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  1. Hawgeye

    J W VanMeter rifle

    I recently took in a caplock rifle for cleaning and inspection which had the inscription J W VanMeter marked on the barrel. The rifle belongs to an elderly lady who keeps it on the wall of her formal dining room as a display. The rifle is 45 caliber with a heavy, 1 1/4 " across the flats, 36"...
  2. Hawgeye

    New rifle

    I picked up a TC Hawken flinter from a local pawn shop yesterday. The bore had rust full length and the lock was rusty in and out. The patch box lid was broken and the wood very dry and dirty. I soaked the bore and lock with PB Blaster and took some BLO to the stock. The bore cleaned up...
  3. Hawgeye

    Miroku Zouave

    Anyone have any experience with the Miroku built Zouave replicas? Is the quality, fit and finish comparable to the Italian models? Good shooters, bad shooters, pipe bombs?
  4. Hawgeye

    New "old school" addicts

    I had an opportunity to introduce two young soldiers from our local army post to muzzle-loading yesterday. The two of them have poo-pooed my old school technology for a while now so when the chance arose, I offered a trip to the range. The weather was wet and cold with a north wind, so I figured...
  5. Hawgeye

    Rifle builder

    I recently bought a 50 cal hawken style rifle, the excuse thrown at "she who must be obeyed" was that my US made douglass barreled CVA mountain rifle was falling apart--partly true. In actual fact the rifle was too pretty to leave without it. There is nothing to denote caliber or maker showing...
  6. Hawgeye

    New from Alaska

    Newbie here. Looking forward to exploring the forum.
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