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    2024 Turkey Hunting

    Ha, our season opens May 3rd.
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    2024 Turkey Hunting

    I'll be taking my TVM poor boy 20 gauge turkey hunting again this year, but only on the days when it's forecast to be rain free. On rainy days, I'll have one of my unmentionables.
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    Regrets with L and R lock for Traditions?

    And who cares if she does. As long as you aren't robbing Peter to pay Paul, the wife should keep her mouth shut. You think she's going to ask your permission to spend whatever $ amount she wants on what makes her happy? Do it anyway.
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    Regrets with L and R lock for Traditions?

    I have an L&R on my smoothbore. The fit of the frizzen was very loose. I had to squeeze the lock in a press where the frizzen screw resides, to put some tension on the frizzen. It sparks well now but before the flint would just knock the frizzen open, producing hardly any sparks. I couldnt get...
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    Best barrel twist for .54 Caliber

    My TVM Lancaster has a 1 in 60 ish twist rate. It's very accurate and is meant for roundballs. Get a 1 in 48 twist if you'll be shooting balls or conicals. Slow twist rates aren't good for conicals from what I'm aware of.b
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    Pawn Stars

    Supposedly the one "gun expert" they had appraising firearms, has a dubious reputation and is a known a hole in the community. At least that's what I've heard.
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    Who can relate

    I thought I was the only one with a cluttered work area. I'm usually pretty neatly organized, but when I'm in the middle of working on a project, it's clutter city until the project is completed. My current matchlock build, is all over the work room. You should see my garage right now. I'm...
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    Thanks USPS

    Our local post office is notorious for losing or damaging items. Complaints go unanswered. I never use the USPS. Whenever I order something online, I expressly tell them in the instruction block DO NOT SEND VIA USPS OR IT WILL BE SENT BACK UNACCEPTED. I gladly pay more to use another carrier...
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    Mike Beliveau injured in fall, doing OK.

    I recall he had a shoulder issue several years ago. That's a shame it's happened again. Hope he gets well soon. I saw him at Dixons gun fair a while ago. Wanted to talk to him but he had a nice crowd around him so I didn't get the chance.
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    First time buyer / cracked stocks.

    And following how things were done 200 years ago and it cracked as a result, that's following doctrine to me. Just because they did it that way doesn't mean it can't fail
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    First time buyer / cracked stocks.

    The area just behind the lock, where the trigger hand goes is usually very thin, and many builders fall for the " get it as thin as possible" doctrine, leading to weakness in that area, and subsequent cracking.
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    Can’t find a rifle!

    I'd say purchase a kit and build your own. So many people go the "have someone else" build it, then they complain about the backlog. Building isn't that challenging. You can go at your own pace, and best of all, your gun is first in line.
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    My Mail Lady.....

    Hey mail lady, don't like the heavy packages, then go work at Waffle house. I couldn't care less what the mail people think about packages I get. With today's USPS, consider yourself lucky you even get letters and packages. They've lost or damaged many items I've gotten over the years.
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    What to do with worn out flints?

    I chuck them in the weeds. Not worth the trouble to attempt to knap or resharpen or whatever. Toss and move on.
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    Flintlock muzzleloaders will rule again

    I've read a book about an EMP attack. It was fiction but probably mirrored what will really happen in the aftermath. I feel that for those who do not know how to make their own gunpowder, ammunition, etc, all will be lost once the ammo runs out. I do not plan to be one of those people.
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    Where to obtain flat spring steel?

    Update. I worked on the part this evening and got it at least partially fitted to the lock. Surprisingly, the part has enough springboard to it the way it sits to return the sear bar and serpentine back to the up position. Wondering now whether it even requires hardening. It seems to work. Thoughts?
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    Where to obtain flat spring steel?

    After reading this and other threads, I think I'm going to use the part that came with the kit, and try to harden it to use as the spring. As was mentioned, I only need the serpentine to return to the out of the way position when I let go of the trigger lever. I'm not making a mainspring as for...
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    Need to make a part into a spring, procedure?

    On another thread I started, I showed the progress on my matchlocks lock. At this time, I will need a flat spring to return the serpentine(cock), back into battery after firing. The kit included a part (see picture), that I'm positive is to be said spring. My dilemma is, in its current form it...
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    Matchlock lock coming along.

    Well, I'll look into that. If it's too much of a chore, I'll be replacing that part with a ready made spring.
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    Matchlock lock coming along.

    Thanks. I'm flying partially blind on this lock as, A I've never built a matchlock before, and B. Some of what's included in the kit are useless items. They included what appears to be a flat spring which from my research is what puts tension on the lever that returns the cock to battery...
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