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    the French made a better musket

    Bowling for British. "Better musket" by what standards? Perhaps before cartridge rifles, one deciding factor was ball size. The bigger the better. I recall during Basic Training that the instructor said that jacketed bullets were superior because they did not expand. Paraphrasing: “We’re not...
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    Canoe Gun: the real story

    Please check your state hunting regulations before hunting out of a canoe. :nono: The British Royal Bureau of Accoutrements, Tea, and Firearms (the dreaded Royal ATF) outlawed sawed-off firearms, which were defined as: “Any rifle or fowler with a barrel length of less than 42.” :barf:
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    Lewis Wetzel: Warfare Tactics on the Frontier by George Carrol

    I could find nowhere else to post this. Although several of you know George Carrol, I could find no reference to this article. It focuses on Lewis Wetzel but mentions other famous border ruffians. http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh50-5.html I find it fascinating, as I live at...
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    Cannon vid

    Wonderful. But wait until OSHA inspects.
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    Calculating recoil

    Here's a fun experiment. Hold the gun about one inch or more from your shoulder and pull the tigger. I did that pheasant hunting with a 16g. If one holds the gun firmly against his shoulder, then shoulder and the gun should be one and the same. Thus Bluto would experience less recoil then...
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    early rustic arms

    :relax: Link to previous skirmish on ERA fowler's PC-ness
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    Organizations

    Small amounts like $5 aren't worth your time to manage the collection of money and the discounts etc. :m2c: Maybe $50/yr on a voluntary basis, and the only benefits might be (1) a forum that is locked to non-donors, and (2) some little term or visual symbol that could appear under or over the donor
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    MVTC Fowler first impressions

    Does she kick hard or does she just give you a big push?
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    Early German flintlocks

    Free men quickly rise to their genetic level; they are not held back by anything but their genetics. Look at Ohio in 1776 and again 1876 --- from the Stone Age to cutting-edge industrial revolution. When tools became machines, it guaranteed the obsolescence of the flintlock. :off:
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    Ox Yoke Products Shut Down?

    Thank you for the infor, and welcome to the forum, bigbobbobsport. You'll like it here. --Gabby
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    Minimum accurate velocity of PRB

    I was playing with a calculator that claims to measure recoil. It is sensitive to bullet velocity. I
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    Question about gunmaker

    Welcome Don; glad to have you as an active poster. :hatsoff: --Gabby
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    T/C Warranty

    Is the brass ramrod the same diameter? It must be heavy; does it change the balance of the gun or make it feel front-heavy.
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    American fossil asks about English fusil

    If the reverse is true and those two "guns" in your garage are just what we Americans would call fowlers, cowboy Stumpkiller is probably right about the extinction of wildlife on the island. :crackup:
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    Cap And Ball Revolvers For Personal Protection?

    Let old Gabby tell you a true tale. I was running a coal mine back in the early '80, and the United Mine Workers went on strike. They don't picket their own mines as much as they picketed non-union mines -- the idea is to shut down the electric plants or something. My company
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    smooth bore accuracy

    That explains why I could never identify the second guy from the left.
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    Habitant Split Pea Soup

    I couldn't even follow the recipe right. I had never had any cloves before; so I ate one. Boy howdy, it was good, tasted like Christmas candy but hot! So I decided to put in 10. Then, I get this brilliant idea of crushing the cloves in my needle-nosed pliers to maximize the taste. It worked. :(...
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    Habitant Split Pea Soup

    Then be afraid, be very afraid. 1. I go to "Shooting Accessories and the "boys" are talking about purses to carry possibles in. 2. So I go to "Historically correct clothing" and find out that the guys are making "weskits" (sp?). So I do a google picture search and find out that a weskit is the...
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    Virginia Rifle Plan

    Me too. There is nothing worse than a crooked dentist. :thumbsup:
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    smooth bore accuracy

    Sam Fadala insists that the big balls are better, and the bigger, the better. [I have trouble understanding his writing. Either I have sniffed too much Bullseye smoke or he has sniffed too much black power smoke.] Fadala's case (as I understand it) is that the big ball has much greater mass...
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