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    Care for a razor strop

    Back when I did CW reenacting for 20 years, I carried a straight razor and used it to shave. I also carried the razor strop. I've often wondered if there is some care required in the maintenance of the leather side, such as oil or some lubricant. Also, I have never learned what the linen side...
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    Flash, no bang

    Yesterday was a bit frustrating at the firing line. With aggravating frequency my pan would flash but no ignition of the powder charge. On a couple of occasions I resorted to pushing powder into the liner hole with my pick to make the charge ignite. The last time I went shooting was about 4...
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    Best method of working up a load

    My question is basically, "does anyone have some good advice on how to efficiently work up the best load for my rifle". Yes, I can always go out and shoot 200 rounds to hopefully find a good one, but, I'm sure there are some basics and rules of thumb which would speed up the process. For...
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    Lost patch

    Placed a patch on my rod to swab the barrel. When the rod was removed, there was no patch. I tried to snag it with my coiled type of patch remover. Cannot get it out. I'm sure this has happened to someone here before, so, give me some idea of the next thing to try. The patch was lubed with...
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    Correlation between accuracy and ball/patch

    I would like the opinion of your experience here. Is there any merit to having a ball/patch combination which is hard to start and ram, and accuracy? If I can start and ram my ball/patch with relative ease will accuracy suffer, or will a ball/patch combination which I must use a starter and...
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    Need some advice on ramrod channel

    In cleaning my rifle, some water must have found its way down my ramrod channel. The wood seemed to swell and my ramrod wouldn't go all the way back down. I let it set for a week so the swelling would go down. It didn't and I still cannot seat my ramrod - it seizes with about 3 inches of...
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    A flintlock hunting question

    I have a .44 over 65gn FF. A question for the BP hunting experienced: What is the approximate killing range for deer with the above load? I want a clean kill; assuming I place my shot correctly of course. Would 50 yards be about the outside limit? Never hunted with a flintlock and look...
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    Knapping a flint

    The time has come to sharpen my flint. Worn down, so I need to dress the edge. I don't want to just start a fresh a flint. Can anyone recommend a site I can go to for some instruction on how to knap a flint? I have searched YouTube, and what's there is more for arrowhead making mainly. Thanks
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    Moving my front sight

    My rifle seems to consistently shoot a little to the left: At 50 yards about 4 inches west of center, at 30 yards about 2 inches west of center. So, I need to shift the front sight a small amount to the left relative to the barrel. Before I embark on this adjustment, I would like some advice...
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    Loading problems on my flintlock

    I've shot cap and ball for 20+ years, no problem. So, I bought a .44 flintlock from TOTW. This is my first encounter with a patched ball. In the description, the builder recommended the use of a .433 ball with a .015 patch. Today was the first day I have had to take it out for shooting...
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    Greetings from a newbie

    Hello to the forum. Greetings for middle Georgia. I recently joined and have found a lot of good discussion on this board. I recently purchased a nice .44 flintlock from Track of the Wolf and figured I needed some knowledge on flintlocks. I'm no stranger to black powder having done Civil...
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