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    Welcome To Friendship Indiana!

    Hey all :hatsoff: What they said at the end was true, we need more young ones in this. My son, niece and two nephews are getting there, but hopefully there are more. We haven't made it to Friendship yet (work-family-money etc.), but we're still trying. Also saw Panther - Roger T. between the...
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    Bulk Powder & Cap purchase?

    Hey Fort Greenville, :hatsoff: My bro-in-law and I have had dealings with: Powder Inc. http://www.powderinc.com/index.html which is out of Clarksville Arkansas. Pretty good to deal with. They have Goex, Kix, Swiss, etc. I didn't see any caps listed on the website though. I always try to buy...
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    patches for a gpr

    Hey two-bellys :hatsoff: , I've had a Great Plains capper for 8-10 years :confused: . It seems to like .015 ox-yoke patches with bore butter. That is if I use .490 Hornandy brand balls or the local muzzleloading store's off brand balls. If I mold my own from my Lee molds (.490) the .015...
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    Piqua Heritage Days

    Hey Snake-eyes, :hatsoff: There is all sorts of walk in traffic. Most of the people come out to check out the craft tents (which there many of) and good eating put out by some of the local churches and clubs. There are also many craft demonstrations like wood carving, the making of apple...
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    Piqua Heritage Days

    Hey All!! :hatsoff: It's that time of year again,and Piqua Ohio is gearing up for the Annual Piqua Heritage Festival. It will be the 25th Annual Piqua Heritage Ohio Wilderness Encampment held on Labor Day weekend on September 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. It will be held at the Johnston Farm/Piqua...
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    Ram Rod finishing

    I've got a Great Plains Rifle that is about 10 years old give or take. Still have the orginal ramrod. I read somewhere to soak it in Tandys Neetsfoot oil. I cut a piece of cpvc 1/2" about 2" shorter that the rod so I can get it out easy and capped it. Then I filled it partway with the...
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    rifle for a 9 year old

    Hey Jax1-2, :hatsoff: I know you were hunting a small cailber, but you might look for a CVA Youth Model 50cal. I'm pretty sure they don't make it any more, but one of these guys on the forum might have an idea where you might get one. I bought one for my 10 year old about a year ago on...
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    Traditions Crockett ramrod

    Hey Mike, :hatsoff: I bought one of Log Cabin's brass rods for my wifes Crockett back in the spring. Once the end of the rod goes into the wood of the stock it is really tight. But it goes down the barrel smooth as silk. The wood ramrod that came with it fits loose in the thimbles, but is...
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    "Pile Driving" (bouncing) the ramrod on a PRB?

    Hey all! :hatsoff: My bro-in-law and I go to our local rondyvoo and try to have a good time at out shoot. You wait your turn to shoot, and meanwhile you observe others doing their thing. I've seen some with starters and some not. I've even seen seen some of the hammer tappers. And you...
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    shooting boxes

    Hey Silverfox and all, :hatsoff: I'm kind of like some of the others. You got some good variations of boxes. Don't give up - just adjust. Like one of those Clint Eastwood things - "Adapt and Overcome". I've been thinking about some boxes too (you get laid off and all sorts of ideas start...
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    Carrying Pre-Lubed Patches

    Hey wirehairman, :hatsoff: I used a ziploc bag at first too. While talking to the place I bought my GP, I asked for an idea for holding lubed patches and he suggested a tin he had that was about 1 1/4 inches in dia. and about 1 1/2 deep. It holds 60-70 buttered patches. I use borebutter so...
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    Living history show ...Ohio

    Hey ghost, :hatsoff: Just a question, aren't they having the fair in Xenia this spring?? I couldn't go in the fall, and they quit having the one in Springfield. They just keep getting farther away! Also my main rondevoo - The Piqua Heritage Festival - seems like the traders are thinning...
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    Replacement Traditions ramrod

    Hey Ky Man, :hatsoff: I've got a Great Plains 50 cal. capper that I bought new and is about 10 years old. Its had an easy 200-300 rounds a year, but while I've replaced the nipple several times, it still has the original ramrod. It does tick my bro-in-law off as he has broken 7-8 ramrods in...
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    Please Help Me Before I lose My Mind!

    Hey Ziggy! :hatsoff: I agree with Brownbear. My wifes 32 Crocket works good with .310 store bought and .311 Lee mold homemade balls. We've been using .015 borebuttered patches with about 20-25 grain of 3f Goex powder. My wifes first shot on this Crocket (first muzzleloader she ever...
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    Elephant black powder

    Hey Rowdy, :hatsoff: My bro-in-law and I started out with Elephant 2f and 3f. My shooting has been with a 50 cal Great Plains caplock, and his has been with an assortment of caplocks and flintlocks. Other than some fouling it shot fine. We've used Dragon?(chinese brand) powder - we were...
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    Minimum powder charge in a .50 cal rifle?

    Hey George C, :hatsoff: I picked up my 10 year old son a 50 cal CVA Youth Muzzleloader Caplock on Gunbroker last year about this time. It's a short little gun, 40 inches maybe? with a shock absorbing butt plate. So far I've had him loading a .490 ball with a .010 patch (it has a really tight...
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    Hunters Education Class and Muzzleloaders

    Hey Swamp Rat, :hatsoff: Nah, I didn't think at the time about giving the website, but I wish I would have. My brother-in-law has to take his daughter to the next Hunters ed class and says his flintlock fowler will definately be there. He said when he took his son last year it was pretty much...
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    Hunters Education Class and Muzzleloaders

    Hey All! :hatsoff: Just food for thought, and maybe some of you have run into this yourselves. I recently took my ten year old son to take a Ohio State Hunters Education Class at my local fish and game club. Now I have to admit it wasn't my idea of a good time and my son is a bit shy around...
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    Poacher on the farm I lease...

    Hey roundball, :hatsoff: Around here the problem with our patch of woods hasn't been poachers, but just the hunters not getting permission from we the land owners. I've had three this year and a couple last year that just walk in like they own the place. While the old ones seem to think the...
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    metal finish on gpr's rust easy??

    Hey all, :hatsoff: My Great Plains capper has had bore butter pretty much all its time with me. I tried some Leigh valley the bro-in-law gave me, but went back to the bore butter because I thought it loaded easier with the butter. I use butter to lube inside and outside. So for in approx...
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