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    Greetings from the hills of the Highlands

    i own a mortimer 11 ga side by side shotgun made in 1850 in Scotland. shoots well.
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    Help me spend my money

    looks like you and I think alike. i shoot a stainless Ruger and a 36 Remington style
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    FOR SALE rifles

    Selling my collection of muzzleloaders. 2 Uberti Hawken 54cal, 1 Sharon 54 all percussion rifles . 2 TVA southern rifles 45 and 50. and 1 Whitworth.
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    Shopping for a finished Flintlock Rifle

    i'm in Utah. and i have decided after turning 80 years old to sale my gun collection. i have about a dozen muzzleloaders that i am gonna sale. flint and percussion. custom made and some factory made . all are of quality. 3 kit carson hawkin rifles all in 54 cal and some flinters, tva...
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    No More Thompson Center Guns

    for all you dislikes of thompson center rifles being called Hawkins, your right , there not a copy of a Hawkin rifle. Thompson copied closely to a rifle made in Chicago in the 1860's . It was called a Kellerman or Keller. They were made for competition shooting with conical bullets...
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    WANTED Sante Fe or Ithaca Hawken

    i have a santa fe i'll sale you . call Lew at 801-889-5055 i'm in Utah. i've known who used to own it. i'm the second owner. good shooter.
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    WANTED Sante Fe or Ithaca Hawken

    At the time, around the 70's i talked to the person in charge of producing the Ithaca. They copied Kit Carson's original. and your right about the bore.. They told me mine was one of the prototypes. I also have a Prototype of the handmade Uberti 53 cal. no markings on the gun except a pistol...
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    WANTED Sante Fe or Ithaca Hawken

    the prototype i bought in the 70's was 50 cal. i put a 58 cal. barrel on it to lighten it up. still shoot it. but, i have a uberti 53cal. and a santa fe 54 cal. and a sharon 54 cal. not much difference in all of them. They all copied the Kit Carson rifle. but the Sharon is a touch...
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    caps

    with all the news today about ufo's, do you think those aliens they could help us out with caps and powder ?
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    WANTED BP shotgun

    i bought a cva 12 ga. side by side kit. finished it . beautiful. i'm in utah call me 801-889-5055 lew
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    Knowledge on barrels made in the 1970s through 1990s

    the 50 cal. barrel was stamped "old maids dream" it was 50 inches long. we turned it into a langcaster. heavy , but a good shooter. we still have it.
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    I am a new member from SW Idaho.

    Aberdeen Idaho. mountain states supply. his name is Brian. he's who we use here in salt lake city. also contact me if you need gun work done. there's a man in Layton Utah that's excellent.
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    Knowledge on barrels made in the 1970s through 1990s

    had two of them, sold one called, "old maids dream". it was a 50cal. and 50 inches long. It made a hell of a Lancaster. the other one is a 47cal. that Bill had marked it (50 - .668 ) which meant it would shoot a score of 50 and the spread was about the size of your thumbnail. Built it into...
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    Age Range of BP shooters

    80 YEARS OLD. BEEN SHOOTING SINCE I WAS 15. BLACK POWDER SINCE 1975. STILL SHOOTING AND BUILDING THEM.
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    Whitworth

    I bought a Whitworth Parker Hale around 1980. very low serial number. I am thinking about selling it. Does anybody know what it's worth today ? I live in Utah.
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    Question on flintlocks

    signs of a good shooter, is having the balls to pull the trigger when your on site. period
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    New Flintlock Need FFFFg powder

    if your set on 4f, take some 3f or 2f and put a little at a time in a fine screen and grind it down to the size of 4f. if you screen out a can of 3f you'll find about 20% of your can is about 4f.
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    muzzleloading club in salt lake city, utah

    the Mountain Men of the Wasatch, A muzzleloading organization in the Salt Lake City, Utah area is alive and well. we shoot at a state run shooting facility twice a month. we also shoot black powder cartridge too. Our range is covered and we don't shoot with the modern guns. We are insured...
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