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    Blunderbuss PRB

    The difficulty loading a PRB made it a non-starter for me. I use buckshot for large things in the 30 yard or less range. Original loadings by stagecoach guards back in the day called for “pea-sized” shot.
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    Rifle vs. Smoothbore

    Smoothbore….16 gauge by Mike Brooks. Forty two inch barrel. Shot for birds; round balls for deer. Weighs six pounds four and points like a wand.
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    How do you prime?

    I prime with 3fg. I prime from a small flask.
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    Removing rust in the barrel

    Bored out to .54 would give you a nice 28 gauge smoothbore. Maybe cut the barrel back a bit to save some weight. A GPR is a tad heavy for an upland gun
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    Trying to decide

    I was in a similar position a few years ago. I went with a 20 gauge fowler made by Matt Avance at TVM. After a season or two in the PA uplands, I wanted something lighter and so I turned to Mike Brooks who made for me a very faithful copy of the New England #9 in Switlick’s book. It is a 16...
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    Hudson's Bay Camp Knives

    Condor knives HB……the large and small of it.
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    Best powder charge for Traditions Kentucky .50 cal percussion pistol?

    I have a couple of .50 caliber underhammers. I have settled on 25 grains of FFFg as my go to load.
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    Wads For a Smoothbore Pistol

    Experiment. You may not need much. You will need a nitro card over your powder charge. Thick or thin? You may want to patch the round ball. The resulting fit should be tight…..you may have to tap it in with a hammer until it is past the muzzle. Using patch material like pillow ticking, your ball...
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    What do you carry in your hunting pouch for your shotgun?

    V.M. Starr. Premeasured powder charges in capped vials. pre-measured shot charges in capped vials. A handful of stiff OP wads for over the powder and over the shot. Extra flints. Pick. small brush. Priming powder flask (small). If I go with the Skychief, a tin with soaked wads.
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    Wad carrying?

    I use a snuff tin or an empty tin from air rifle pellets
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    Lyman Great Plains rifle

    The Gpr was my intro to flint guns. Mine was third hand when I got it. I have it still for many years. Shoots great. I did buy a second barrel for it. Dont remember why. It sits in the closet.
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    Broke in my new .66 cal Jugged Choked smoothbore Flinter

    The best break in.
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    Please help with exploring a smooth bore option!

    Some years ago I was asking the same advice here when toying with the smoothbore idea. The advice was helpful. I was not interested in making one. I ended up asking Mike Brooks to put one together for me.(Guns For Sale - Mike Brooks Flintlocks). I wanted a light, fast handling gun for upland...
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    Frizzen hardening question

    I use Kasenit. I use two old plumber’s torches placed at 90 degs from each other. I hold the object in the flames (in the garage). I process the piece through the flame twice. Quench in quench oil. The pieces emerge hard.
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    A bespoke Pennsylvania long rifle

    Very nice to follow the work in progress.
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    My New Mortar

    Beautiful job. It doesn’t look at all crude to me. Note: wadding does increase distance. It also increases pressure. Search for Max Load to find a thread started by Grottorian in 2007. Good info. Look at the Safe loads and construction thread in the stickies section.
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    My New Mortar

    I have a few gb mortars. One I made on a little lathe from a design by Douglas Dickens.
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    Application of Barrel Brown & Degreaser

    I have used the Laurel Mt. browning on an old Parker SXS. It came out of that glowing.
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    Application of Barrel Brown & Degreaser

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    Lyman Great Plains

    Yes. That was shot for a contest on this website. I came in second.
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