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    T/C .58 Big Bore

    I will emphatically say YES. I have shot many deer with my Cabelas 58 traditional "Hawken". I shoot .565 rb and pillow tick patch with deer tallow lube and 110 grains 1.5F Swiss when hunting with that rifle. due to age and eyes I currently have a Lyman peep on the rear and a "fire" type...
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    Pennsylvania percussion rifle problem

    Lube, need plenty lube. To get out, use hammer to drive all way in, unscrew jag from rod and take rod out, then do a clean job on the bore, remove nipple then dribble some fff powder into ram or drum under nipple 4 or 5 grains should be plenty, replace nipple and shoot jag out. Again lube is...
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    Let's get the lead out!

    the chore boys are usually used in home made supressors and the gov don't get it's $200 tax money and your information. Sorta like moonshining, making the liquor is OK, just gotta pay a ridiculous tax rate, even for personal consumption. And yes I use them for scrubbing bores. Particularly...
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    Wood you believe a 2nd contest for April/May 2017?

    I'm digging out the .69 musket. My favorite load, buck-n-ball will suffice. Do we have to shoot the 4" side or can we shoot the 2" side? Just want to be fair, that 4" side is a big target and makes it real easy.
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    Punt gun or battery gun

    kr54 gets a smilie :thumbsup: yes in the terms of commercial fowl shooting a "battery gun" was a collection of ML barrels set in a "stock" and fixed so as to fire simultaneous or sequentially. Such a gun mounted on the front of a punt, dugout or skiff was used to shoot flocks of waterfowl on...
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    Punt gun or battery gun

    Anyone who knows the difference between the two can relate. 1. Should a punter be considered a cannon? 2. Should a battery be considered what??? Well my family is from the Eastern Shore of VA and both have been part of my family since the 1600s when my 1st ancestor went from Jamestown to...
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    Question to the blacksmiths and those with metalurgy understandin

    Zonie - Durst I believe those blokes are messaging from "The Land of Oz", blade not likely from hereabouts. FP
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    Dual ball hunt.

    Brit, Nice narrative and pix. Continue with more anytime. The game/gun pix sure are eyecandy! Hope all well and good. FP
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    what critter is this?

    Lets see.... biologically = since dogs, wolfs and coyotes can inter breed and produce fertile offspring they are all the same animal with different adaptations, often differentiated as "races". It looks like the "coyotes" that have invaded Virginia in the last 20 years. Mostly like that with...
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    Whats your favorite Tobacco?

    Like posted I was tobacco addict for 30+ years. Off the weed for 15+ now. Never smoked. Used plug tobacco, apple cure or Browns Mule etc... Or "scotch snuff" Honey Bee was my favorite, dip or snorted. A far behind 3rd choice was the twist tobaccos like Mammoth Cave or Smokey Mountain...
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    Where to get blackpowder?

    There is a pretty good contingent of re-enactors hereabouts. I keep in touch and spot them some cash and they get stuff at the events and bring back. If you know any guys who do "Great War of Northern Agression" stuff and go to Winchester there is powder a plenty available at Back Creek Powder...
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    Cabela's Hawken Rifle

    Most of the smokers that are cruddy can be rehabilitated with a bit of effort. Lock and stock easily worth the 1C. I have 2 Cabelas and they are both shooters with PRB. go for it and get any help you need here. FP
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    Knife I made to go with some old cutlery

    Grandmother had old cutlery and knives like the one with the round tip in the OP photo. They were as sharp as razors and she kept them that way. she had a piece of old salt glazed pickle pot rim and used it as the sharpening stone for those knives. I once asked my father why the "table...
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    marinating squirrel....

    Proper marinating of squirrel is in a pressure cooker. Mom taught us that you separate them out by old and young squirrel. Old got put in the cooker and brought up to pressure and cooked about 15 minutes, then allowed to cool and pressure drop to open the cooker. Then the young ones added and...
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    Not Getting Caught

    You have to remember that the CPO is trained to LIE in his investigation in order to obtain evidence and a conviction. If you lie to him it is a crime. It is also important to remember that most game laws have nothing to do with conservation and everything to do with which group has the most...
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    Unobtainium percussion caps

    When last I was in central VA area I got 1K RWS from Adams. He had plenty of CCI and Musket. Dances and "the top" were 0 caps. Plunder
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    Looking for Salmagundi recipes

    Salmagundi varies as the name implies. Interested in any special ways or formulae to make a potful. The crew is hungry and restless and we're low on rum. the cook
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    Smoke Pole Seasons

    Virginia has basically 2 zones. East of Blue Ridge and West of Blue Ridge. East ML only season is 1st 2 weeks of November. In all the counties I know of but one a ML is also legal during the 7 week "firearms" season and most counties are shotgun and ML only, no CF rifle. West of Blue...
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    Cold smoking question

    Same way fer us plunders too. Just set a lectric hotplate in bottom and set a big coffee can on it with yer wood chips in it. Use some round grates salvaged from some weber grills and pop some sheet metal screws thru the drum to hold the grills. Cover with some wood or cloth or sheetmetal and...
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    Old MLer, new here

    ML since 1960 but new here. Have all kinds of ML from rocklock to rule #3. Have built some ML too, from rocklock to rule #3. Mostly retired. Like to hunt, trap, fish, camp. Have a commercial fishing registration/card and do that some. Hope things go good here but I not so good with...
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