shot Question

    I know that a plastic wad allows for steel shot, from what I read from Zonie's post. However, it seems to me . . . .and I may be wrong as I am just learning and building my first smoothbore now . . .that there is an option that can be shot through a smoothbore just like lead. . . I think it is...
  10. M

    Maple or walnut stain on fowler?

    I am building a Chambers PA Fowler ... the stock is pretty plain with just a little curl on the forestock. I am considering LMF maple or walnut stain ... can't decide if I want it dark or reddish ... I don't think I'll finish the barrel. Any thoughts on a color fir this style ? It's My first...
  11. M

    Davis Double Trigger, Set Screw ??

    OK . kind of a dumb question, that I ought to know. . . rather than assume, could someone explain what the little screw between the front trigger and the set trigger does on my Davis triggers?
  12. M

    LMF Walnut Stain on Maple

    Hey friends, If it is not too much trouble, could anyone post some pictures of a maple stock stained with Laurel Mountain Forge's walnut stain? I just got my Chambers Penn Fowler kit and I am looking ahead in my mind. . . I think I want this one a little darker than my Lancaster which I...
  13. M

    Anyone shoot a .32 ??

    I have a new .32 cal rifle with a Rice 1:48 twist and a 42 inch barrel. Anyone shoot this same barrel ? If so, what load combo are you using? Hoping to start working up a load and zeroing in soon. . . wondering what others may have found. Thanks !
  14. M

    Learned this cleaning my ML !!

    Hey gang I shot my first build yesterday. So it was a squeaky clean new rice barrel .32. flint. I shot 4 rounds through w just 20 grains of 3f. It cleaned up fairly easily. However today for some reason ( I can't keep my hands off the rifle) I thought I'd run a patch through again and check...
  15. M

    My First Build is Done - TVM Lancaster

    Well, my first build is done. I could not have done this without a coach who had built rifles before. He was a shop teacher so, he wold hit the chisel once or twice then hand it to me. . so I did about 98% of this, but knowing how was something I didn't know a year ago. A few hours every...
  16. M

    True Oil not drying well

    Hey Gang, Minor question, I hope. I have my stock stained w LMF and it worked just as expected. I am now using True Oil via a spray can. I am up to coat #3 which will likely be my last. I followed the instructions on the spray can which said 90-120 minutes after my first coat I could steel...
  17. M

    Inletting fowler Trigger guard question

    The talk on another thread about a Chambers PA fowler brings to mind a question I have. ( Got one of those kits on order.) The fowler trigger guards are much longer and more ornate than a rifle on the ends with an acorn or torch or other elaborate tip. Are those decorative ends inlet? Also...
  18. M

    Engraving Appearance Question

    Some side plates, toe plates, locks, etc that I have seen which are engraved are just that engraved or cut. Others seem to have been engraved and then the item looks to have been PAINTED and WIPED, leaving black color in the engraving with the brass plate, steel lock etc. How is this done...
  19. M

    Roundball in J. Chambers Penn Fowler?

    I held and looked closely at Jim Chambers' Pennsylvania Fowler at his booth in Friendship yesterday. I do not own any fowler or a smoothie . . .but I liked it, and it comes in LH, which I need. I am seriously considering buying that as my next kit. While, I'd probably use shot quite a bit...
  20. M

    Siler Lock Appearance modifications

    This came up in another thread of a person who has a LH slier lock which is common in many LH kits that he modified to look less german and more early colonial or english, like for a fowler. I had thought of this in a Chamber PA fowler kit, which RH is his open face lock, like an L&R Queen...
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