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    WITHDRAWN Phil Cravener Rifle unfired

    Phil live in Latrobe, PA. I knew him well and spent more than a few Saturdays setting in his shop watching him and his dad (Merle) working on custom pieces. He built a J P Beck style rifle with a 44" swamped barrel in 50cal, with a sliding wood patch bod, and a specially chosen tiger maple...
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    Slivovitz

    Don't dispose of the fruit. It absorbs some of the alcohol and eaten separately, used in deserts, etc. A bit of information about plums and similar stone fruit trees relates to a virus that affects the trees, and plum tree varieties in the United States. When the bark on trees is damaged, and...
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    First Shots from Original French 1777

    No one mentioned checking the bore to be certain it's straight and consistent internal dimensions all the way. Second, grooving from how it was charged and cleaned with a metal rammer, pitting and other irregularities may be present and those could affect accuracy. You might want to consider a...
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    How large were dimes in the 1830's - 1840's?

    I found one of the 1840 dimes in the attic under the floorboards of my house that was built in the 1790s. The condition was VF with a small amount of pitting and the strike was not as clean as later ones made from better dies. During the 1830's-40's the owner was involved in the riverboat...
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    Indian Muskets

    WOW!
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    Samson historic

    I'm not a lawyer. My opinion is: From what's been written, companies in the US who are having things made outside the US will very likely be required to prove they have an exclusive contract with the manufacturer to only make specified items for them, and not offer them to other vendors in the...
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    Indian Muskets

    Smoothies are shotguns, and with a large bore can throw a lot of lead, small chunks of rock, broken glass, rock-salt and other stuff. They can also take more than one caliber and the simultaneous use of several at the same time. At close quarters there are definite advantages to a big smooth...
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    Black powder vs Zombies

    My other half is Romanian, and if it's one group of people in the world that know how to use a pointed stick, it's Romanians. There are a few brainless zombies I can think of that driving a pointed stick in their brain won't work because they act and argue like they don't have one. No brain...
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    Coffee or Tea?

    I prefer Arabica beans and don't care much for the robusta ones. If you know **coffee**, then you know there is a difference and what it is. Turkish coffee, and Vietnamese coffee are two of my favorite caffeine delivery systems. Turkish requires finely ground beans to the point of being...
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    Indian Muskets

    It has to do with the logic linked to the idea Indian made muskets are bad, and your position that American made muskets are better. An Indian being offered an American arsenal made m1903 hearing that American arsenal made, proofed and issued weapons have a history of blowing up, could draw the...
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    Indian Muskets

    The US Military had problems with 1903 Springfield barrels blowing up, and that's with 1920-30's era metals and manufacturing processes. There were far more than one or two exploding barrels. If we follow your logic that exploding barrels are a threat, then no one should ever shoot a 1903...
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    Indian Muskets

    I have a French Napoleonic period Charleville manufactured musket with an off center bore. The barrel has proof marks indicating it was intended for issue and military use. If the bore is straight, the off-centeredness will affect the point of impact.....and only matters if the musket is aimed...
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    Indian Muskets

    The wrist area of Brown Bess musket stocks is weak, and more than a few Pedersoli's with European walnut stocks crack and break on muskets. The fact that has and does happen to BB muskets used for reenactments and the type of wood, suggests the problem is with how thin the wood in the area is...
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    Indian Muskets

    Yes there are people who will buy the cheapest item they can buy. That thinking helps keep Walmart in business. That said, there are people who like the idea that paying huge amounts of money for gold plated toilets, top dollar hand-made British sports cars (had some, the electronics made by...
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    Are the Military Heritage brown besses any good?

    People are going to buy what they can afford, or what the limits of their credit cards will tolerate. Unless people have unlimited funds to buy everything they want, and of the best possible quality, normal life requires making decisions on how important various purchases are to us, and whether...
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    Indian Muskets

    The lab ran a metallurgical analysis, and there was no mention of a chemical analysis of the powder residue. A chemical analysis could have identified the type of powder used, and that might have settled the matter beyond doubt in this case.
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    Cooked deer's head

    Then there's tanning your brain with beer from a can.....
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    Cooked deer's head

    The heart is almost entirely muscle, although it is denser than most other muscles in the body. Let the heart age a few days and it's good eating after slow roasting or baking.
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    camp boxs

    A wax finish on a wood surface is not very durable. When the temps are warm, wax rubs off and leaves the surface unprotected. Waxed surfaces, without a shellac, varnish or paint layer underneath aren't a problem indoors. For outdoor use, wax is not very good.
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    camp boxs

    Traditional stains don't seal the wood grain from absorbing moisture and all that implies. Paint provides a measure of protection for the wood by sealing it, and if desired, decorative. Wax will seal wood and additional layers of wax can be applied, although once waxed, getting paint to stick on...
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