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    Ramrod Source?

    I know this question has been asked many times, but doing a search here hasn't produced anything helpful. I've seen info on this forum pertaining to a vendor who deals strictly in GOOD, straight grained hickory ramrods. Does anybody here know how to contact this guy? Any other sources for good...
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    Cast-off Question

    When incorporating cast-off on a gun, is there a specific place along the wrist where the "bend" is focussed? I realize it's such a small amount of deviation that there is no sharp turn, I'm just wondering if there is a standard focal point where the center line makes a turn. This question...
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    Hawken Research

    No gun to identify here. I'm doing some research on Hawken rifles, and this is the research section, so.... I'm looking for the best book to help with style, dimensions, measurements, etc. Something I can refer to during a Hawken build. Just a book with many clear photos would sure help. Not...
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    Measuring Barrel Length?

    This may seem like a really simple question, but what is the standard way to measure the length of a barrel with a hooked breech? Do you measure from the end of the breechplug, where it mates with the tang, or where the breechplug mates with the end of the barrel? In other words, do you count...
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    Shoe Polish?

    In previous posts, I've seen references to using shoe polish to accent areas of a stock. I"m hoping someone can tell me just how this is done. Is it rubbed on the bare wood, before the finish is applied? After, over the finsh? In between coats? I'm not sure I would do this on a firearm (but...
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    Elk Fever

    Elk fever= buck fever on steroids. I just got back from an elk hunt with my dughter, Kimberly. She drew a late cow tag by herself, so the hunt was for her only. She is 20 years old, and this was her first hunt of any kind. All in all, she did pretty well for her first hunt. I coached her on...
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    New Inletting Black Recipe

    Well, maybe new. We'll see. I usually use the lamp black method for transfering metal to wood, but the other day I was inletting a trigger and just wanted a little black here and there. I took a metal plate and smoked it up really heavy with a kerosene lamp, then added about a drop of mineral...
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    Swampy Bag

    This is my daughter Ginny, showing off her brand new Swampy bag. I was hoping she wouldn't like it so I could keep it, but as you can see, she is really proud of it. We both love the heart. Fits her perfectly. She is already planning on what to carry and how to use it for our upcoming elk hunt...
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    T/C coil spring removal

    I have a T/C lock I need to take apart so I can straighten out the lock plate and possibly do some other modifications. I need to take off that coil spring AND be able to reinstall it. I think I can get the spring off, but have no idea how to get it back on. Any of you guys have any tips or...
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    Close Encounters of the Bear Kind

    October 2001 found me muzzleloader elk hunting in what was traditionally our family's deer hunting area. The elk had recently moved into that area, and since I had been seeing a few nice bulls while deer hunting, I thought I'd give it a try. The rifle deer season coincided with my muzzleloader...
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    Rust Under Rib

    I decided to cut 1-1/2" off the barrel of a plains rifle I built about a year and a half ago. I had to take off the rib, so I drilled out the rivets and found some rust between the barrel and rib. Not a bad rust, just a thick fuzzy powdery layer. It didn't even pit the metal, but I'm sure after...
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    Deer Hunting In Georgia

    My daughter is currently living in Atlanta, while attending Emory U. She also teaches there and has trouble getting time off to get back here for deer season. So yesterday, she asked me to come to Georgia to hunt deer next season. She sees alot of deer in that area, nothing very big though, but...
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    Photo I found

    This is a photo of my Middle daughter, Ginny, And her first elk, taken last Dec. I took a bunch of pics with my digital camera, but appearantly it wasn't working right and all the photos came out too fuzzy to post here. Well, last night I found this pic on my cell phone that I forgot I took. I...
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    Queston on breachplug threads

    Many years ago, I built my first rifle, a .54 plains, but didn't know where to turn for questions (early 80's so no internet help like MLF), so I just winged it as I went along. The barrel was a tru-bore brand, and was already threaded for a 3/4-16 breachplug, but I ordered a blank breachplug...
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    Daughter's first deer

    She is 23 and has been hunting with muzzleloaders since she was 14, but this is her first kill. She got this nice mulie Oct. 19 at a distance of about 20 yards with a .54 rb and 80 grains of ffg. The deer was facing straight at us and she shot him in the front of the chest. The ball missed the...
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    mold for .58 GM barrel

    I just received a 1" .58 cal. Green Mountain barrel from Track, along with a big chunk of wood and other parts for my next build. Looking to build a plains rifle that's a little lighter than my last .54 cal. I see that some of you guys shoot rifles with .58 GM barrels. I'd like to know what size...
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    Muzzleloader Misconceptions

    Joining this forum has caused me to think about way back when I first started shooting muzzleloaders. It was mid 1970's, and there was still alot of misinformation about ML's out there, mostly generated from movies or T.V. or stories guys heard from their grandfathers. I've got a ton of funny...
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