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    Rookie with first questions

    I'm working on a York kit from Chambers (RK-2). I've chopped out the rounded corners at the breech end of the barrel inletting and brought the barrel as far back as the kit's original inletting will allow. That seems to leave it too far forward for two reasons: - it leaves about 3/16" of space...
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    Sight Adjustment

    Way back when, Zonie gave the math on figuring out how much front sight to remove to raise the point of impact by a specified amount. I don't see it in the "how to" articles and I'm rolling critical failures in my attempts to find it with a search. Anyone have a link to where it is? Or, failing...
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    Half-cock is not a safety

    I had my flintlock all loaded up, primed, and ready to fire when the range officer called for a cease fire. I got his attention and let him know I was hot and asked for the go-ahead to fire the shot. With his nod of approval, I pulled the set trigger and then the main. Nothing happened. So I...
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    Chambers' Silver / Virgina Rifle Kit

    I'm thinking of taking the plunge and doing my first kit build. Chambers's kits come highly recommended but at least one of his kits had some problems: Read About it Here Now, if a body knows what he is doing he can overcome these kinds of things, but I'm not sure I want to wrestle with them...
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    June 10 - 16: Santa Fe Trail Rendezvous

    Santa Fe Trail Rendezvous in Raton, New Mexico. More info at this link: http://cap-n-ball.com/raton/index.htm .
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    That crescent shaped buttstock

    Every once in a while we hash & rehash the "why did they use that crescent shaped design like we see on the typical Hawken-style rifle?" Well, yesterday's random-thought-while-guncleaning was, "I wonder if they used them for the same reason they put them on the Franken-rifles used in biathlon...
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    Game (dove) bag

    Maybe it belongs in the hunting section, but I'll put it here... I find myself in need of some sort of bag or pouch for carrying doves. My haversack will only hold four or so, so not big enough. I'm looking for something with a little more gusset in it. I'm not up to making one myself...
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    ML Shooting improves marksmanship

    Forgive me brothers and sisters, for I have sinned.... Well, not actually, but feeling a little guilty about the lack of use I've been giving my CF rifles of late, and to justify keeping them around, I've been hauling them out to the range for a little shooting lately. Though not surprised, I...
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    Nitpick these guns?

    I'm not in the market for another gun right now, but I still find myself browsing Track's site to see what is available. I figure if nothing else I'm getting ideas for that gun I'll get around to putting together myself one of these days. Anyway.... spotted two that look like "okay" deals and...
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    Source for alcohol-based stains

    Zonie and others have lauded the merits of alcohol-based wood stains, leading me to want to try them on refinishing a stock. But there is none to be found in this one-horse dorp. Anyone know of a source for alcohol-based stains via phone / mail / internet order? Have a favorite brand or vendor...
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    Cartridge brass as powder measures

    Don't have a pistol stand, don't have a flask with measured spout, so I had to improvise while on the range today. Putting the revolver down, measuring the powder, picking the revolver up and pouring powder into the chamber, etc, was not going to work. So, I picked up six 9mm cases and used...
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    First C&B -- what else do I need?

    Got an Uberti 1851 Navy in .36 coming via USPS next week. It will be my first percussion gun so I don't have any of the other gadgets that I might need to go with it. Looking for some suggestions. Can you use a capper on those pistols? Or is the space so small you have to put the caps on by...
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    One of those days!

    Everything went right! Had me looking over my shoulder wondering what I had forgotten or overlooked :grin: Broke the front sight on my .54 Early Lancaster a few months back (trying to straighten a bend out of it). No biggie... wasn't extremely attached to the old sight anyway. A little...
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    Double cavity bullet molds

    I didn't have a choice with my .40, (single cavity only for some reason) but looking at getting a bullet mold for my .54 and noticed that Lee offers the .530 mold in single and double cavity. Any disadvantages to the double cavity variety?
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    Pilgrim's Journey: Volume 2

    Just got an advertising card from Scurlock Publishing announcing the 17 July 2006 release of volume 2 of Mark Baker's book, A Pilgrim's Journey. If you have a signed and numbered hardcover edition of the 1st volume, you can get a signed copy of the 2nd volume with a matching number if you...
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    Stripping a stock

    Over on another thread, a member suggested stripping and refinishing the stock as part of giving a production gun an "antiqued" look. What stripper / refinisher would you guys recommend for doing that job? Different case... I have a stock that feels greasy... probably has a few decades of gun...
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    Zonie, tell us about SoBell

    Over in the "Name of Your Rifle" thread, Zonie posted this pic: Fine looking rifles all, but I really admire SoBell. Zonie, would you tell us a little more about that gun? What 'school' does she represent? What's she made of? Have any more pics of her you would share with us?
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    Looking for a turnscrew

    Can't find the style I want on the websites of Track or Log Cabin... anybody know where I can get a turnscrew similar in design to the ones shown as item #5 and #6 on page 264 of Neumann's Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution? Roy -- are those things in your repertoire?
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    Tallow holes on stocks

    Rather than sidetrack the "Purpose of Patchbox" thread, I'll ask here: Anybody actually using those depressions in the butt to hold patch lube? Not talking about the boxes with lids, but the things called "holes." If so, do you have problems with the lube migrating to your hands, clothes, etc...
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    AZ - Rendezvous in April & May

    "Joe Walker" rendezvous, 21 - 23 April, Fair Oaks Road, NW of Prescott, AZ; sponsored by the Powderhorn Clan. Contact "Yellowfeet" at 602-431-0687. "Bill Williams" rendezvous, 26 - 29 May, Williams, AZ. Contact Richard Norwich at 928-526-3318.
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