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    The Making of Outlaw Josie Wales

    An interesting documentary here:
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    A Two Gun Man vs a Four Gun Man

    A great picture of Missouri Partisan Ranger, Capt. Francis Marion 'Dave' Poole, relaxing during Christmas 1863, in this article: http://blog.truewestmagazine.com/2017/07/a-two-gun-man-vs-four-gun-man.html
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    Fruit in winter

    I just ate some fresh blueberries, here in January, and it made me think of what fruit would have been available to folks in the winter. Certainly apples and pears which store well, but what about fruit that was shipped to ports in the Colonies? Any ideas? I don't think blueberries would make...
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    Early Ruger OA cylinder size

    I just got my hands on a Ruger Old Army with a four digit serial number, which should have been made in 1975, the first year of production. No paperwork, but the online stuff says ROAs should be fed .457 RBs. I bought some Sierra .457s but when I stuffed them in the cylinders there was no...
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    Axe, hawk, implement handles question

    Practically all the original tomahawk handles I have seen are made from a single branch or trunk, rather than having been sawn or split from a large tree trunk and then shaped. So my question is what does everyone think about the advantages/disadvantages of both methods. It is obvious that...
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    Surprising Etymology of the Word Maize

    Just when you thought it was safe to consider all historic references to maize as meaning the New World staple plant Zea mays, I found this information. In English, we attribute the word maize as originating from a Taino word, mahis, recorded in Columbus' diary in 1500. The Latvian...
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    Jim Shockey's Gold

    Does anyone have any good or bad experiences with it? I bought a can several months ago because that was all I could find locally, but as it was, I found a can of BP and didn't need it and still haven't tried it. It is FFFG granular, but it sure looks more like FFG in size. I know it won't...
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    Twist steel or not?

    At an estate sale I picked up a original old percussion double barrel and am trying to figure out if the barrels are twist steel or not. I have a couple of old blackpowder cartridge doubles that have the damascus twist, and it is very evident under the forearm, but I don't see any sign of any...
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    Arizona shooters

    Would anyone be interested in a casual get together, show off and shoot in the Verde Valley on Saturday, January 30, 2016, weather permitting. There should be some nice metal targets that make a lot of noise, and perhaps a "no lose" blanket shoot competition, where everyone who brings a prize...
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    Steamboat Arabia photo album

    I ran across this yesterday, some really nice photos of real plains era goods: http://www.pbase.com/hockingphotos/image/127454458
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    How old is this knife no. 2

    This one looks like a French chef's knife. I didn't think it was of interest for anything but the old steel, until I read some of the French imported knives that were traded into this country did look like chef's knifes, so I thought it was worth showing off. It has no markings other than a...
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    How Old Is This Knife?

    I don't see a thread like this, so I thought I would start one, so maybe those who are knowledgeable about cutlery could pass some info on to the rest of us. I will start with a knife I picked up at a yard sale last weekend. This typical skinning knife has a 6" blade, and is 10 1/2" overall...
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    New to me TC flint 54

    I just bought a made-from-kit TC Hawken flintlock in .54. The serial number is k12xx. So does that make it a really old one? I read on one thread that TC started making the Hawken at a serial number of 1000. I don't know if kits in .54 were among the first things they made or not? It has...
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    Jack Swilling

    Here is an interesting bio on a frontiersman in the SW. Born in 1830, he took part in the Mexican-American War and evidently some kind of mix-up in Missouri, then went west to the CA gold rush in 1850, bouncing back to NM territory. He served with the CSA, and was a scout and spy for the USA...
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    Crow Killer

    I hadn't read this book before about Liver Eatin' Johnson, but I just finished it yesterday. I'm sure many here have read it and have opinions about it, so I thought I'd throw it out there for discussion. The book seems obviously a combination of truth and myth, the only question seems to be...
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    polygonal rifling

    This is just a general question about polygonal rifling. I have seen several old guns that appear to have it, from fairly inexpensive looking hunting rifles to military ones, many that look to have been made before the Whitworth rifle and were almost surely designed to have been fired with...
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    .36 caliber Minuteman

    I got my hands on a percussion Numrich Arms "The Minuteman". I gave the high bid on it at "Get Broker" dot com, and the seller had no idea what caliber it was. I thought it might be a .31 when looking at the photo he provided of the muzzle, but when it arrived I was happy to find out it was...
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    Pauline Weaver

    Weaver one of the most important Mtn. Men in the history of my state. His active time period actual runs from the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Forum (1800-1840) as well as the Plains Forum (1820-1865), but he was not a creature of the Plains, so I thought I would post here. This is an interesting...
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    CVA Mountain Rifle

    I know there are several threads dealing with certain aspects of these critters, but I just got mine 5 days ago and I wanted to give a general report on how it is coming. I hope others will join in with their experiences/thoughts/dreams about these rifles as well. My first day of shooting was...
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    Mountain Rifle

    I will try this: I bought the barrel, lock, trigger, end cap, and sights. I made all the other furniture and the stock from scratch. I was trying to make a Southern Mountain Rifle, but I couldn't live without a roman nose buttstock, for whatever reason.
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