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    Hard lesson learned:loaning a BP rifle

    I'm a carpenter and I keep a ziploc baggie in my toolbox. When someone wants to borrow a tool, I say " sure, just drop your wallet in this bag". If they won't trust me with their wallet (just so they remember to bring the tool back) then I won't trust them with my tools. Most decide that they...
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    First proper session with my flintlock rifle

    My Pedersoli Frontier did exactly the same thing. I went ahead and filed the front sight slow and easy while I worked up aload for it. Still have a bit to file. I'm chicken to take itall the way I guess. After I had it filed down close, I read somewhere that you could leave the front site...
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    Finally, after 25+ years....

    I did the same thing to my Pedersoli Harpers Ferry and mine too went from sometime to dead reliable ignition. Got the advice off this wire. Good advice. Glad you're fully functional. Cheers.
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    Rev War style cartridge roll

    So, the wadding goes down on top of the ball after it's been seated to ensure that it won't leave before its time? That's something that I've never been quite clear on. Thanks.
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    Duelling pistol tales

    I don't know how it would work with Black powder, but a .45 Long Colt brass case with a wax bullet and just a primer (although with a drilled out primer hole) will put a pretty nasty dent in a cake pan @ 10 yds. I for one would not like to be shot with a wax bullet after seeing that. I'm...
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    New Walker

    Just thought I'd put in my 2 cents. Theirs a fairly simple fix for the loading lever dropping down, that dosn't compromise the look of the Walker. If you look at the spring, at the bottom, where it holds the lever, is a semi-circle of metal with the semi-circle facing the muzzle. By very...
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    Bending a Flint "Hammer"

    Hello again gentlemen, Well I got to the range on the weekend, and I'm tickled pink with the results of my little project. Before, it wouldn't ignite the pan powder at all. Now, it fires every single time. I put about 40 balls through it and not a single misfire. Thanks again for your help...
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    sanding the new Bess

    Here's just a small suggestion. I've never built a gun, but I've been a carpenter for 25 years or so and I have fit grips to my sixguns. If you put some masking tape on your brass pieces it'll work sort of as a warning system. When your file/sandpaper/whatever gets close to the brass, it'll...
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    Bending a Flint "Hammer"

    Thanks gentlemen, I appreciate your input. Ghost is right. The situation is a design flaw from the original guns. Since Pedersoli does an exact copy, the design flaw carries over to us. I did as suggested, (cut the front leg heated and bent and then brazed the front leg again). Just have...
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    Bending a Flint "Hammer"

    Hello gentlemen, I need your help. I have a Pedersoli Harpers Ferry replica flintlock pistol. I'm having a really hard time getting any sort of ignition let alone consistent. I use a good quality flint, but it won't even set off the pan powder. It seems to me that the geometry on the...
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    Head Count

    Hi, I'm Wildcat. I've been following the smoothbore forum for some time now and have gained a wealth of knowledge from it and I'm proud to say I have and shoot a smoothbore repro Bess. (a Pedersoli Bess carbine) It's so much fun, that even though I suck at accuracy with the smoothbore, I've...
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    Sling swivels on Bess Carbine

    Howdy boys, I seek your guidance. I've got a Brown Bess carbine from Pedersoli. I picked up a set of sling swivels for it since the carbines don't come with them. The one at the trigger guard is a no brainer, however I seem to remember reading somewhere that you need to mount the forward...
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