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    Top Hat Musket caps for Pedersoli shotguns

    I have a 10 bore SXS Pedersoli shotgun and wish to know if using top Hat musket caps will improve ignition. Turkey Hunting in Vermont is coming in May and our cold wet springs are a concern. Thoughts?
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    1803 Harper's ferry

    I recently acquired a Euroarms .54 Harper's ferry 1803 reproduction. It was in an estate and had been in storage for quite some time judging from the dust and gunk. Once cleaned it seems to have been shot only a bit ( frizzen's only been lightly used). Very nice piece...super fit and finish and...
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    centermark replacement frizzen

    I have a new Centermark fusil de Chasse purchased from TOTW a few months ago. Pretty firelock but the frizzen is really soft. The sparks do fire the fusil but are deep orange in color and the frizzen is getting really gouged up. I have used casenit before and at least for me found the hardening...
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    Pre cut vs Patch knife cut patches

    I have a .40 cal flinter and use pre cut patches. To what degree does one benefit accuracy wise from trimming the patch close with a patch knife vs using precut patches that may not be perfectly centered?
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    Loads for a .40 cal flintlock

    Just purchased a .40 cal flinter. The maker was a vermonter named Phil Quaglino and was said to have been made in the 1970s. The bore is clean and sharp and the lock was not used very much. A very nice rifle. Our Vermont Squirrel season opens in a few weeks and I would appreciate advice as to...
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    Hevi-Shot Turkey Loads

    Up in Vermont the snows have melted and Turkey season is on. Over the past several years I have been attempting to develop a load that will pattern well with my TVA fowler. Being a open bore, the ranges have to be kept to about 25 yards. A few weeks ago I was re-reading an article in my Ducks...
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