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    Spanish 28ga

    I had one of those that Dixie sold in the mid sixties.I shot it a lot with both shot and ball.I used 40 gr 3f for ball and shot iirc and the little gun worked fine.I killed a few squirrels and lots of beer cans with it.
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    TC New Englander shotgun

    IME #6 shot works well in most ML shotguns .In my 12 ga I use 75 gr 2f,A felt overshot wad cut out of old hats from the goodwill store and lubed with bore butter,1 1\2 oz of whatever size shot you are using and a thin( 1\8" or so) cardboard overshot wad smeared with a little bore butter. That...
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    Old ML shooters in early TV programs

    If you have ever watched "birth of a nation" those immediate post civil war Klan guys all have trapdoors too.
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    Dixie Gun Works Inc.

    I have been dealing with Dixie since the late 60s.I went up there to the store in I believe 1980,I was going through Tenn anyway.I bought one of their then new Tennessee rifles,I think they were 195 dollars then!I remember they had a big wood barrel filled with the remaining dixie belgian...
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    V-notch or square

    At 66 the square notch works much better for me.
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    Tools in shot pouch

    I use a seperate bag and horn for each rifle.The vent pick and pan brush are hung off the bag strap,patch knife sheath is on the bag strap.Spine of the patch knife blade works to touch up a dull flint.Starter is mounted on the back of the bag.Measure is hung on the horn.I keep spare flints in...
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    Russ Hamm lock anyone?

    IME Russ Hamms percussion locks worked Ok.His early flintlocks were troublesome,but he improved them considerably later.I dont remember that he was the feller that was selling the radioactive material for resoling frizzens.That was around the early 80s.I remember reading about it in the...
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    First Flintlock?

    Jimmy 82 I reckon you are thinking of Getz barrels.They were first class,but I havent seen one in years.
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    Patches burnt through...but

    Main function of the slow twist rate in a RB rifle is to enable you to use a larger charge without "stripping" the ball in the rifling.At moderate to light charge levels 1-48 works very well.
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    Looking for my next flintlock, (something lighter)

    The "rangerized" Brown Bess with the barrel cut to about 30" is quite light.Mine weighs about 7 lbs.Otherwise you might think about a rifle of around 36 caliber with a 40X 3\4" across the flats barrel and a very slim stock.Sympathy on the rotator cuff injury.Painful and slow to heal.
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    Patches burnt through...but

    Patches burning through are IME unlikely to improve accuracy.How much powder were you using? Reason I am asking is I once had a similar experience with a 50 cal flint rifle.I had forgotten my patch material and only had enough for a couple of shots.I switched to cotton cleaning patches and...
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    flintlock prices

    Dixie gun works southern mountain rifle is a decent piece as production rifles go.I have had mine since 1979 with no problems. If that is out of your price range try the Lyman flint GPR . Below that I guess there is traditions.
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    Logic and homemade cannons

    I built a cannon a few years back from a piece of 3 1\2" OD 1018.It is a one pounder,uses a 1 3\4" ball.The barrel is machined from solid,only thing welded on are the trunnions.I have fired it many times and always use a fuse and get behind the truck.Reason for that is that any cold drawn steel...
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    Percussion cap availability

    All I have been seeing around here are CCI at around 8 dollars per hundred.Used correctly your ML can get you an AK in an emergency .
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    Hello!

    I am a 66 year old Florida native.NRA life member.I have been shooting muzzleloaders for well over 50 years.I shoot both flint and percussion, rifled and smoothbore.I like doing all kinds of metal work and enjoy making a lot of my own equipment,bags,horns,knives etc.I shoot black powder and...
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