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    What happened to Roundball?

    There used to be a pretty regular posting fella here with the screen name Roundball. He did some testing with roundballs of other materials besides lead. He was from North Carolina if I remember. And he coined the term "whompability" Anyone know what happened to him?
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    hoyt barrels

    Any one out there have a Hoyt barrel? Not one of another make that he rebored , but one he made. How is the internal finish ? How is the accuracy?
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    Dimick rifles

    Anyone have any pictures of originals? Don Stith on his web site says they are better balanced than a Hawken. Any one ever handle an original or one of Dons kit's?
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    Blew it!

    Well New York deer season is history. This was my first year hunting a 183 acre abandoned farm that myself and a couple others leased. Deer sightings have not been plentiful but I did manage to kill the best buck of my life during the archery season( a 10 point that has about 150 inches before...
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    hardened roundballs

    I know some of the guys here have used wheel weights for roundball casting for increased penetration. I have some 20-1 lead tin mix I am thinking of casting up. I used it to cast for a BPCR I no longer have. I am thinking it might make a very hard hitting bone smashing roundball. The BHN for...
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    which Leman kit?

    Ive been thinking for a while that a leman kit should be my first try at building.Ive been following Joe Yanta's thread. TOTW says they are one of their easiest kits. Thats what I need. Which kit do you guys prefer and why TOTW TVM Pecatonica
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    touch hole position

    My wife and I were in Lancaster at "Sight and Sound" to see the biblical play called "In The Beginning" and on the way home I stopped at Cabelas and Dixons fair for the first time yesterday. Enjoyed browsing around and talking to some folks. One thing I noticed not being overly familiar with...
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    forsythe rifling

    Are these guns with very slow twist rates 1-104 or 1-92 only accurate with very heavy charges?
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    barrel styles for off hand shooting

    I must admit I haven't done as much off hand shooting over the years as I should have. Much of my practice has been in field positions that you would do while hunting. Over the years Ive taken very few shots at deer where I wasn't leaning against or resting on something Lately Ive been doing...
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    lancaster in walnut

    I just saw a lancaster rifle in the white in walnut on the American Longrifle forum. It was an awsome looking rifle. But my question is this was walnut used as much as maple back then?
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    Cabin fever relief!

    The weather finally got out of the teens yesterday so I decided to shoot a bit. Took the Pedersoli hawken out for some more breaking in and decided to try a little experiment with patch lube. I decided to try a fairly dry feeling patch as compared to a much wetter patch. Ala Dutch Schoultz...
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    tight wedge pins

    I just picked up a Pedersoli hawken and the wedge pins are too tight for my liking. What should be the first step in trying to determine where they are too tight and methods of fixing it?
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    Pedersoli hawken -first impresions

    I took delivery today of a Pedersoli Rocky Mountain Hawken in walnut that I purchased through Cherry's. They did an outsanding job of packing the rifle. They had the original Pedersoli box packed inside another box about twice as thick and filled tightly with foam peanuts. Fit and Finish--- I...
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    swamped barrels

    I have a dumb question again. Why does it seem that swamped barrels are only on older styles of rifles mostly flintlocks? Why was this style barrel not used for full stock guns built during later eras? For instance were there any Leman rifles made with swamped barrels? Or was most everything...
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    first flintlock exposure

    I had my first real exposure to flintlock shooting the other day.Even though Ive been shooting muzzleloaders for about 20 years Ive never shot a flinter or even been interested. I think that could be changing. I was at the gun club and an older gent of 81 years young came in and pulled out a...
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    barrel plugging

    This might be a dumb question, but here goes. I was reading LMF browning instructions and it said to plug the muzzle and the breech before the browning process. My question is this --if your breech plug is already installed you wouldn't remove it for this step-- would you? I would think plugging...
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    Colerain .58

    I have a kit coming with a 34 inch Colerain .58. Im just curious . Any one else have one? How do they shoot? They seem to have a bit faster twist in the .54 and .58 than most barrel makers.
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    hawken barrel length

    Ive been talking to Don Stith about some of his kits and have decided to order his S. Hawken in .58. I'm having him do the plug and rib etc. My question is this -- I am mainly interested in this for a hunting rifle so I don't want it to be too heavy. Don felt a .58 with a 34 inch barrel would...
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    The Hawken Shop

    Has anyone ever built a kit from them/ Also their barrels are offed with a 1-48 twist. Is this twist a original Hawken characteristic?
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    Hawken kit

    Hi , I know this has probably been talked about before. But Id like opinions on who has the easiest to assemble Hawken Kit? Ive never put a muzzleloader kit together before. Im not a craftsman but not a total klutz either. Are there any Hawken kits with the amount of inletting done on them...
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