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    100% Pure Petroleum Jelly For My Stock

    Now here's something to try should you do what I did. This morning I when to retrieve a long gun I hadn't used for sometime. I noticed that laying underneath the stock was a pair of work gloves with that rubber grip surface on them. When I lifted the gun the gloves stuck to the stock. Upon...
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    Homemade deer calls and how to use them......

    I was curious to see some homemade deer calls and the techniques in using them. I have made some out of scrap wood material with electrical tape as the reed and that seems to work satisfactorily. Prior to the foliage dropping here in Alaska I look for a leaf locally referred to as a "False...
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    How do you count antler points...........

    Was curious as to how you counted antler points in your part of the country. How many points would you count on this set of antlers? Is this a 3x3, a 6 point, a 7 point? Do you count the brow tine as a point?
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    Spring Trap Knives

    Still not quite finished with this little project, I need to anneal the blade, fabricate a sheath and finish off with a thong handle. The overall length is 5½". The blade was fairly easy to shape using a file. I put the knives in a plastic bag with onion slices for about 24 hours to acquire...
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    Short Starter.......

    Thought I would share a picture of a recent rainy day project. I replaced the wooden ball on my short starter with a moose antler and topped it off with a Tandy Leather silver dollar concho I picked up for $2.
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    Brass ram rod

    Just received the new brass antiqued ram rods I had ordered from October Country. One of the rods was for my TC Big Boar and the other for my TC Hawken .58. The rod for the BB gives just the additional weight I was expecting and provides just what the doctor ordered to curb the little...
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    Extra barrel storage containers

    Was wondering if anyone has come up with a storage container to house individual extra barrels in. Thought of using PVC pipe but didn't know if it would be an attraction for moisture. Any ideas, designs or suggestions would be appreciated.
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    Coned barrels/shredded patches/accuracy

    Does your coned barrel produce shredded patches and still have no effect on accuracy?
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    Double cavity .570 round ball mold

    Are there any manufactures who make a double cavity .570 round ball mold? Seems that sometime ago I saw a thread which discussed someone who makes molds, looked high and low and couldn't find it. Any help would be appreciated.
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    Some GM barrels unavailable

    For all you GM barrel fans who are on backorder status, this is an update for you. After doing a bit of calling around and trying to locate a .58 caliber barrel with no success, I think I found out why. It seems that the Knight Company who now makes the GM barrels has gone into production of...
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    Short starter ideas????

    Just broke the ball on my short starter :cursing: and would like to know if anyone has some good ideas for replacement balls, something different?
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    .58 cal. GM barrel which mold???

    I have recently ordered a .58 GM barrel 1:70" twist for RB shooting that will drop into my T/C Hawken. I would like to get thoughts from other members as to which molds work good for the GM barrels and what do you use for patch material?
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    Trap for reclaiming lead

    Does anyone out there have any ideas on making a portable trap to reclaim lead when shooting on the range. I'm trying to figure out a way to make a trap that I can take with me when I leave the range. With the price of lead going up............ well you know the rest.
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    Buffalo bone knife handle

    I recently got hold of some buffalo bones that had been oven baked and would like to use them for a knife handle. What is the proper treatment of the bone from this point on? Should they be soaked in anything to get rid of the grease and oil and for how long?
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    GPR ram rod hole not drilled

    I had just completed my first ever kit, GPR .50 cal. percussion, and went to insert the ram rod when I discovered the ram rod hole had never been drilled. I immediately called Lyman to see if they had any suggestions, and here's the choices I was given. No. 1, they would send me a finished...
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