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    Prison Birds

    I had a quick hunt yesterday. I had an opportunity to hunt a piece of private land that happens to be adjacent to a minimum security prison. The birds roost there but can be tough to call over sometimes. Yesterday, I tried a different tactic. I gave them a few good calls, got some gobbles back...
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    Pedersoli Upgrades?

    I have a Pedersoli trade gun that I listed for sale here but hasn't got any acceptable offers. So I decided to hang on to it and play with it a bit more. Among the things I've considered doing is upgrading the lock. I had read somewhere here that TOTW has a drop-in replacement that should...
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    Coastal Blacktail

    I filled my late season tag on Monday. I was about 5 miles back, hunting solo in a damp coastal canyon. There were numerous mishaps & unexpected events on the way in that all conspired to keep me out of my usual camping & hunting spot. So I bushwhacked my way to a backup location that had never...
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    Stock from scratch?

    I have a traditions woodsman that I like. It’s nothing fancy but it works reliably & is very accurate. It came with newer fiber sights, which I appreciate more and more as I age. It’s also short and that works out very well in the dense jungle-like forest that I pack in to hunt most years...
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    Cleaning with removable chokes

    What’s the best way to clean a shotgun bore with removable chokes? Cleaning with them in means the jag has a really hard time getting past the constriction. Do-able with IC but certainly not full. Removing the chokes and then cleaning has the patches getting caught on the threads on the way...
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    CLOSED Delete

    Here's a nice setup for somebody that wants to hunt. I bought this gun brand new from Dixie Gun Works about a year or two ago and have given it a little bit of use. The bore is clean. The lock sparks very well. I made a removable rear ghost ring sight that puts me spot-on at 50 yards. I cut...
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    Big deer and the .45 in hardcast

    I'm looking for some experience on .45 roundball that is hardcast and used on bigger critters than your average whitetail. Bottom line, I like Kibler's SMR but .45 is as big as it gets. Out here, 1 year-old mulie bucks run about 150 lb on the hoof and the mature bucks can easily push past 200...
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    Lock Upgrades on Pedersolis

    I have a couple of Pedersoli guns -- one trade gun and one Kentucky. While it took some fiddling to figure out how to get consistent ignition, it's a rare day that I see it be as fast as many people have shown on different online videos of Kiblers & such. Both spark very well and I figured out...
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    SOLD ITX .487 roundball

    I bought these a few years ago but ended up doing my own casting with bismuth alloy. So I don’t need these anymore. Lead free for those who need it. They are VERY hard. I dug up a couple & you can barely tell that they had been shot. Likely, they’d blow through anything they hit. Very accurate...
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    Limits of Hard Cast Roundball when hunting

    Here in CA, we have to use lead-free projectiles when hunting. This includes in traditional muzzleloaders. I've heard it all so leave your criticisms of CA aside for this post -- warranted or not. Bismuth alloy is just a hard roundball. They shoot and behave like hard cast lead where it's...
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    Shoulder Tension

    Okay, with my equipment running better, I'm turning my attention to the goofball behind the gun. I've only been playing around with flintlocks for about a year so I'm still rather new. I dare not hunt big game with them yet since my accuracy is only so-so. In my recent test of ignition time...
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    Percussion 20 ga?

    Are there any production-made percussion 20 gauges? Seen plenty of flintlocks in 20 ga/.62 cal. But all the percussion guns are 12 and 10 ga. No 20s?
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    Sparks not hitting the center of the pan

    On my Pedersoli flintlocks, the sparks aren’t always hitting the center of the pan. From what I can tell from slow motion videos taken with my phone, the sparks initially hit on the front edge of the pan or just in front of it. Some of the clips look like the sparks are hitting just in front of...
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    First Flintlock Tom

    On Friday, I was able to get out to a property that I had hunted last year. Last year, my buddy took a shot at a bird on this property and missed (CF). I took my shot & failed to get ignition in the pan (lesson learned -- fresh flints for hunting). I re-cocked and aimed again, only to have my...
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    FOR SALE TC PA Hunter .50 Smoothbore *SOLD*

    **SOLD** I purchased this gun about 2 years ago on this forum. The Green mountain smoothbore barrel was new at the time and has been well cared for since -- never once even waiting 1 night before cleaning thoroughly. I'll see if I can get a bore light soon for a better look there. There are...
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    First Javelina

    This was my first javelina hunt. A buddy, also from CA, invited me to go with him this year after getting completely skunked last year. We started by glassing the washes from higher points in the landscape. I was getting concerned about not seeing any prickly pear where we were but tried to...
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    Darkening/Dulling Brass

    I've got a Pedersoli Kentucky rifle that I'll be taking out for javelina soon. It has a lot of brass on it -- nose cap, ramrod thimbles, entry pipe & trigger guard. It's purdy but I prefer to not have something that reflective. What's the best way to take the shine off the brass? I'd prefer...
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    TC PA Hunter Shotgun Barrel?

    I have a TC PA hunter with a .50 smooth barrel that I bought on this forum. It's a good gun that shoots well -- as good as any of my rifles, in fact. But I'd like to get a separate smoothbore that would be more appropriate to use as a single-barrel shotgun for wing shooting. If I can locate...
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    Javelina Hide?

    I'm planning to head out to AZ next month for some javelina. I'm trying to figure out if there is anything creative and fun that I can do with the hide. Assuming we got one or two, I'd likely send it off to be tanned, hair on or off, by a tannery. Has anybody made use of a javie hide...
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    Woods Walk Course Design

    I'm setting up a small woods walk course on my property to use in the off-season. By small, I mean I'll setup about a dozen targets this year and maybe another 10 next year. I've got steel targets ranging from about 2" up to 10". There are plenty of hills, large stumps, etc. to use as safe...
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