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I’m going to check that flash hole height on mine. If I remember, my pan covers part of the hole. I never gave it much thought, a assuming that was how it was supposed to be...

Alan

Ryobi makes a cordless rotary tool that runs off of their cordless tool batteries.

This is the one I have.
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Uh oh... He's a gonner..,

Alan

I used coffee to stain a gunstock once. It came out coffee colored. I've never stained anything with bacon though, except the front of my shirt and my pants legs.



Alan

It's "bob-war"...

Alan

I have learned more in this one thread than I have anywhere else in a long time.

Alan

I have always read that the Brown Bess muskets were lacking in accuracy, which, I suppose, is to be expected in a smooth bore gun. Then, I have also read that round ball fired from a 10 or 12 ga is...

Max, I think you got more than two cents worth from the last two responses. We probably all did.

Alan

Shooting a flintlock or percussion rifle or a cap and ball revolver will certainly give you a new perspective and appreciation for what our predecessors had to contend with in their day. I read once...

Cap and ball (percussion rifle) is a lot easier to shoot than a flintlock. Lots of things have to be working correctly in sequence to send a roundball downrange with a flintlock.

and,

Keep...

All I have to say about flinters is "Thank God for percussion caps".

I have a CSA 50 cal "Plainsman". I have a devil of a time with ignition. I finally got the frizzen roughed up enough to get a...