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    Canvas haversack-style knapsack

    After hiking and camping with a PC snapsack a few times, I decided I didnt like having *yet another* strap diagonally across my chest, and set about making a two-strap knapsack. I bought some canvas, cut to to shape, dyed it darker with coffee (didnt come out as dark as I would have liked, but...
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    Eastern Woodlands Side-Seam leggings

    So, to distract myself from my "gun-issues", I decided to make a pair of leather leggings today, to protect my expensive wool stockings while running around in the New England brush and brambles. They are nice, but i'm thinking I"ll make the next pair a little longer. They reach a hands-breadth...
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    Could someone tell me what they think this is?

    I can tell you what *I* think it is: surface rust. I just dont know how it is getting there. I keep the gun well-oiled with Barricade. You can only see these spots when viewed at an angle (like in the picture), not when looking down the bore. In addition, any patches I send down the bore dont...
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    Where to buy lead shot?

    So, I live in Massachusetts, which has a limit on the sizes of shot one can use for hunting certain animals. Turkey cannot be hunted with anything larger than #4 size shot Coyote can only be hunted with up-to-and-including FF buckshot, with single roundball only allowed during deer season Deer...
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    How does one go about using lubed wads in a smoothbore?

    So, I have been looking into improving my accuracy with my 20ga smoothbore trade-gun, and I was told to make use of lubed wadding over the powder and under the ball, so as to seal gases behind the ball and increase velocity. Apparently, a historically-accurate method of doing this would be to...
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    Small cooking pot approx. 1750s?

    So, I am looking to finish out my colonial scout ensemble with a small cooking pot, because eating biscuit and cheese year round doesnt sound too fun. Anyone have any recommendations? Looking at the "Crazy Crow Trading Post" website, they have on offer a bunch of small cooking pots that are...
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    Using Butcher Block Conditioner as external protection?

    So, I bought a wooden bowl and spoon a few weeks ago, and in order to seal them for use I bought some "Butcher Block Conditioner". Its from Howard (Butcher Block Conditioner | Howard Products), made with "food grade" mineral oil, beeswax and carnauba wax. Worked great on the bowl and spoon, and...
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    Tips for aiming and accuracy

    So, I have a 20 gauge smoothbore trade gun that I seemingly cant hit the target with. So far, I have been using an unpatched .600 roundball. 1) the shortest distance my range has is 50 yards, with no bench. Based on splashes on the berm, it looks like most of.my shots are low at 50 yards. 2) i...
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    20 ga smoothbore flintlock pistol recommendations

    Hello, As per title, I am looking for a 20ga smoothbore pistol to match my 20ga trade-musket, so I can use the same roundball in both. So far, I seemingly have two options: 1) commission a pistol to match my long-gun. I got the musket through Sitting Fox, and they offer various pistols as...
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    Trail-food in 1750s New England

    So, a question that I already have a great deal of info about, but just want to discuss. As per the title; what would be some 'period-correct" examples of "trail food" for mid-1700s New England? Such as something carried by a militiaman on a scout or patrol, or a hunter doing their thing in the...
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    Possible degredation of lock?

    The above three pictures are of the front lock-bolt hole in the lock plate. The lock is a L&R Queen Anne Ive never seen metal "crumble" like this before. It came from the builder like this, i am.just primarily concerned with it getting.worse over time Once the bolt gets into the threads and...
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    Possible ring in barrel?

    So, I was looking down the barrel of my smoothbore trade gun with my eye and a flashlight (to look for rust), when I noticed a "ring" most of the way down the barrel, down by the breechplug. This ring moved when I moved my head or the flashlight, and disappeared when viewed from a slightly...
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    Center-seam knife sheath

    Decided to make.my own knife-sheath. A center-seam design seemed to be the easiest *and* perhaps most period correct for the early 1700s from what little info is available The knife is deep inside the sheath, and even jostling it around won't let it work free. The strap (more knotted leather...
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    Lock is loud?

    So, whenever I watch a video online about flintlock shooting, the locks on the guns being shot are quiet, with some soft clicks and clacks (at least to my ears, maybe the recording equipment isnt catching everything). The lock on my gun, however, is *noisy*. It makes a lot of noise, at least to...
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    First handmade hunting pouch

    So, it has been several years since I earned my Leatherworking Merit Badge at Scout camp, but I wanted to try my hand at making a hunting/shooting pouch for my trade-gun stuff. Asides from a few hiccups (like forgetting that 90 degree square corners dont want to come out flat when inverted), it...
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    Ballistol picking up brown in bore?

    So, I shot my trade-gun today. I like to clean right after shooting at the range, to pick up most of the stuff, then give do a more thorough job when I get home. Both times, I filled the barrel with water (cold at the range, then warm at home), let it sit for a few minutes, then poured the...
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    Lead buildup in barrel shooting bare balls?

    So, I have been trying shooting bare balls out of a 20 ga smoothbore trade gun. Mainly with Mike Bellevues method of powder - ball - wadding. I have been using unspun hemp rope fibers for wadding. Idly l was looking up shooting bare balls from a smoothbore online, and came across people talking...
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    Frizzen Bridle?

    Can someone please explain to me what this is? Apparently it isn't period for a gun used in New England in the late 1600s-early 1700s to have a frizzen bridle. Since that is the time period I am interested in reenacting, I purchased a gun that, according to the description page, fit the period...
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    L&R Queen Anne lock loose cock on half-and-full cock?

    So, I have been dry-firing my tradegun, with a bit of wood in the jaws in place of flint, for the last couple of weeks to get used to the action of the mechanism. I went to go do so today, and I noticed that when I pulled the cock back to half-cock, the whole cock-arm is "wiggly", as in it...
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    Trigger loose on full cock

    As per title, the trigger on my trade-gun is "loose" when it is on full-cock. The gun has only one trigger (no set trigger, etc), and I did take the lock out of the gun to clean it when I shot it last Thursday. I've been practicing dry-firing the gun (with a wooden mock-flint in the jaws), and...
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