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    A Southern Plains Sheath & Scalper

    Well Doggies, that is one smart looking outfit.
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    Old Guys vs Young Guys

    Well doggies, that young feller is speechless. Kind of reminds me of the time Granny was cookin' up a heapin kettle of 'possum, Jethro kept his mouth shut so'n he wouldn't loose any of his vittles.
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    .460 / .465 ball

    Well Doggies, when Jethro ran into that same problem ol' Granny plum told him to use a thicker patch, I'd reckon that'd work here too. Been known to double patch a smaller ball when shootin' up some vittles.
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    Horn No. 15

    15th horn? Well Doggies! You sure do have a heapin' helpin' of friends thats shootin' up some food with them fancy muzzleloaders.
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    nervous about using true black

    Is he kin to Jethro by any chance? One of these days you'd better have a lo-ong talk with that boy.
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    Feedback sought for several issues when shooting

    Well-doggies, I am plum amazed that none of them fine young fellers didn't suggest to convert it to a flinter. Granny was a ponderin' if the gun was ever dry fired? She had the same problem with her double barrel scattergun when Jethro was working the action just to see if'n it'd spark like my...
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    So I bought a flintlock...

    Well doggies! Welcome to the world of flintlocks. I recon I should tell you about the time Jethro was cleaning off the powder rezz-a-du off with his thumb and he sliced it open like a freshly carved Thanksgiving 'possum. (if brains was lard, that boy wouldn't have enough to grease a skillet)...
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    Black powder basics

    Right neighborly of ya to post that, one could get into a heapin' helpin' of trouble if'n you forgot basic safety. Wee-doggies, Granny would be fetchen her favorite viddles skillet upside my head if'n she caught me being careless with mah smokepole.
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    help on loads for GPH

    It is my opinion that you would be a heap better off going with something in the 100 grain charge range of FFg powder behind that large projectile. Elk are big critters, big critters require a wee bit more power to humanely put down than smaller critters.
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    32cal accuracy ??

    Well if'n that don't beat all, here I've been a head shootin squirrels for years at that range with a .32 caliber flinter, can be done? Yessirybob, it takes a keen eye and a study hand, if'n any of these are off, you ain't gonna be eatin squirrely critters for viddles.
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    Leather for gripping flint...where to find?

    Check with local Amish families too, they are nice people and will more than likely give you some worn leather harness straps or reins. Leather is everywhere, from shoes to biker's black leather jackets, some are harder to get than others. Wee-doggies, them Hell's Angels sure put up a ruckus...
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    Powder wet, then dried, still good?

    That propeller is none other than a gauge, the powder is tested by how far the first arm is blown out (in an arc) in reference to the measuring gauge, this test the strength of black powder. I have seen one of these work before and it's slicker than moose milk on a brass door knob.
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    Powder wet, then dried, still good?

    After some mighty head scratchin' I came up to this conclusion, the niter is not really weaken, more like redistributed. When powder gets wet, the niter leeches out because it is very soluble in water. As it dries, some niter can be lost because of it pooling below the clumps of powder. What...
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    Flint Substitute?

    There are different grades of flints, Black English and Amber French are at the top of the list, there's white flint, red flint, Ohio flint, all have their strong and weak points. Why even broken Indian arrowheads can be used in the flintguns, they're already shaped, how convenient too, just...
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    shoots high

    Wee-Doggies, that could lead to a heapin' helpin' of trouble, berrel bendin' should always be a last resort. If'n Jethro was to do that, to my smokepole Granny would cut herself a long switch and commence to explain it to him. :haha: A higher front sight or a lower rear sight would bring the...
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    Leather vs. Lead setting flints

    Flint leather vr. lead, well if'n that don't beat all. One positive thing bout lead wraps is that when they are changed you can remelt them into more roundballs, can't rightly say you can do that with leather.
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    Whats so great about real black powder?

    Well you sure said a mouth full young feller, Granny is a scratchin her head on this one. If'n yourn shootin' iron is a flintgun like mine, then you would need to be usin the real McCoy to be sure its gonna work, fake "black powders" don't work worth a hoot in flintguns unless you use a duplex...
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    POWDER STORAGE QUESTION

    Them thar mountainy men buried their powder fer a good reason, not only to keep it from being stole, but to keep it from the heat as well. Granny thinks an external root cellar would be an ideal locality for bulk shootin powders, t'would keep your'n combustibles cool and dry and as a bonus its...
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    What's left?

    What about some oddities? Weird flinty things like this here'n powder tester. Or howbouts a duckfoot? Wee-doggies that would be a show stopper, why Granny could kilt four different kinds of vittles in one shot with that.
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    Advice Question

    Well if that don't beat all, what that neglected to say was that them thar older guns had plum warn out flashholes, or even enlarged ones by today's standards, this use of a quill kept their powder from running out of the breech and onto the ground. Now some used this to their advantage and...
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