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    Potassium Permanganate

    Dave, There is nothing in aqua fortis that will turn a stock green. Maybe you have seen stocks done with chromic acid that turned green. THe chromic acid stain turns green with exposure to sunlight. Randy Hedden
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    escutcheon?

    Some original flintlock longrifles utilized wedges without escutcheons. I have a longrifle with wedges and no escutcheons that was built around 1976 and has thousands of rounds through it without any problems. Randy Hedden
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    doble barreled flint shotgun

    Peter, The locks flare out at the front of the locks to allow for a smaller wrist. If the locks flared out at the back or were straight with the barrel the transition from the tang area to the wrist would be very large and produce a very large diameter wrist. This is nothing new, the original...
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    Left hand lock for early virginia rifle

    I believe Caywood Guns has a nice left hand round faced lock that would serve your purpose. Randy Hedden
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    Horn color

    Scotty, Potassium permanganate comes as granules in a bottle and can be mixed with water for as strong or as weak of a solution as you want. Randy Hedden
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    How to put beeswax on a Canvas bag?

    Paul, You are correct, wax doesn't go UP, but the vapors from melted beeswax will GO UP just like every gaseous vapor. When the iron cools down the vapors up in the iron solidify and go back to being solid beeswax. It takes a long time before the wax can be worked out of the iron. Maybe you...
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    What happend to .45 rifles

    The reason you don't see a lot of .45's around anymore is because most factory production made rifles are in .50 and .54, but the barrel makers who sell to custom builders and to kit suppliers still make .45's. Any custom maker will make you a .45 caliber rifle and you can order kits in .45. As...
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    How to put beeswax on a Canvas bag?

    It is better to melt the beeswax in a double boiler arrangement by putting the beeswax in a pan or tin can and then placing the tin can into a larger pan or tin can with water in it. The bottom of the container with the beeswax should not touch the bottom of the container with the water in it...
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    How to put beeswax on a Canvas bag?

    Paul, If the iron is a steam iron, aren't they all these days, the beeswax can/will be deposited up inside the iron through the small steam holes in the face of the iron thereby ruining the iron for any other purpose besides ironing beeswax coated cloth. Randy Hedden
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    Horn staple question

    Rick, Huh, this is the second time you have apparently taken offense at something that I have written and where no offense was intended on my part. I agree, time to withdraw from this thread. My best to you, Randy
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    Horn staple question

    Horner75, I wasn't knocking your use of epoxy on the ends of a staple.The thread started with a question about the installation and purpose of staples which Goldhunter answered. Then J.D. answered to back up Goldhunter and added a bit more info on how staples were installed. Then I answered...
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    Horn staple question

    Horner, Staples were not a common feature on all horns. Not until about 1755-80 did staples become common and then only on certain horns. You begin to see staple on the Pennsylvania screw tip horns and this feature migrated along with Pennsylvania long rifles down into some southern states...
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    Horn staple question

    Crockett, The staple was not used to keep the strap from slipping up and down the horn. The natural tapered shape of the horn keeps the strap from sliding up the horn. Usually on a horn without a staple there will be some kind of larger ring of horn that keeps the strap from sliding down the...
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    Horn staple question

    When horners with a lot more experience and knowledge than I have tell me that the spout staples and sometimes the butt plug staple went through to the inside of the horn and the staple legs were bent over to hold them, I tends to believe them and make my horns that way. I don't often get a...
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    Horn staple question

    The question is not whether you have seen any horns with missing staples, but why don't you see a lot of old horns with missing staples. Could it be because the staple legs were bent over inside the horn? You are saying that you believe that a rather large threaded wood screw can pull out of a...
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    Horn staple question

    J.D. is correct, the strap is not attached to the staple, but goes through the staple to orient the position of the horn against your body. I drill a couple of holes perhaps .001" or .002" undersize of the staple diameter and lightly pound the staple through the horn. Then you have to go inside...
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    Looking for info on German Jaeger Rifle

    Bob, Wow!! Only 8 posts to your credit and you have already got you britches in a knot and insulted another poster. Way to go.
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    Extra powder horn plug?

    After many, many years serving as a range officer at matches I can say that the shooter the most likely to not replug his horn after loading is the guy who has his spout plug on a tether tied to the horn. On the other hand a guy who pulls the plug and keeps it in his hand or in his teeth almost...
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    Dovetailing Rear Sight - Any Safety Issues?

    Paul, Are you sure you didn't mean to write .200" between bottom of dovetail and bore?? Randy Hedden
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    Horn Sizer request

    Colin, I hate to throw a monkey wrench into the mix, but if you can't turn, cut, file or somehow make a wood horn sizer, then how are you going to make the actual butt plug that the horn will need? You can use baseball bats, flower pots, aluminum tumblers, etc. as a sizer, but you still need...
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