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    Wondering about ramrods

    I’m curious about how often a person (frontiersman or such) would have had to replace a broken ramrod with something whittled from a tree branch or other piece of wood. No brass ends, basically just a stick.
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    Unusual buck this weekend

    Saw this guy feeding about an hour before sunset this past Saturday evening. Was able to get about 50-75 yards in front of him and setup behind a deadfall oak tree. He took about 10 minutes to work his way down to me, about 25 yards away giving me a broadside shot. Shooting offhand was able to...
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    Had an opportunity to show a newbie how to recover from loading a “dry” ball

    Went to the range today with a friend who purchased a new inline, we worked on getting it sighted in and had great success with that. Afterwards we went to the pistol area to shoot my Traditions Trapper. After several shots I put a cap on and fired… no smoke! I put on another cap and… no smoke...
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    Traditions Trapper Thanksgiving Doe

    I was able to take a doe Friday after Thanksgiving with my Traditions Trapper .50 caliber pistol. The load was a .490 ball, .015 patch lubed with TOTW Mink Oil, 35 grains of Goex 2F, and a Winchester Magnum percussion cap. She was approximately 18 - 20 yards and broadside when I shot. I was very...
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    Traditions Trapper First Shots

    I finally made it to the range today to shoot my new Traditions Trapper pistol I put together from a kit. I shot several 3 shot groups at various powder charges trying to determine the best load and I’ve included the targets for your amusement. I drew black dots on each target to represent the...
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    How do you carry your muzzleloader pistol?

    I just completed my Trapper Pistol kit and want to figure out how to carry it while I’m hunting to be used as a back up if necessary. I thought I would reach out to the forum and see how others carry their pistols. Thanks in advance… ~DK
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    Drum to Lock fit…

    I am in the process of assembling a Traditions Trapper kit and the nipple drum is touching the lock assembly when the barrel is installed. Is this correct or is there supposed to be some clearance between the two?
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    Traditions Trapper Lock Question (percussion)

    I am in the process of dry fitting a Trapper kit and am having issues with the trigger/lock assemblies. After going through all of the adjustments on the lock and trigger per Traditions instructions the gun functions as follows. The hammer goes into half and full lock as expected, no issues...
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    Stock Finishing Question

    Looking for thoughts, opinions and ideas. I recently purchased a Traditions Trapper kit and want to do something to try to make the “select hardwood” stock look a little better than just using a stain and tru oil. I’ve done a small bit of research on “tiger striping” the stock by either burning...
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    SOLD ASM Colt Walker Engraved Version - SOLD PENDING FUNDS

    Selling my engraved version ASM Colt Walker. I am the original owner and purchased this gun in 1984, the date code on the gun is “AM”. I’ve shot this gun a lot in years past, but it has been quite a while and now I want to sell it to help fund a different gun. The bluing and grips are in good...
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    Pre-Lubing patches with mink oil

    This is my first year to use TOTW’s mink oil as patch lube in conjunction with “speed loaders” when hunting…..I’m curious about what others do with their patches and mink oil. Do you pre-lube a few or do you only lube when loading the gun? I’ve got two “speed loaders” I loaded two weeks ago and...
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    Big Sigh….

    I was invited to a friends deer lease over the Thanksgiving weekend to hunt spikes and does, otherwise known as a management hunt. I decided to take my old .50 TC Hawken percussion. The lease is setup with bow blinds that provide a 20 - 40 yard shot, most blinds are tripods in trees at 12’ or...
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    Black Powder in Houston…

    Moderators, if this post is in conflict with rules please delete. For those of you in the Houston area, 10 Ring (10ring.com) has BP available, was there this morning and picked up a couple of pounds of GOEX 3F. The guy helping me indicated they had plenty of 2, 3 and 4F. Also, they have plenty...
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    Random fliers...

    New to the forum and need suggestions. Pulled out my percussion TC Hawken .50 I built from a kit in 1984. After a lot of cleaning and reading here on the forum I’ve started working (re-working) up the load. All was going well, I am using PRB .490 balls, .015 prelubed patches, and 70 grain Goex...
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