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    Illinois 50 caliber questions

    And in 2023 the Illinois Department of Natural Resources began to allow straight walled center fire cartridges for deer hunting. Right hand, left hand
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    Illinois 50 caliber questions

    I think corporate legal doesn’t know how the poorly written law will be interpreted so they’re being overly cautious. The governor is threatening to send in the ISP to enforce the law and almost all sheriffs have said they are not going to enforce. It’s a standoff. I usually don’t buy any...
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    Hawken Worth

    You bring up probably the key point, he’s building traditional muzzleloaders for his heirs, but only those who can appreciate and respect his gift to them. That “value” is not measured in dollars. There are some very talented craftspeople on this forum who are building as their livelihood...
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    Thompson center inter changability

    I bought a .54 Renegade as my first firearm back in the 1970s. 1” across the flats, 26” long barrel. S/N 6866. At that time all Renegades had barrels that were 1” across the flats and 26” long. T/C Hawkins had barrels that were 15/16 across the flats and 28” long for .45 and .50. .54 Hawkins...
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    ?TC ID

    I know this is kinda of an old thread, but just to help- I bought a new .54 Renegade from the original Gander Mountain store in SE Wisconsin in 1973. SN was 6866. Unfortunately the Renegade was stolen from our home in 1988. The Renegade was the first firearm I ever bought so I remember it-...
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    If you have.....

    They don’t have T/C parts or T/C butt plates. I was in their shop a few weeks ago (they are 30 minutes from work) and bought a T/C stock. They are cutting the stock for their Hawken kit butt plate. I’ve ordered a Hawken conversion trigger guard from Track. The Hawken Shop sells a conversion...
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    If you have.....

    Pecatonica has butt plates also. They have a steel butt plate for the Hawken stock they sell that works with the T/C replacement stock. If you wanted a brass butt plate they will probably have something that is close to the shape of the steel one. They will cut the stock to your length of...
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    Cap popped, rifle didn't fire, until later

    And if you take it from your shoulder, point it downrange for about 5-10 minutes. I believe I first read that in the Dixie Gun Works "Book" in the late 70s.
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    Pre-CW civilian rifles

    Following up on Notchy Bob's and Brazosland's suggestions, what about an early US musket converted to percussion? We've had a 1816 pattern "rifled" musket in our family since the 1950s. The musket has a 1823 Harper's Ferry lock converted to percussion and was cut down at some point in it's...
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    Need a stock maker.

    I live near Pecatonica LRS and have been in their shop to buy stocks and parts. I’ll second Zonie’s comment that Dick Greensides knows his stuff and is very helpful. I have two stocks and part sets from Pecatonica. The wood is high quality and both are inletted well with enough wood left to do...
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    Mowrey Gun Works

    I think the narrow metal forend was an option. The one on my rifle is brass. And, flintsteel, Go Frogs! ‘79.
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    Mowrey Gun Works

    Griz44: No, my rifle does not have an adjustment for trigger pull weight. The pull as she is now is about 4 pounds. I just thought I’d post the photo since I know when my brother built to help date the change to the tumbler/sear. Is the cover or plate on your rifle relieved so the bushing sits...
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    58 vs 54?

    Here’s my .58 plains rifle, a late 1970s Mowrey:
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    Mowrey Gun Works

    Kinda reviving this as I finally took a photo of the lock work of my Mowrey. This is the lock work of the one in my earlier post that my brother built from a kit in the late 1970s.
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    Alternate Hawken options

    I read a page or so back the OP bought a rifle he hopes will meet his needs. However, since he has a couple of T/C Hawkens, what about just restocking one of them? The T/C parts are generally good solid parts and Pecatonica River makes an inletted replacement stock with more drop than the T/C...
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    .54 Caliber T/C Hawken Question

    I used to have a .54 Renegade, SN 6866. (Unfortunately it was “liberated” from our house one day while I was at work). It was very accurate with T/C Maxiballs. I’d take 58 Caliber’s offer.
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    Mowrey Gun Works

    I contacted Deer Creek in early Oct. They confirmed they still have parts.
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    Mowrey Gun Works

    Here’s the Mowrey Plains Rifle my brother built back in the late 1970s. 58 cal. He cold blued the barrel because he lived in an apartment at the time so he didn’t have the facilities to rust blue. The bluing has worn a bit in the last 40 years
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    Removing flesh/meat from a deer skull.

    A couple of years ago we found a 6pt buck on our property that had been hit by a car and made it as far as our trees. The skull still had some fur etc on it. I contacted the local natural history museum. The taxidermist there said to just put the skull only in a 5 gal pail and cover with water...
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    Mowrey kits

    Thanks Griz.
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