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    Traditions finds new way to separate ML shooters from their money

    Not legal in PA in PA for anything muzzle loader. If it qualifies as centerfire, it is legal in the regular rifle seasons. The idea is hardly new. Harry Pope made muzzle loading centerfire match guns back in the 1880's. Bullet loaded down the front and a centerfire case full of powder in the...
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    Round Ball Gong Targets

    I hang mine from chains. One made little noise so I wired a bell to the chain so it hangs behind the target. A distinct "ding a ling."
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    India Guns Won't Shoot

    I have had 4 India made pistols. The Ketland reproduction lock sparked better than any flint lock ever made by Thompson Center.
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    The Rendezvous is Fading Away

    I got to know the booshway of a local 4 day rendezvous. He has done so much to attract the attention of outsiders and trying to spread the word is sometimes futile. He contacted the local TV station, with an invite. Offered to line up some clothes for a reporter, and have a few camps set up...
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    The Rendezvous is Fading Away

    Life gets in the way of a lot of things. Was a time, I traveled all over the mid Atlantic going to rendezvous and weekend matches from March to November. Kids got older, packing and unpacking got to be tedious, rules started to get more picky about things, I took notice that there came a...
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    Hand Cannon

    this gent makes 30 mm hand cannons http://www.boeller-pfnuer.de/Handboeller.htm here is another http://boeller-schillinger.de/boeller/boeller-schillinger-informiert-ueber-boeller.html and here: http://www.frankonia.de/schiesssport/sportwaffen/vorderlader/boeller/Artikel.html here is a video...
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    Hand Cannon

    The Hy Hunter Buccaneer flintlock was available in 75 caliber
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    Is that all it takes?

    It was once said that every gun has a single magic charge patch ball combination. I say that is crap. A gun may have several sweet loads that depend on powder, type of patch and ball diameter. There are those who say most guns have two sweet loads, one for target with modest powder and then...
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    Hand Cannon

    If you truly want a hand cannon, these are made up to 25 mm smooth bore http://www.boellerkaiser.de/shop/index.php?page=produkte&cat=3
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    Need some information on .44 Cal Black Powder Pistol

    The second gun looks a great deal like a pot metal repligun. Thousands of them were sold back 35 yrs ago. They were even packaged like real replica firearms. They are props, man cave decorations and sure to cause injury if a person tried to fire one. Denix guns still sell on the net and...
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    Dart Gun

    forget the darts.
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    Is there a market for a MULTI-SHOT BP RIFLE?

    this one has a surprise
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    free

    I bought black powder in 1993 in 5 lb packages for $3 a pound.
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    Springfield 1855 Carbine "Dragoon"

    I have the Antonio Zoli repro of the carbine. Sights are the rreason they are not that accurate. I worked on mine a bit and now it shoots much better. I am down to a 5 inch group at 25 yds. Ungainly is a perfect adjective for the weapon.
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    Maybe a dumb question about Cap and Ball ergonomics.

    Keep also in mind that in the 1860's, the average American was about 10% smaller in stature, arm length, finger length etc. A true to historical size grip would naturally be a bit small for a modern person. I had a similar problem with most pistol grips, ie too small. It wasn't until I...
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    Price of black powder these days

    I broke down old 43 Spanish cartridges from a box labeled 1879 and let the powder sit in an open can in a damp basement for 3 years and then one day about 2001 loaded it an shot it in my percussion Hawkin. Worked fine.
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    Help! What caliber?

    That is a Spanish made pistol. CVA sold that model and called it the Colonial Pistol. Yes, almost all of them were 45 caliber. Yours is an early model, the later ones used a drum and nipple instead of a bolster breech. The very early, 1970's, models had rather shallow rifling and were a...
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    Is blackpowder easier on your ears than smokeless?

    It is all bad. Loud car stereos, head banging house stereos, firearms, fireworks, ijots with straight pipes on their motorcycles, loud farm machinery, dragsters, etc. Many muzzle loader target/match shooters use minimal charges to get the job done. Not as loud, but still damaging over...
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    Gunbroker underhammer auction - what am i missing here?

    In 1939, a GE 7 cubic ft refrigerator was $20 dollars MORE than a brand new Pontiac. So what? Btw, I meant I might pay that auction price for the target model. Certainly not that particular gun. I am currently looking for a scroll saw Why are they 50 dollars more on ebay than new in a...
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    Gunbroker underhammer auction - what am i missing here?

    that is not the target model with the long Octagon barrel. I had one. Shot great groups at 100 yds off a bench. far too heavy to hold offhand. The target model also had a longer barrel. The target model had a 45 cal 1.125 inch barrel that was 42 inches long. Factory finished it listed...
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