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    When to install sights

    Thanks guys!
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    When to install sights

    Hi folks...should I brown the barrel before I cut the dovetails for the front and rear sights, or after? Any recommendations? Thanks ELee
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    Stock/Patchbox sanding question

    Hey all...anyone have a good trick for avoiding the problem of brass dust discoloring the surrounding wood while finish sanding the patchbox? I don't want to remove the patchbox to sand, as the the inlet edges will get rounded or dinged up on both the brass and the wood. but when I use 400 to...
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    Finally did it....

    The barrel and lock are pre inletted...but just the final fitting takes that long. A long process of applying inletting black, trial fitting, removing parts, cutting a few thousandths away, and doing it again....about a thousand times. TOTW stocks are really very good, but don't think your...
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    Finally did it....

    Bought all the parts (TOTW) for a J. P. Beck rifle. Colerain B .50 barrel, Siler deluxe flintlock, M4 stock, all the other bits and pieces. It all arrived last Friday, and it is already looking like a gun. So far I have drawfiled and sanded the barrel, installed the underlugs, filed the tang to...
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    Barrel Browning

    Is Wahkon Bay barrel browning solution still available? What solution do any of you feel is the best product out there? Is Laurel Forge a good way to go? Thanks ELee
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    www.rootnuke.com

    Just a personal THANK YOU to rootnuke for his truly above and beyond documentation of his Lancaster build. For those of you who have not checked out his website, you should do so. Not only does it break down a complex subject with clear concise photography, it serves to answer many simple...
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    Advice for a new builder

    Ahhhh yes...a very solid point Doc Arroyo! From this point then derives the next question....what are the best means of measuring the shooter (myself) for LOP, cast off, and drop? I am well equipped, but I am not Purdey's, so a try stock is not available. There must be a standardized method of...
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    Advice for a new builder

    OK....I have been considering building a flint longrifle for about thirty years (honestly), and I think I am about ready to actually do it. I am looking at a classic longrifle ala Dickert or Haines in .36 or .40 caliber, light, fancy, as fine as I can possibly make it. I would like to hear from...
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    T/C New Englander test firing

    Hmmm...works fine for me Windwalker. Maybe cyberspace just doesn't extend all the way to Sawmill Creek, AK. Sure wish I was there though. Used to live in Iliamna, down by the Kenai. Greatest state in the Union! Where is Sawmill Creek? ELee
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    Shotgun wad questions for the experts

    Cody; I cut wads from regular mat board, the kind you find at picture framers. About 3/32" thick. Works fine, but I like the cardboard "nitro wads" from Circle Fly better. The mattboard does make great overshot wads. ELee
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    T/C New Englander test firing

    Hi all...just got back from test firing the 12ga. New Englander. FUN! I have shot about everything from .17 hornet to .577 nitro express....but this was my first go with a muzzleloading shotgun. I have to admit I was suprised by the wallop it delivers. This thing really loosens the fillings...
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    Shotgun wad questions for the experts

    Great link Harrys! Great fun reading. The wad punch was a one shot ebay deal...I got a 12ga and a 10ga (both arch punches) for $20.00 including shipping. I don't have a 10 bore...but you never know about the future. Thanks for the info ELee
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    T/C New Englander 12ga

    Hey Harrys...interesting.....I worked at the KTP as a gun buyer for 8 years. No relatives in Methuen though! E-mail me...we probably know each other and dont realize it! ELee
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    Shotgun wad questions for the experts

    I read Gatofeo's excellent post on felt wads and lube with great interest. Today I brewed up a batch of his beeswax, paraffin, and mutton tallow lube, and it sure looks like great stuff. My question has to do with what shotgun wads should I lube with this mixture? I read somewhere that veggie...
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    T/C New Englander 12ga

    Thanks Rebel and Stumpkiller...I will try busting a few clay birds this w/end, as well as fooling around with getting a decent pattern. Too bad it is such a long way til bird season! ELee
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    T/C New Englander 12ga

    Hi guys; just bought a T/C New Englander 12ga shotgun. Any comments or insights on this gun? It is the cylinder bore version without choke tubes. Any favorite loads? I plan to use it on clays, woodcock, and partridge. Any experience any of you have will surely help me! Anyone ever shoot round...
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    Strap for new horn

    Actually...both Woodhick and Ghost are correct. The inkle loom as we know it today was introduced into this country in the 1930's from England, by Mary M. Atwater. However, there are references to inkle weaving as early as 1545, as well as references to inkle weaving by Shakespeare, Chaucer, and...
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    Strap for new horn

    Oh well Ghost...I guess I stand corrected. From all the posts I have read about inkle woven straps, I just assumed that was the way it would have been done. Thanks for the history lesson! Good Luck ELee
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    Strap for new horn

    Hey all; as per BillinOregon's earlier comment about woven inkle straps for my new horn, I thought you might be interested in the progress I have made in this area. After considerable research, I managed to build an "inkle loom", and locate the the correct linen (flax) material to work with...
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