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    Single-Shot pistol handle shape

    It seems a revolver and a pair of rifles is not enough, I suddenly "need" to have a single-shot pistol, preferably flintlock. I've seen a variety of handle shapes, ranging from just sort of 'bent' like a plow handle to curly almost like an umbrella handle to some funky handle presumably on a...
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    Dixie TN Mountain Rifle -- Lock and Trigger issues

    Howdy folks. My range trip today was a bust, but I played around with my new flints (and newly acquired 4F power) on the back porch this afternoon. Usually the first two shots on any flint would light the pan, but then it would get spotty. Also, the lock doesn't always fire when the trigger...
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    Revolver loading

    Hey guys - I have a question! I've loaded my revolver (Pietta Remington NMA replica) using the built-in loading lever, and I've used a cheap loading stand (which has been living in the back of a box since soon after purchase since the handle bent). I really don't like loading my gun using the...
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    First outing with new (to me) dixie tennessee mountain rifle

    So under the tree this year I found a left-handed Dixie Tennessee Mountain Rifle (flintlock). I've been wanting a flintlock for ages, so I was a happy camper! I bought some flints locally (TC sawn flints, yeah I'm going to order some knapped english ones) and got it to spark, though it has...
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    Powder first, THEN Ball.

    Oops. I know several ways to get this ball out of the barrel (remove the nipple and put some powder in there, use a ball-puller, do something magic with a grease gun and an appropriate fitting), but 1) My nipple wrench doesn't fit. I could get it off with a pair of pliers now that I'm at...
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    First experiences with my new (to me) "Springfield Hawken"

    About a week ago I bought a left-handed Traditions "Springfield Hawken" off a fellow I met on a local hunting forum. In spite of the cold, I got out to the range yesterday to give my first muzzle-loading rifle a whirl! The range is rather informal (a large backstop made of railroad ties in the...
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    First Muzzleloading Rifle

    Woohoo! I got hooked into black powder with a cap-and-ball revolver, but have been wanting a muzzle-loading rifle for a very long time now. This evening I purchased one from a fellow on our local hunting forum. It's a left-handed .50 caliber Traditions "Springfield Hawken" (which I realize...
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    SxS triggers for a lefty

    I'm contemplating a double barrel muzzleloading shotgun, but I was wondering -- would the trigger offsets pose a problem for a left handed shooter? Thanks, GB
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    Fit conundrum

    Greetings all! I'm looking at a few potential purchases for my first ML rifle... My budget is tight, but I'm contemplating a used New Englander in .54 (with the hopes of some day finding an affordable LH 12ga barrel for it), or a new GPR also in .54. Some day I'll have Tip Curtis make me a...
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    Tomahawk Target

    My daughter and I picked up a tomahawk at Davy Crockett Days last month, and I finally set up a target. Not having access to slices of log, google suggested a target made of 2x12's. Not having any 2x12's handy, I made one out of 2x4's instead (grain running vertically). Unfortunately, the...
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    Horn (not powder)

    Hello! I'd like to get a hunting horn, and i'd prefer one made from a natural horn. Have any of you ever used one? Are there advantages to a carved-in mouthpiece vs a removable one? Can you suggest a good vendor? What size horn should I be looking at? We have somehow acquired a young stray...
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    Just getting started, looking for pattern

    Hello! I'm just starting to look into the rendezvous/mountain man re-enactment scene, and hope to attend a shoot next month. I'm a rank beginner who was attracted by the lure of black powder and rock-banging (I don't have a flintlock yet, but they are drop-dead sexy). I'm contemplating...
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    Muzzleloading in North Alabama?

    Hello! My google-fu is failing me. Do any of you guys know of an event or club in northern Alabama (or southeastern TN or northwestern GA)? So far my muzzleloading experience is limited to shooting my Remington Cap-and-Ball gun and reading internet forums. I'd really like to find an event or...
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    Rifle Fit

    How does one go about figuring out the right "fit" for a flintlock rifle? I realize that if I go with a production rifle then it just is what it is, and I should find somewhere to shoulder the various models and see what feels good. If I go with a budget semi-custom though, how do I figure out...
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    CVA Siber

    Hey! I took my wife to a gunshop the other day (well, more like she took me... we were visiting the grandparents so we had a child-free afternoon to ourselves) and she fell in love with a percussion single-shot. It was marked a "CVA Siber", and it had engraving on both the barrel and the lock...
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    Affordable Production Smoothbore?

    Hello! I was wondering if there was an affordable production flint smoothbore (or for that matter percussion double) in the market? Something that would sort of be the smoothbore equivalent of a flint GPR? Something in the $500 range. I haven't saved the pennies yet, but I'm interested in...
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