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Loading Block Drill Bit Chart
Courtesy of Musketman... (Thank you to Eric Krewson for finding this so it could be replaced) https://vermontamerican.com/drill-bit-decimal-equivalency-chart/ (Found this chart since the original did not show.)
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Powder Measure Shot Loads Chart
Courtesy of GrayBear: POWDER MEASURE SETTINGS TO MEASURE OUT OUNCES OF BIRD SHOT 50 grain setting = 3/4 ounce of shot 60 grain setting = 7/8 ounce of shot 70 grain setting = 1 once of shot 80 grain setting = 1 1/8 ounce of shot 90 grain setting = 1 1/4 ounce of shot...
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Guage/Caliber - Balls per Pound
Guage - Caliber Conversion Chart Caliber is the decimal-inch diameter of the gun barrel. For example the land to land diameter of a .54 caliber rifle is 54/100's of an inch. The Gauge of a gun is the measurement of the bore in...
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Stumpkiller's Lube Recipes
Stumpy's Moose Juice A general purpose blackpowder solvent and liquid patch lube. Shake well before using Castor Oil 3 oz. Murphy's Oil Soap 1 oz. Witch Hazel 4 oz. Isopropyl Alcohol (91%) 8 oz. Water (non-chlorinated if available) 16 oz. I dip my patching in this twice and let it dry...
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Pure Lead Ball Weight
Pure Lead Ball Weight .310 = 45 grains .315 = 47 grains .321 = 50 grains .350 = 65 grains .360...
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Metric Conversion Chart
Metric Conversion Meters Yards Feet 10 = 10.936 = 32.808 15 = 16.404 = 49.212 20...
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Fowler Pouch Pattern
Shooting Bag Pattern provided by: Adam Stevenson (aka Half Moon Ranger ) The pattern is composed of eight pages. You may download each of the pages separately, or you may download the ZIPPED file which contains all the pages. All Pages (zipped file)...
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Leather Thickness Chart
Leather Thickness Ounces Inches 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10...
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State Fish and Game Resources
Alabama Game & Fish Dept. Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game Arizona Game & Fish Dept. Arkansas Game & Fish Commission California Department of Fish and Game Colorado...
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Flintlocks: How to Shoot Them
Flintlocks: How to Shoot Them By Paul Vallandigham Sadly, there is such a lack of information about how to shoot traditional muzzleloading guns, both flintlocks and percussion guns, that the consumer is left with whatever is the newest fad, and whatever the...
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Controlling Recoil
Controlling Heavy Recoil By Paul Vallandigham Everyone who has ever dreamed about hunting big game has thought of owning a large caliber rifle suited to taking the great bears or the African Big Five. The problem is that the recoil of these...
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Off-Hand Shooting
Off-Hand and Trick Shooting By Paul Vallandigham If there is an art to rifle shooting, it is only because we don't train to shoot rifles with open sights, from our two legs, standing, as was the practice 65 years ago. When WW II broke...
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Bill of Rights
The Preamble to The Bill of Rights Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. click to enlarge THE Conventions...
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Weights in the Imperial system
The basic unit of weight in the British system is the grain - originally based on the weight of a grain of barley (but note that money was based on the grain of wheat - and that three grains of barley weigh the same as four of wheat). This grain is the troy grain - there is no other...
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Why Tradition Matters
Why Tradition Matters in the Woods by XXX Modern practitioners of traditional style hunting are frequently questioned as to why the equipment choices of some ultra modern hunters concerns us. After all, are we all not just exercising...
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Glossary of Muzzleloading Terms
Glossary of Muzzleloading Terms A Adjustable Powder Measure - (Usually brass) Measures powder in volume from 0 to 120 grains in 10 grain increments, Pistol measurers often measure smaller amounts. Agate - A sparking stone used instead of flint in some flintlocks. Arquebuse - An early...
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Modern Replica Dating by Proof Marks
A PDF link to Dennis Adler's article about Italian Black Powder Proof marks is given below. http://www.powderhombre.com/mbpproofmarks.pdf You must have Adobe or similar software to read pdf files. It is available on the web from Adobe as a free download. An additional listing showing old...
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Determining what size flint you need
Determining what size flint you need by Rich Pierce Sometimes the "bevel up or bevel down" question or "what size flint do I need" question comes up when somebody gets a new gun. Even with common production locks there is some variability in lock timing, etc and so it's worthwhile to figure it...
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Some Thoughts On The Authenticity
A Modest Proposal: Some Thoughts On The Authenticity By Alan Gutchess I am continually amazed by the fervor that arises every time the word "authenticity" is used, either in print or in conversation by reenactors. As more events and individuals tighten their authenticity standards...
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Measuring Rate of Twist in Your Rifle
MEASURING RATE OF TWIST IN YOUR RIFLE by Paul Vallandigham Learn to measure the Rate of Twist yourself. Then there will be NO DOUBT about it. Put a wire bore brush on a cleaning rod, then put a lubed Patch on the muzzle, and run the patch down the barrel with the bore brush. Go to the bottom...
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Black Powder Measures from Cartridges
Black Powder Measures from Cartridges Compiled by Zonie Using empty cartridge cases to measure black powder loads can easily be done. Simply fill the empty case to the mouth and wipe off the excess powder. The following gives a few common cases and the amount of black powder they will hold...
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Historical Internet Archive
Looking for historical information for re-enacting, old guns, etc.? Want to start your own digital collection of historical books, photos, and so on? Try searching the Internet Library http://www.archive.org for what you need and download it (or read it on line) for FREE. Thanks to GunnyGene...
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Something Stuck in your Barrel?
Is Something Stuck In Your Barrel? by Zonie Is something stuck in your barrel? This is a lot more common than most folks would suspect. Even the folks who have shot muzzleloaders for 40+ years sometimes end up with this problem. Under only the most desperate condition should you ever think of...
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Why We Don't Season Barrels
Why We Don't Season Barrels Anymore by Paul H. Vallandigham Periodically, some new shooter comes on the forum claiming that he needs to "SEASON" his barrel. Today's modern barrels are made of STEEL, an alloy of iron and other metals, which produces a much harder metal. Muzzleloading barrels are...
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Shooting Thompson/Center Sidelock Firearms
Click Here to download a PDF file for the "Thompson Center Hawken Manual". The information can be used with any sidelock rifle made by TC https://www.tcarms.com/pdfs/uploads/manuals/Hawken_Manual.pdf
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Decoding Cast Iron Numbers and Lettering
Untitled Document Numbers Whether the products were skillets, waffle irons, or griddles, nearly all vintage pieces made by major foundries had one identifying marking in addition to such things as logos. Namely, size numbers. The size number is typically found on either the bottom of a...
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Smoothbore Loads
Smoothbore Loads Follow this link. This is a PDF file so your computer will need a program that can read it. Most computers have such a program so give it a try. If it works, your good to go. If it doesn't work, download the free PDF reader from Adobe...
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