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  1. Oldbear63

    How do you prime?

    This is a very basic question. When shooting a flintlock rifle, at the range or on a hunt, how do you prefer to prime? From your main horn or flask (yes, I know that is dangerous)? From a small priming flask? From a priming do-hicky that discharges 4 grains (is that enough or do you have to...
  2. Oldbear63

    Finally hit paper!

    I made a derringer kit last year. When I took it to a shoot and tried to hit paper with it I couldn't even get it on the target frame. This Sunday I tried again, sneeking up closer and closer until I finally found a hole on paper, but all I could manage was a wide shotgun pattern at about 15...
  3. Oldbear63

    Tips and advice

    I have successfully made several pistol and rifle kits, but not recently and my new kit has a few new twists. I just received an Investarm Gemmer Hawkin .50 flintlock kit. The stock is an unusual wood with quite a bit of figure, but should turn out OK (I am experienced with wood). The hardware...
  4. Oldbear63

    Which Rifle?

    I have had a hankerin for a flinter for a long while. Budget has been an issue, as well as time. So how about a thread? I love kits, especially those with most of the inletting done (I don't have time to learn to inlet a barrel and lock). I love the ease of take-down of my CVA with lugs...
  5. Oldbear63

    Derringer's first powder

    Apparently I am addicted to building pistol kits, my derringer kit was my fourth. The kit (mine was from Deer Creek) was easy to assemble. I did polish the sear (please don't remove the main spring!) but everything else was mostly stock work, metal polishing and assembly. If anyone wants to...
  6. Oldbear63

    Has anyone else made or bought an 1803 Harpers Ferry?

    I would love to know impressions or experiences with either any of the kits for an 1803 or opinions about the kits (in general) or suggestions for someone interested in one.
  7. Oldbear63

    Pounding tight balls down?

    This should be a very well covered topic but it didn't easily come up on a search. What is the experience (opinion or tested and supported with actual evidence) on patched balls that easily start and ram down vs those that need a hammer to start and must be shoved or pounded down with some...
  8. Oldbear63

    Bore Butter?

    I like the concept of Bore Butter and I have generally had good luck using it as a patch lube. Today, after a shoot I found my later cleaning patches coming out dirty grey-brown. Not rust, but lots of residual stuff and I went through about 20-30 patches, all coming up suspicious. Even...
  9. Oldbear63

    Plugging and reboring a horn?

    I have a small and inexpensive powder horn that came with a badly drilled plug hole that I want to re-center. I tried plugging the hole with a hardwood dowell and redrilling, but the dowell is softer than the horn and the drill drifts back to the original hole with little correction. I could...
  10. Oldbear63

    What is this lube?

    I have been using a re-bottled water based lube for my range shooting and cleaning that has worked well, but now I don't recall what the brand is. Can anyone guess as to what this is?
  11. Oldbear63

    Too light trigger

    I have a 50 cal CVA precussion that shoots well, but it has a double set trigger that is too light. The set screw is out as far as possible, it shoots light with the set screw completely out. I pulled off the trigger and looked at the mechanism and it appears to be a bit over my head. I am...
  12. Oldbear63

    Decisions, decisions....

    I have a .50 CVA percussion rifle (from a kit) but I want a flinter, preferably something I can at least assemble myself. I do like the lines and history of the 1803 Harpers Ferry and may yet build one of the kits on the market. I like the idea of keys instead of pins for easier take-down and...
  13. Oldbear63

    Is this blasphemous?

    I want to make a flinter rifle. One that catches my eye is the Harpers Ferry 1803, which is a half stocked walnut in 54 cal. I usually shoot .50 and wonder how sacrilegious (or even possible) it would be to get a barrel for this made in .50 in stead of .54. This would make it easier and...
  14. Oldbear63

    Olive oil?

    I did briefly search this forum for mentions of olive oil. It does show up as a component of many people's lubes and treatments and probably was a common lube historically (where available). What are your experiences with olive oil? Is it corrosive? Protective? Too liquid? Goes rancid too...
  15. Oldbear63

    Favorite wall display mount?

    When you wish to hang or display a firearm, what is your favorite manner of wall-hanging? I am especially thinking of a pistol, but I would also like to know how others hang a rifle.
  16. Oldbear63

    Removing drum

    This may be a well discussed topic (perhps I am lazy?): I am working on a kit percussion pistol. The barrel was slightly misaligned to the lock in the pre-inlet stock. When I fitted the barrel to the lock I end up with the nipple slightly misaligned with the hammer. I am willing to forgo my...
  17. Oldbear63

    Patched iron balls?

    With the growing prohibitions on lead bullets for shooting game there may come a day when we may have to rely completely on substitutes for our sport. What are the consequences of shooting with well patched iron balls? Will the patch (or sabot) prevent all barrel wear and will the harder iron...
  18. Oldbear63

    Spring Clamp?

    Today I foolishly disassembled a "Deringer" percussion lock, attempting to get it to fire and fire smoothly (from a Traditions kit). Now I need to know how to make or get a spring clamp. This lock has a coil spring that I need to compress reliably. Any advice or hints?
  19. Oldbear63

    Images of kit Deringer?

    Has anyone built a Deringer (or Derringer) kit, like the one from Traditions? I was wondering if anyone made any changes or modifications to the basic stock or how they finished it. Most of the images I have seen were just sanded and finished.
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