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  1. BillinOregon

    The "backward" powder horn

    Who has made one, and what sort of stopper and or valve system did you apply? It is a bit of a mystery to me after looking at some of the old illustrations posted by Mr. Tromner. The iron-mounted one here obviously begins to look like a spring loaded spout from a much later period.
  2. BillinOregon

    Pronunciation of "gonne"

    I've seen some hand gonne videos where the guy pronounces it "gun-ay." Kinda hilarious. Do you say "The Rifle Shop-ay"? The Apothecary Shop-ay? He hath the wind-ay on his guts?" Let us go a-fyshing-ay? The mispronouncers do it tentatively, just in case they are full of wind-ay. 😄
  3. BillinOregon

    If you have a Rifle Shoppe .75 hand gonne

    Can you use a .735 round ball in it, or would it be a better idea to use a .715 mold? I have a few .69 balls on hand, but that's a LOT of windage ...
  4. BillinOregon

    Fun Youtubes

    Love the Danzig. Very close-up examination of the metallurgy. Knock yourself out, Hackenbüchsers!
  5. BillinOregon

    This guy really, really wanted a hand gonne

    I am impressed by all the hand work he put into it. Apologies if the link has been posted before. https://theliberalgunclub.com/making-a-14th-century-hand-gonne/
  6. BillinOregon

    Get your deer tested

    Nothing to fool with. https://www.fieldandstream.com/conservation/study-cwd-fatal-human-disease-link/
  7. BillinOregon

    Sportered Besses?

    We've all seen Besses with barrels shortened, but it occurs to me I have never seen one with forend cut all the way back to a half stock with some sort of rib forward of the cut, yet we see cut-down 1842s and Civil War Springfields so modified long ago. Anyone seen one? I wonder how they handle...
  8. BillinOregon

    When did deep frying come along?

    Living as I do in the land of fried chicken, I got to wondering when this technique became widespread. I don't recall reading about it in the 18th century, but have read accounts of chuckwagon cooks famous for their "bear sign" -- a donut-like pastry fried in oil -- drawing cowboys from miles...
  9. BillinOregon

    A syllabub thread

    Rather than dillute Dave's fine cornbread thread, here is a peek at the making of syllabubs. It seems the origin of this peculiar word is unknown. https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/recipes/syllabubs/
  10. BillinOregon

    Duelist54's extended discussion of the Paterson

    Ran into this yesterday, three times as long as the one Mike did 11 years ago. Lots of history and background here, but he shoots his at the end.
  11. BillinOregon

    Questions for the Pritchett bullet shooters/casters

    Curious who made your mold and what diameter you chose. Apparently Steve Brooks molds are the gold standard, but at nearly $300 ...
  12. BillinOregon

    Becoming a Paper Cartridges Youtube addict

    This has happened to me recently after I ran across three books by Captain Brett Gibbons, USA. I first read "The Destroying Angel," his account of the revolutionary effect of the rifled musket properly and devastatingly used in the case of the British against the hapless Russians in the Crimean...
  13. BillinOregon

    The Eras Gone Johnston and Dow wins

    I had a chance to shoot a group each with the Eras Gone Johnston and Dow and the Eras Gone Kerr in my Uberti 1860 fluted-cylinder .44 this afternoon. I had hand-lubed them by rubbing an SPG clone into the lube grooves -- only one on the Johnston and Dow. The latter bullet was pretty fiddly to...
  14. BillinOregon

    "Heritage Fair" in Eugene, Oregon

    I haven't lived in Oregon for years, but would sure attend this event. I used to be in touch with some of the Fort Umpqua outfit. By golly they built a replica of the fort at Elkton, along the river near where the original HBC fort once stood. Wonder if the folks from the Muzzleloading Emporium...
  15. BillinOregon

    Indian fry bread tacos

    Tried these last night after seeing a recipe. I have never had much use for the fragile folded corn thingies from the grocery store. These were well worth the deep-frying mess.
  16. BillinOregon

    SOLD Lee .690 round ball mold

    Here's a Lee mold in .690 in excellent shape. The Lee design leaves almost no sprue. $30 shipped.
  17. BillinOregon

    Why are Uberti pistol boxes so flimsy?

    Here Aldo's outfit makes these wonderful reproduction revolvers -- which have gotten even better over time -- and yet Uberti continues to ship their revolvers in the flimsiest cardboard boxes I have had the misfortune to encounter. Just look at them wrong and the folds tear. It's as if the...
  18. BillinOregon

    Dr. John "Hamish"? Watson and his jezail bullet wound

    For Holmes fans, it remains something of an enigma. https://simanaitissays.com/2017/01/24/watsons-war-wound/ And as to the Battle of Maiwand, 50 miles northwest of north of Kandahar, it was a British defeat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maiwand
  19. BillinOregon

    Armadillo

    I was yakking with a friend who trapped 37 armadillos over the past year on her farm in Missouri and the topic of 'dillo as table fare came up. Apparently it was on more than one American table as "Hoover Hog" during the Depression and is alleged to taste like high-quality pork. I have since...
  20. BillinOregon

    Eras Gone Johnson and Dow vs. Kerr

    Anyone shot these two designs side by side? Any conclusions as to which is the better performer out of an Italian .44 cap and ball?
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