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    .32 cva squirel rifle

    I have to brag, I stopped by the local gunstore tonite and he had this cute little .32 on the shelf. Set triggers, adjustable sights and a nice browned barrel, The wood is kinda plain, but the price more than made up for it: $175! A quick search on gunbroker shows 3 guns for sale in that...
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    New Toy!

    I just had to brag, this weekend I picked up an almost pristine T/C "Big Boar", .58 cal Renegade...and get this: only a hundred bucks!!! I ran 5 shots thru it last nite, and wow, what a gun!
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    video of my wife shooting

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfdxPOudEqE
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    Aqua fortis Help

    last year, I restocked my T/C hawken with a pecatonica river stock, and stained it with aqua fortis. My problem now is, the metal parts on this gun are rusting horibly! I was told I needed to deactivate the acid with baking soda after treating, which I did. the finnish came out absolutly...
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    .45 for coyote?

    I have an old .45 cal cva kentucky, you know the ones with the 2 piece stock. I've worked up a wicked accurate squirrel load for it, that cloverleafs the balls at 25 yards, but only using 25 grains of 3f. I'd like to use this gun, it's so light & handles sweet for a cheap beater gun. What do you...
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    left barrel sucess!!!

    I got my fall N.H. turkey today!!! I saw this flock of birds crossing a field at 11:30 this morning, and put the stalk on them...somehow, they slipped by me, but I drove down the road about 2 miles to a logging road that cut across the property, and walked the trails till 1 pm, when I jumped...
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    original NH built firearms

    My Wife & I just got home from a lecture by the "Historical Society of Cheshire County" held this evening at the old Wyman Tavern in Keene, NH. the subject was "Gunmakers of Cheshire county, 1780-1880". VERY interesting, and besides being able to handle pieces from the society's collection, 2...
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    opening day squirrel

    today was the first day of NH squirrel season! I went out for a couple of hours before work, hoping to scout out a nice tree for our bow opener comming up in 2 weeks, but got distracted by this guy. I never got around to picking out a tree...I stalked this one for almost 40 mins, and I'm very...
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    Crow hunting tomorrow!

    tommorow morning starts NH's crow season, and I'm all excited 'cuz I'm taking my cva 12 ga. double. I've even got my hunting bag in the truck allready! I took a nice tom this spring with that gun, and now I'm going to attempt to impress my hunting buddies with my wing shooting prowess using a...
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    21 minute season

    Three weeks ago, I saw this CVA side by side 12 guage in the local gunshop...it was love at first sight! So I decided to cash in some of my coin collection, and shoot another blackpowder Bird. So after a couple of weekends of frantic pattering, I was ready - except for a Bird...A co-worker had...
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    cotton ball wad?

    Having seen Rounball's "cotton tail shotcup drouge pattern concentrator", I'm wondering if anyone has ever expirimented with plain cotton balls as a cushion wad? My theory is that felt, fiber & filler wads (like jiffy mix or corn meal) prevent doughnut holes by acting as an airbrake on the card...
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    Just arived!

    this new lock was just dropped off tonite...I'm soooo lucky, my sister-in-law works for Thompson Center. She got this for me as a late birthday present! The 1st thing I did was put a good BEF in her and go out on the deck and snap a few pans of powder! I'm converting this gun, a smoothbore...
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    Brittney's first muzzleloader

    Last christmas I built a small muzzleloader for my Great-Niece, Brittney. We finally got a chance to try it out today, and here are the photos. She was a little scared at first, only taking 3 shots. I wanted to keep the session short anyways, taking into account the attention span of a...
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    frizzen hardening

    OK, I must confess - I purchased a cheap replacement lock from Gun Parts Inc, and it won't spark no mater what I try. I'm sure it's a cheap pot metal Indian made lock, so I ordered a T/C replacement frizzen from Log Cabin Shop...it's a LITTLE beter, but not much. I get a weak spark but nothing...
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    cheap unbreakable ramrod

    I found a very simple way to make your own inexpensive & durable replacement ramrods. I get a 3 foot piece 3/8 diameter brake line tubing - I like the heavy wall stuff that's anodized to resist rust, it's color blends in with the gun better than the plain steel would. all you have to do is cut...
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    hiding a synthetic stock

    I have this perfectly functional T/C new englander, but I hardly ever used it 'cuz it has a synthetic stock, and I was always ashamed to be seen carrying a plastic gun. but the other day, I had a briliiant idea, to use automotive interior paint - not glossy exterior, but the stuff used to color...
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    today's practice

    I shot my homemade pistol today, and was very pleased with the results. I want some feedback on my accuracy...I'm curious if this is up to par with other shooter's expectations. the group on the left measures 6-1/8 x 4-1/2 and was shot at 23 yards with a six o'clock hold, 11 shots without...
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    Brittney's first muzzleloader

    I wanted to build something special for my 5 yr old great neice this christmas, and her parents are both big time hunters & outdoors people. Brittney even has her own compound bow already...so I thought I could cob together some spare parts and make a child's sized gun. I have this piece of rock...
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    what a deal...(or steal!)

    So I have this problem...I live near a gun shop. and some days, (as many as 3 times a week) my truck just pulls in there, all by itself (I've tried, but I'm not stong enough to stop it!). So today I asked the owner about this old muzzleloader leaning up behind the counter - I could tell it was a...
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    pretty boy makes meat!

    OK, "pretty boy" is the rifle, not me...I built this gun last spring using a T/C hawken barrel, lyman lock & some cva parts. the stock is from pecatonica river with silver inlays from log cabin shop. It not only looks good, but WORKS! I shot this nice 94lb spike buck at 9:30 this morning from...
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