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    How many years Muzzleloading experience?

    48 years
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    Help With Some Alaska Mythbusting

    You might also try contacting the Sheldon Jackson museum in Sitka. As I recall, they had a collection of firearms that may include some from the Russian period. I do recall seeing the short military carbines there and was told they were used during the russian fur harvests to kill sea otters...
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    58 Or 62?

    I had same questions regarding size of bore. I built a flintlock for Alaska hunting in .58 roundball with a 1-66 twist. I use 120 gr. of ffg and didn't consider myself undergunned. I took the flinter to South Africa hunting plains game and was fortunate to get impala, kudu, waterbuck, and...
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    Hunting Africa -- books

    Danger there. I got mine from National Muzzle Loaders Rifle Association in Friendship Indiana. Got me so fired up that I ended up on a safari with a flintlock! Great tips for the trip, but the part on firearms may be bit different. Good luck finding one. Ted
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    Why don

    Boer, You have some great assets in this regard in the South African International muzzleloading rifle team. Those members have good experience in using black powder rifles for hunting in your country. On my trip last summer, I found the South African muzzleloaders to be very congenial and...
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    Thoughts on Flintlocks for Cape buffalo

    Well, this has been a good post for this new forum member. Seems like some folks would like to see me fitted out with an English military musket complete with bayonet, sword and tomahawk! It would clearly be of larger caliber and the other gear useful in the event of a misfire/good hit...
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    Jammed nipple

    Try using a couple of drops of Kroil penetrating oil. Patience is a ggod thing, but Kroil works! I used it to loosen some bolts on a set of wagon wheels that had been behind the barn for a long time. Weekly applications of Kroil for three weeks loosened up all but one of the bolts. It was...
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    Learned something new today about delayed ignition

    During a Sam Fadala shooting seminar, we used chronograph to test the differences in using a vent pick before and after loading. Our results indicated that the differences in shot to shot consistency were clearly better using the vent pick during loading. Using it after loading did prove...
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    Thoughts on Flintlocks for Cape buffalo

    Thanks for the comments. My PH for my first safari was somewhat apprehensive regarding the effectiveness of the .58 PRB. He had not guided anyone with a ML much less a flintlock. After seeing the effects of a 130gr load of South African FFG and the PRB, he was convinced that it was fully...
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    Thoughts on Flintlocks for Cape buffalo

    Call me nuts, but I've been scheming on a cape buffalo hunt with s flintlock. I'm thinking that this Getz 1:48 twist .58 caliber barrel would make a great rifle for taking a cape buffalo. I'd be interested in folks with experience with taking such critters ideas on bullet style and loads...
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    Paradox bullet for big game

    Well, it seemed like a grand idea after taking the wildebeeste, kudu, waterbuck and the impala with a patched round ball. Aside from the first klatch on the impala, everything worked very well. 2 of the heads will be SCI trophies. I consider them all to be trophies of a lifetime, How often do...
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    Flinting in the wind

    Flintlock, During a late December hunt, I found out about the situation you describe. The wind was over 25 mph and the priming charge would flash well outside of the pan., It was nearly -20 degrees, and darned cold. I had the situation you describe happen 3 times in a row, at the same doe...
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    Paradox bullet for big game

    On the 4 bores or fellas that guide buffalo hunters?
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    Paradox bullet for big game

    Call me crazy, but I'm going to hunt Cape Buffalo with my flintlock. It's a .58 caliber, full stock, with a 1/48 twist Getz barrel. Since I'm not completely nuts, I'd l9ike to be using a paradox style bullet if possible. I think a round ball would be a bit risky for penetration of the tough...
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