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  1. amcmullen

    Friends unidentified gun

    Trying to help out a friend. He has this percussion smoothy and it has no marking other than what looks like a 10 in a bunch of places. My guess is its a repro from the 50-70s but figured I'd ask the experts. I'm just trying to figure out what he has and if it's (assuming everything else is...
  2. amcmullen

    Small nick in rifling

    [/URL][/img] So I found this gem the other day while cleaning. Not sure how it happened since I'm pretty careful with my stuff. The gun is a traditions trapper flint pistol. I was able to get a 1.5" group at 25 yds but am a little paranoid about it. It is very slight and barely catches when a...
  3. amcmullen

    Traditions Trapper (and similar) shooters

    I bought a Traditions Trapper a few months back and it is really fun to shoot. However, I am having a heck of a time finding a load that it will shoot with reasonable accuracy. The best group that I could get today at the range was about 4" at 25 yds. Most groups were more like 8-10". I...
  4. amcmullen

    First go at casting Balls and Bullets, thoughts and questions

    Background. Going through several posts I noticed that a lot of you cull the balls that are underweight. Never paying attention to that I decided to weight my swagged production balls and was surprised to see they varied by up to 3 grains(96 balls total). More alarming was that out of the 96...
  5. amcmullen

    Barrel not getting clean , what is going on?

    I shot and cleaned both of my flinters on two different days last week. Both were cleaned after shooting. One is a T/C Hawken the other a Traditions Hawken. I have used the same cleaning method for years with the Traditions with good results. Boil a pot of water, place barrel in bucket...
  6. amcmullen

    T/C Hawken, Installing "new" style hammer

    I got the flintlock bug and I am now looking at my T/C with the old style hammer. My Frizzen has developed a decent gash in it so I am going to replace it and the hammer. I found a new style however, the description says that 'some fitting may be necessary.' Has anyone on here converted...
  7. amcmullen

    Frustrating Day at the Range, advise needed

    I got a new front sight installed last year and finally got to the range to sight it in. Started off last week and had to continue today because I had to do A LOT of filing (2 feet low at 50yds!) Anyway, as my session went on I started to experience more and more misfires(some flashes some no...
  8. amcmullen

    Grandfather's TC Hawken hunt or keep nice?

    So here is my dilemma. I got my grandfathers Hawken for my birthday. the gun was fired once (literally) and is in absolutely perfect condition. It is a low serial number 53,XXX. Basically he and my dad bought one back when pa opened up the late flintlock season. He fired it once, cleaned It...
  9. amcmullen

    Different cal barrels/ same stock

    Tried a search but couldn't find much. I have a tc hawken in .50 but would like to get a .32 for squirrel, maybe a .54 for sng's. any options out there that you all know of? I looked at green mtn, but they have them listed by barrel width size and got a little confused as to what works. Thanks!
  10. amcmullen

    Ram rod doesn't go to breach

    is this normal? I just bought a TC Hawken and noticed the ramrod doesnt go all the way to touch hole. it stops about one inch in front of the touch hole. I blew in the barrel to make sure it wasnt loaded then put a light in the touch hole and looked down the barrel and could see a tooth pick i...
  11. amcmullen

    welcome from se pa!

    Wow! took me long enough to become a member to a BP forum. awesome, site! hope to gain a lot of knowledge and pass a little experience along. i live in gap, pa and love the kshhBOOM!
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