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  1. Nor'Easter

    Roller lock ..need someone to enlighten me.

    Thanks Eric, that's quite a story!
  2. Nor'Easter

    SOLD Markwell (?) .44 "Kentucky Rifle"

    Anyone remember what size ball these shoot?
  3. Nor'Easter

    SOLD Markwell (?) .44 "Kentucky Rifle"

    How wide is the barrel ATF?
  4. Nor'Easter

    1-28 twist rifles?

    The smoke in a modern house fire is so full of caustic and toxic elements from the burning plastics and chemicals that it will etch and corrode anything. Pottery, glass, stainless - you name it. They also used foam when overhauling the fire, and every inch of everything was sprayed with it. I've...
  5. Nor'Easter

    1-28 twist rifles?

    My early TC WMC .50 had a 1:20 twist. I spent a lot of time, money and materials trying to get it to shoot. Pie plate groups at best with anything but a specific combo of sabot and bullet. After the house fire it was badly pitted, so fitted it with a TC Hawken barrel 1:48. Happy, happy and never...
  6. Nor'Easter

    New Avatar with Stuff I want

    I was reading a thread today in which they were bemoaning the lack of coverage of Spanish arms in North America. To me, it is the Dutch guns that have not been given the coverage and significance they are due regarding their numbers, forms and impact on North American history.
  7. Nor'Easter

    Powder and mice?

    Posted at 3AM Saturday night. Guess.
  8. Nor'Easter

    Black grouse and capercaillie hunting

    I'll be glad when the snow settles in here. It's my second favorite time of the year to be in the woods.
  9. Nor'Easter

    On My Recent Trip To Peru

    Can you even imagine the effort required to do the dusting in the place o_O. Love the photos! Thanks for taking the time to post.
  10. Nor'Easter

    Stuck

    These have, on occasion, given me problems. These have worked for me, although I don't think they are HC.
  11. Nor'Easter

    Stuck

    Yes, that's the ticket. I chose changing up patch thickness and diameter, and polishing only because I didn't want to modify the wiping stick that came with the gun.
  12. Nor'Easter

    Stuck

    TDM & TTT, What are you guys using for a jag / button?
  13. Nor'Easter

    Stuck

    I think polishing will help, it improved mine a bit. In the end it took a different patch diameter. A different size or shape jag makes a big difference also. It does seem to be a 'smoothbore' thing.
  14. Nor'Easter

    Stuck

    Concur with Ed. My guess is it is a bad combo of patch thickness / diameter, diameter of the jag, and the basic shape of the jag. It goes into the barrel fine, but with a little fouling on it, trying to reverse it forms a 'chinese fingers' situation. I had one that did the same thing. I still...
  15. Nor'Easter

    Barrel weights according to Jim Kibler

    Weight is not an issue....... until it is an issue.:)
  16. Nor'Easter

    Shooting the New Trade Gun

    Various styles of rear sights, even on smoothbores definitely have historical precedence. In fact, I am certain I've seen at least one dug artifact of a smoothbore with a rear sight - and I don't believe it was a Type G / Carolina gun. I actually think it was a Dutch gun. There was no way to...
  17. Nor'Easter

    Shooting the New Trade Gun

    I am also fast approaching the "need" of a rear aperture / peep sight. I have seen photos of probably a dozen or more 15th thru very early 18th century guns, a lot of them smoothbores, with a form of peep sight (most a 1" to 4"+ tube) affixed to the breech. I don't think I've ever seen a...
  18. Nor'Easter

    Shooting the New Trade Gun

    Thanks for taking the time to post your results. Like your shooting range! Nice little hooch to sit at also. Always amazed by the accuracy potential of smoothbores. Pretty easy to see why they were the gun of choice for most of the eastern and northern woodlands. Obviously a different game in...
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