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    Wooden under rib

    What is the best way to attach a wooden under rib to a thin smoothbore barrel.
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    Barrel twist rate

    Can any one tell me the rifling rate of twist in the old T/C 32 Cal. & 36 Cal. Seneca's. they shot the round ball and maxi ball. Also what was the depth of rifling. Thanks for the information.
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    Barrel length

    What is the advantage of a 42" or 44" smooth bore barrel of any cal. over a shorter 30" barrel when shooting a round ball with only a front sight.
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    Roundball Caliber

    Which caliber smoothbore would give the best accuracy at 60 to 75 yds. on paper targets.
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    54 cal. smoothbore

    How do they do at 50 yds. with a round ball load? I have a 62 trade gun and a 58 smooth rifle, neither have a rear sight. I enjoy shooting both, but the 62 is very light, about 6 lbs. with a 36" barrel. After 25 or 30 shots the recoil gets a little rough for a 69 year old boy at heart. The 58...
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    Stumpkiller's moose snot?

    Can anyone give me the recipe for Stumpkiller's moose snot. I have used up all I have and would like to make another batch. This is good stuff in a smoothbore. Thanks for your help. :hatsoff:
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    Tack Driving Guns

    A lot of members on this forum talk about there gun as being a tack driver. Just what kind of accuracy do you call tack driving. 1"-2"-3"-4" or what at 25yds,50yds or 100yds. The head on some people's tacks are biger than on others. :confused:
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    Smoothbore Coning

    Has anyone coned the muzzle of a smoothbore. If so how was the accuracy with a patch round ball and shot load.
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    Black powder

    Has anyone used KIK powder and how does it compare to GOEX. It is about $3.00 cheaper than GOEX.
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    Smoothbore Help

    I am reworking a .620 tradegun that has a bad lock. The lock is a old Dixie gunworks Ketland. The lock isn't worth the metal it is made of, but 27 years ago it was all I could get. I have ordered a Jim Chambers' Early Ketland lock to replace it. While I am waiting for the lock to arive I have...
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    A Idea to kick around

    Green Mountain has two fast twist cartridge barrels in .32 caliber. One is a .32-40 caliber 1-14" twist. .314 bore .321 groove X 35" long. The other one is a .32-20 caliber 1-22" twist. .306 bore .312 grove X 27" long. How do you think they would do with a patch round ball and a light powder...
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    Underhammer Action

    Have any of you bought the underhammer action kit from The log cabin Shop. If so did it come with instructions on harding and timpering. Also what did you think of the kit. I was thinking about using one for a bench gun. Thinks for any advice. :hatsoff:
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    If

    If you wer going to build a Chuck or Bench gun what would be the cal. and size barrel you would use. Using cal. and barrel sizes that are available not special order. You would be shooting between 50 and 100 yds. I haven't heard much about this type of shooting on this Muzzeloading Forum...
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    Something Differant

    These are some pictures of one of the two rifles I built this past winter. This one is a 40 cal. with a GM. 1" X 30" barrel with walnut stock. I used a Lyman's Target Tang sight and Globe front Target sight which has 7 inserts for it. The Tang sight has two eye disk, one large and one small...
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    .58cal. Barrels?

    I was thinking [ bad thing ] about the .58 cal. and the minie bullets: R.E.A.L. rifle bullet, Modern Minie, Improved Minie, Origional Minie, Lyman's Parker Hale Enfield Target bullet ect. These minies shoot in barrels with a 1-78" or 1-66" ect. twist with button rifling .006 deep like the...
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    Sights

    I wear trifocal glasses and have trouble seeing the sights on my rifles. I have a .36 cal. flint with the rear sight set 9" from the breech, front sight 2" fron the muzzle which gives a 31" radius. With that said, I am just about finished with my .36 cal. cap & ball hog rifle. I have to make the...
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    Hog Rifle

    I am in the process of building a .36 cal hog gun. I have not decided if I wont to put a flat iron plate on the butt or use nothing. This is going to be a plain gun nothing fancy. If I decide not to use a flat iron on the butt what will be a good way to protect it. It could over time take a...
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    Two new rifles

    This is the first time trying to post pictures for me,so I hope they post ok. These are two .32 cal.squirrel rifles I built for my two grandsons. I built them last year. These are the first guns I have built since about 1982. It was like learning all over.
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    Ageing Iron

    I am building a poor boy rifle with iron furniture and would like to give it an old or antique look. Could any one tell me how to do it. Thanks Rifleball36 :hmm:
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    New Member

    Rifleball36 Age 64 Live in virginia, USA I have been reading alot of the post, this is a great site.
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