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    Questions...yes...

    I bought a Sharon .63many seasons ago. Already had a Great Plains .50. The Sharon was very accurate and aside from being a heavy bruiser, was an excellent rifle in every respect. Sold the Sharon for considerably more than I paid for it and have been kicking myself ever since.
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    Whats guns are on YOUR wish list?

    I want 1. a "Golden Age" .40 flintlock rifle, not too flashy, but carved and brass mounted with a nice period horn and hunting bag. 2. a Triplett and Scott 22" carbine with an unbroken stock. (I've never sen one that didn't have a cracked at the wrist.) 3. Not a gun for this forum.....I'm...
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    no more cotton flannel?

    You have to be very carful if you do that. Some printed patterns are guaranteed to get you laughed at. :wink:
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    Prelubed RB Patch

    When I started shooting BP in 1973 my kids had gotten out of three-cornered pants and I had a huge supply of Curity cotton diapers, well-washed and very soft. I used them as cleaning cloths and patches until the day I ran out of (or forgot to bring) ticking for shooting patches. I doubled the...
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    Pietta Dance Bros.

    There were a handful of .36 Dance guns made, maybe a hundred or less, also without recoil shields. Also, all the repros I've seen have square-back trigger guards but all of the pictures of originals that I've seen show oval guards.
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    Rookie Mistake

    Rest assured that you're not alone. There are two kinds of muzzle loader shooters: those who have loaded a ball without powder and those who will. Not all are rookies, either. I've been shooting front loaders since 1972 and still see it every so often. Some of us are very "well seasoned"...
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    Time to clean

    NOTE: PULL THE BREACH PLUG ONLY AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE HAS FAILED, including the ministrations of a competent 'smith.
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    Best way to clean sideplate brass?

    Unless you plan to polish a LOT of brass, use the baking soda solutions and save your money. I bought a new 4 oz can of Brasso when I left the corps in 1978 and still have about 1/3 of it left. It just seems to last forever.
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    Finding a club

    Back when I was still working at The Flintlock at Hobby City down in Anaheim, and loading from the muzzle, there were a dozen clubs within an hour or so of here. (Ontario, California.) Now I find a reference only to the Big Horn Mountain Men and no others. Do the Golden Bears still exist...
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    Patent breech...why?

    If you haven't, one of two things will happen, sooner or later: 1. you will stop shooting muzzle loaders, OR 2. you will eventually load a round without a charge. :wink:
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    Well, it's time I introduced myself

    Thanks, gents. I'll be in and out until I get my kit back together.
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    What ae you paying

    When I recently decided to return to muzzle loading I took stock of what I still had on hand. I found five one pound cans of Gearhart-Owen, three of FFFg and two of FFFFg and roughly a pound of FFFg in an old "stand of arms" brass flask. I've had these since the 70s. There were two of the...
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    Well, it's time I introduced myself

    Bill, who are you when you're SASSing?
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    Lyman Great Plains kit question

    I've been shooting a .50 since 1973 and have been satisfied with it except for one thing: I wish it were a .54. Sometimes bigger is better. :wink:
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    Well, it's time I introduced myself

    I started shooting a muzzle loader the morning after I saw Jeremiah Johnson while stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC in 1973. Went out with another Marine and bought a T/C Hawken in .50. A few weeks later I was back at PI and discovered the Low Country Bark Busters who gave me the name Iron Bear...
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