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    Shot dipper

    In the very informative back pages of my Dixie Gun Works catalog they recommend taking a modern shot-shell case in the same gauge as your muzzleloader and cut it off to a length of one inch. Attach a handle wirh solder or, as I did, with JB Weld. Dixie recommends using the same dipper for both...
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    Where to find flints in the wild?

    Location, location, location is right on. For all practical purposes there's close to none in most of the west. Frankly, it gives me a grin when people say I might run out of caps while they can just "pick up a rock." From pre-Revolutionary days up to the start of the Civil War the settlers...
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    Cheap blackpowder kits

    Good luck! If you can get this started I'll be a customer unless your defination of "inexpensive" is $600-800 and Up - - mostly UP! I'm retired and just can't cut the prices of most of the stuff being pushed today. I miss CVA! My minor battery of a CVA .50 rifle, a CVA 12 gauge shotgun, an H &...
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    Converting guage to caliber?

    Bore (gauge)____Caliber 10_____________.775 12_____________.729 16_____________.662 20_____________.615 28_____________.550 This information was obtained from Martin Pegler's book "Powder and Ball Small Arms". GrayBear --------------------
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    Fox River Fifty?

    "Traditional ML's are practically valueless here unless they are real sharp looking." Wish I was somewhere you can buy any muzzleloader for $25-$75, even broken ones! The typical well-worn Traditions ML aroung here runs $200 to $300 or even $350. One requiring repair will bring $100 or more...
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    How Do You Fill Your Powder Measure?

    Mudd Turtle, I picked this up off the web somewhere. For me, it has worked out to be pretty accurate: "Nice powder chargers can be made by drilling out an antler tip. Use a drill of 29/64ths (.453") diameter and each quarter-inch (.250") of depth will be very, very close to 10 gr-wgt of...
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    conversion chart

    Bore (gauge)____Caliber 1______________1.669 2______________1.325 3______________1.157 4______________1.052 5______________.955 6______________.919 7______________.873 8______________.835 9______________.803 10_____________.775 11_____________.751 12_____________.729 13_____________.710...
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    poorboy on a budget

    That's great! I've got two CVA's, a .50 Bobcat and a 12 gauge single barrel. Both shoot great and I'd like to full-stock them both in poor-boy fashion, then I'd "tacky them up" with brass tacks in Indian fashion. I know, I know! There's no accounting for tastes, is there? I'd only hope I could...
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    sea service muskets??

    I was just watching a re-run of "The War That Made America" on our local PBS TV channel. This was Episode One. The war was the F & I war, of course. They said that Gen. Braddock's column of mixed British Regulars, American Militia and some Indians also included detachments of British seamen...
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    "No Excuse Conicals" - Question

    Google, gave me 84,200 hits in 0.26 seconds. Try: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2006-08,GGLG:en&q=no+excuse+conical Take your pick! GrayBear
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    round ball bounces off dall ram at 30 yards

    Nope. it doesn't taste like chicken. It tastes more like rattlesnake. :grin: GrayBear
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    Looking for opinions on Traditions Trapper pistol.

    A new completed Trapper normally runs a bit under $200 with a kit running a bit under $150. What price is your friend asking for the gun? GrayBear
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    finishing a black horn

    It's spelled "neatsfoot" oil. It is a leather preservative and helps to soften stiff leather and to waterproof it. The current container I have came from Ace Hardware. GrayBear
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    Trade Gun Decoration?

    Good tip, Black Hand. That should prevent cracks and splintering from inserting the tacks. Speaking of tacks, is there any site with head sizes or designs or brass aging that will beat the all pretty much same-oh, same-oh upholstery tacks from the hardware and home improvement stores? Thanks...
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    Trade Gun Decoration?

    Sorry about using the wrong forum and thanks for moving my question instead of deleting it. The replies were great! Just what I've been looking for. Thank you! I also picked up the idea of making a sketch or a pattern before I start driving tacks! :thumbsup: GrayBear
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    Trade Gun Decoration?

    Anyone know of a site or sites where there are pictures of the brass-tack decorated Indian trade guns? I've got a couple of Plain Jane CVA's I want to dress up and need some ideas. Thanks, GrayBear
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    Loose rib on SxS

    Hard to judge if you don't tell us how much is being asked for the gun. A gunsmith should be consulted but anyone worth his salt won't comment on it without seeing it. Depending on the asking price and the extent of the damage, I might be interested if you aren't. GrayBear
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    Wads Pushing Thru Pattern

    I've done a lot of shotgun patterning, both ML and Center Fire and I agree with Dave K. about the doughnut pattern when a wad blows through the shot. When I look at that turkey pattern I'd figure the wad punched through after the shot had hit. BTW, that's a very good pattern! WOW! GrayBear
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    Not PC

    Info, please Texan, if you don't mind? What are California Sights? Is there somewhere I can see them? Thanks, GrayBear
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    Wooden Stock For Bobcat

    CVA seems to no longer make or service their Traditional line. They haven't even answered my two e-mails. I read where someone bought up their parts but now I can't find my reference I wrote down and I badly need a wooden stock for my wife's Bobcat. Thanks, GrayBear
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