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    GPR kit

    I'm going for the flinter, because I want to go with a custom build one day and I like them. But the butt stock notes you gave are worth the notice. :thumbsup: I am trying to come up with something approximately like what some guy might have gone to a no-name gun maker to get. I am not going...
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    Hand made capotes

    BrownBear, That's good information to know. I might have to make me two of them. One for hunting/hiking/rondy and a different one for in town. Having said that, the cold doesn't hit my legs like it hits my torso, for some reason. In fact, it makes my bad knee hurt a lot less for reasons unknown...
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    Hand made capotes

    Rod L, Thanks for the link. The descriptions of the various capotes was interesting. It has also been added to my links for future reference in my studies at the University of Idaho.
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    Hand made capotes

    Doc Coffin, I really enjoyed the pictures. Not my period, but I love history and as a history major at the University of Idaho, this has gone into my bookmarks for future reference! :)
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    Hand made capotes

    Ringel05, I have a Confederate great mounted great coat that is my primary heavy winter coat, so I know all about the wind blowing through it. Even with a heavy muslin lining, it is still important to get something under it! However, I am a bit practiced at that now, but the wife and kids don't...
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    GPR kit

    I found a reasonably priced GPR flinter kit. This is going to be my first build and I am new to BP. I am going with .54 because I want to hunt moose, elk, and bear, in addition to target, rondy, etc. My question is this: besides the rear sight, what else should I do to make this more period...
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    Hand made capotes

    Good idea. Thanks.
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    Contemplating a Flinter Build

    I am wanting to do my first flinter build. I have been thinking about this for a while. I am wanting something that would be HC for the RMFT in the 1820's or early '30's. I want a .54. Can anyone recommend me a good, high quality kit with set triggers? Or am I looking at a custom kit? If so...
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    Hello from the Palisades Range Idaho

    Welcome! I have been a forum member a couple years now, but haven't been active lately. My loss, right? :headslap: There doesn't seem to be that many of us here in Idaho. I'm up in the panhandle near Potlatch, north of Moscow. I am a history major at the U of I. I seem to have landed on an...
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    Hello from Idaho!

    Hi! What part of Idaho are you in, if I may ask? I am up in Potlatch, north of Moscow. Looking (after I recover from my knee surgery in a couple weeks) to get more heavily invested in buckskinning myself. I am a history major at the U of I and seem to have targeted the part of history which our...
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    Hand made capotes

    Hi, All. It's been quite a while since I have been on here. Missed some good stuff while I was out! I have some questions about hand made capotes. For those of you who have made them, what size needle do you typically use? How about thread? Any special comments there? I am not going for the...
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    Instructional Book

    www.archive.org/details/instructionstoyo00hawk This is a link to where you can download a free copy of Peter Hawker's book that doesn't have to be read online since that is all that Google books seems to allow anymore.
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    Buffalo hide question

    I'm dry scraping my first buffalo hide. I have gotten past the fiberous layers in several spots and have arrived at a slick, almost plastic feeling layer. Is this far enough, or do I still have layers to take off? I want to take my time and do this right, so I don't want to go past that point...
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    Working on my first horn

    That didn't work either. Try this link: http://s1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa426/TheDixieDiarist/?action=view&current=676A0088.jpg
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    Working on my first horn

    Let's try this again...
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    Working on my first horn

    Here's my horn as it stands. Right now I am filing down the inner plug to fit the horn shape and dreaming on what the outer plug will be shaped like.
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    Working on my first horn

    Mike, My own horn is going to have the strap attached similar to your pic. In fact, I think you posted it before and that was what inspired me to try it. I cannot figure out how to post a pic on here, but I have one of my horn as it is right now and if you could PT me on how to do it, I can...
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    Caliber Change

    Is it possible to simply rebarrel a flinter to go from one caliber to another? Assuming the same outside diameter for the barrel, could I go from a .54 to say a .40 by swapping out barrels? Just curious. Southlander
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    Working on my first horn

    I'm leaving part of the horn raised above the end plugs for the shoulder strap/thong to attach to. At least that is the plan I'm working from. The vermillion sounds even better than whitewash. Red is my favorite color. If I don't use the threaded finial for a fill plug, how hard will it be to...
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    Working on my first horn

    I'm working on my first horn. I decided on a bison horn with the idea that I might want to scrimshaw it with some whitewash or something. Going real slow to get it right and get a feel for doin' it right the first time. At this point I am almost to the point that the inner plug fits and I have...
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