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    Why only one?

    You can hunt mongoose in Hawaii? Book me! ( but is there a ML season? :)
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    Why only one?

    Originally in NY, ML was considered a primitive season...like bow, single shot. Having a 2nd arm takes away from that notion, in my opinion. Besides that, in practicality, I have never found a situation after my first shot where a 2nd (pistol or rifle) shot would have been any more practical...
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    time machine

    the many small marker stones in old cemeteries are of unnamed children, and many, many more were buried in back lots, stillborn.
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    time machine

    I didnt read through all the previous....but folks forget the horribly high birth mortality rate (for both the infant and mother), not to mention childhood death rate, the huge number of folks who died early from diabetes, heart conditions, pulmonary issues, mumps, measles, etc. Death by...
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    New .58 caliber Hawken type Rifle

    Very nice, but it looks like the builder got up on the...wrong side of the bed!
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    Round ball and blood trails

    Most of my round balls flatten out quickly and do not exit....54 or .50 cal, max. 35 yards or so. Most run a short distance (heart shot/ double lung) and collapse. I disregard the comments in the original post about retrieval dog use, etc. Obviously those are poor hits to start with, indicating...
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    Last of the Mohicans kit bags

    A maidens dainties.....another 100!
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    Kibler Pennsylvania Rifles

    1300 is a great deal. If both of you are happy, that is all that matters. In my opinion his time into it isnt a factor unless the builder thinks it is. ..in my opinion, only a consideration on my end for his time builiding is if the builder is a professional builder.
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    T/C Renegade sight help

    I also have a .50 renegade. It is designed as a hunting rifle, and the sights reflect that....I hated them. I replaced the front sight with a high patridge style, and put a Lyman aperture on the back...I hate the round front sights. Much more difficult to hold a fine bead with. I prefer 60...
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    Pistol for edc?

    Just for starters....bp handguns leave a lot to be desired from the safety stand point...that is, integral safeties, that are of course built into every modern EDC firearm, from the 1911 to the simplest of modern revolvers. You certainly do not want to carry a bp firearm with a full cylinder...
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    What do I need to begin casting my own bullets?

    Wheel weights nowadays have little lead in them. Really, not too much...like everything it is as complicated as you want to make it. Lead pot (for years dad used a little iron pot and his coleman stove), appropriate mold, dipper unless you get a bottom feed pot, a thermomeer is useful but not...
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    Musket Cap Source?

    Graff and Sons is a great outfit to deal with. I have ordered several thousand from them recently.
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    Build advice

    I have also read several times...dont remember where, that stocks would be placed in a tub of heated linseed oil for a couple weeks....I think it was for Brown Bess stocks, but I have also heard that they used a mixture.
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    Hope I can help

    Cool. Welcome!
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    Simple question…..

    I am still relatively new to flinters...three years or so, but have been ML for ....four plus decades, and love my history. Many journals document waiting out the rain/wet weather for battles and hunting (Even the indians with their bows...rain was rough on the bow strings). In light drizzles I...
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    Hello from central Ny

    Welcome from the Tug HIll!
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    T/C 1000+ Replacement?

    Even at room temp., Mink Oil is solid...I nuke it to prelube my patches. BB I can just dab on my fingers.
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    Colonial .54 touch hole

    A good rule of thumb is not to try to fix something until you KNOW it is broken. You certainly didnt do any harm, but maybe no goo. I highly doubt you can lose enough powder out the touch hole to worry about....black powder is very forgiving....not at all like smokeless, where you would be very...
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    Hershel House

    Sorry to hear. I think I would have very much liked to have met him. I first became aware of him through the Fox Fire books (#5) back in the seventies. It would probably be difficult to measure his infuence on our sport.
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    T/C 1000+ Replacement?

    I also like bore butter for patch lube....easy to handle, works, minimal fouling....but I (and I think most BB users) totally ignore anything about...seasoning. I am currently using Tracks Mink oil, and it is ok for a patch lube....ok. it is very stiff, and in cold weather (near freezing and...
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