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    The Tenuous Future of Living History

    A country that ignores or alters it's history will not long be a country.
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    Any other crazy kids out there?

    Late 80's Camp Perry Ohio at the high power rifle nationals every morning at 8am they fired a 105 field gun and raised the flag. One morning they fired the gun and a 2X4 went down range several hundred yards. During the night some smart azz put it in the barrel as a joke I guess. Luckily no...
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    Need help with 1858 Enfield clone.

    I have an 1858 and a 1853. The 53 is an Indian smooth bore, the 58 is rifled. I'm just a plinker and I shoot PRB.s in both. Never have been able to have good luck with the minies.
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    Found a rifle in the mail!

    Stepdad was a cpo in the navy and crewed WV2's which were the naval version of the EC121 Flew out of Barbers Point in the 50's.
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    1860 colt day

    My entire family lives in the eastern U S and I'm not one to ask others to load my guns for me.
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    1860 colt day

    Took the colt out today and put 18 rounds through it. Found it very difficult to load with my arthritic sore and somewhat unresponsive fingers. The grip is also really weird feeling. Right hand can't safely feel the trigger and the left hand the trigger feels really stiff. No win either...
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Muley Gil It's a Euroarms
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    Committee of Safety Flintlock Musket? Please help...

    Not being familiar with the term, what does committee of safety actually mean as far as guns go?
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    Anyone here own exclusively muzzle loading firearms?

    Into the ground? He's lucky he met you and not me.
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Yesterday went to the club shoot held on the second Saturday of the month. Took my little used 3 band Enfield and shot prb's in it. At 50 yards it held black for me it I did my part. It did not like minie balls at all. Also took my 62-20 smoothbore flinter and shot it several times with...
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    Flintlock coyotes?

    Those that write game laws are probably administrative that sit in an office all their lives and like to control people.
  12. M

    Love This Gun

    Yuma Az, closest I've found is just south of Flagstaff.
  13. M

    Love This Gun

    I've had a Crockett for about four years now, I wish I was in better shape and didn't have to drive 180 miles to hunt squirrels.
  14. M

    Ramrods, Hunting, other than wood ....

    I have found that wood rods will break and metal rods will bend. Nothing is perfect and care must be used with both,
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    Ever let one go That you Should have Kept? (p1853 Enfield)

    No, no muzzle loaders, but a bunch of unmentionables over the years.
  16. M

    I may be onto something here!

    Britsmoothy could be the British version of Robert Ruark bird hunting in Britain.
  17. M

    New guy from Yuma, AZ

    I did attend the shoot Saturday. I do when I'm able. Pm me if you want.
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    Custom Relic Wood Boxes - What do you Use to Store your BP supplies?

    I tend to wreck anything that looks good so I just use the military metal ammo boxes.
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