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  1. Kenneth Springs

    Greenwood Longrifles, Brazoria, TEXAS

    35TH ANNUAL TEXAS CHUNK GUN CHAMPIONSHIP CANCELLED!!! I've been agonizing over this call all day, but Marc and I decided to cancel the Chunk Gun State Championship this year. What finally was the deciding straw? We are getting old, I'm 68 and Marc is 62, and we are the young guys. Schools...
  2. Kenneth Springs

    Greenwood Longrifles, Brazoria, TEXAS

    The 35th Annual Texas Chunk Gun State Championship 2020 April 3, 4 & 5th at the Greenwood Gun Club, Brazoria, Texas Sponsored by the Greenwood Longrifles, An NMLRA Charter Club A Traditional Match for Traditional Rifles One shot per target is fired from the prone position with a rest @ 48 yds...
  3. Kenneth Springs

    Greenwood Longrifles, Brazoria, TEXAS

    March 7th Club Match Gate will open @7:30ish. Match setup and prep till 9AM. Bull Aggregate match- 25yd 6-bull with one sighter. 50yd 6-bul and a single (8-ring) bull five shots for score. 100-yard target 7-ring bull five shots for score. Longrifle’s Hunter’s Aggregate match - All shooters...
  4. Kenneth Springs

    Houston Tx area

    Sure, send me a valid email via the Greenwood Longrifles Facebook messenger and I will send you more information, Promise, no spam!
  5. Kenneth Springs

    Rust stopping oil

    It's really a ratio of pressure/time (explosion) to atmospheric/time. Not long, but residual gas can corrode. The Bore Butter mop works for me, I have a couple of rifles (Bench, Chunk) that are only really shot 3-4 days and then stored away for close to a year, I always dry patch and they are clean.
  6. Kenneth Springs

    Rust stopping oil

    For my ML that are in monthly rotation, off- hand Schuetzen, Pedersoli Flintlock, and Tradition's Trapper pistol, I finish off my cleaning with a Bore Butter saturated mop. Bend the tip over so you don't scratch anything.
  7. Kenneth Springs

    Rust stopping oil

    I had an interesting discussion once with a PhD Inorganic Chemist about gases being imbibed into solid steel. His answer that "everything" is porous if the pressure high enough. I asked him if exploding black powder gasses could be forced into a black powder barrel. "Yes, of course". Just like...
  8. Kenneth Springs

    Rust stopping oil

    I was taught 30+ years ago that you need to neutralize the fouling after the shot. Think about it, Sulfur and Potassium Nitrate burn (oxidize) to Sulfuric and Nitric acids. Windex with Ammonia will clean and neutralize the acids. I clean by pumping about 5-6 squirts of solution and force it thru...
  9. Kenneth Springs

    Heavy Bench Gun information

    Several questions: Does anyone still have heavy bench ML competition? Habe you heard of Jack Weichold or Dick James?
  10. Kenneth Springs

    Houston Tx area

    Howdy, I'm Ken Springs, the Black Powder Director for Greenwood Gun Club. We are Greenwood Longrifles and have a facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GreenwoodLongrifles . We hold monthly matches on the first Saturday of the month, except for July and September. Check us out.
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