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My mind may be made for me. I found out I may have to replace both front hubs on my pickup. If so no gun.

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I was at my local Cabela's monday and seen a 94 in .32 spl. I think it was a pre war model. No I didn't check the ser. #. But it had the old style nurled hammer instead of the serrated one. I'm not looking for rifle really but always check out the used rack. The finnish on the stock was comming off ...

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I do all the deer my daughter, dad and I shoot every year. I ain't fast but I know where its been and how it was kept until butchering. I seen one processer throw deer in a livestock trailer piled to the ceiling. It was very warm that year also, so I'm sure that was some fine tasting deer... Not!

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Darrel you should try to make the Lexington show in August every year. Its the CLA annual and you can get up close to some of the best stuff being made these days. I don't know how far you are from Lexington, KY but if you like traditional muzzleloaders its worth going at least once.

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I bought some remington 30-30's last year for my daughters new old winchester 64 and one round went off ater two strikes and one refused to go off at all. I changed ammo for hunting season. I had never had problems with Remington befor this either. I wrote a letter to them and never received a reply...

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K Crowel I know a few folks that belong to the ABS but I have never joined myself. I would like to make it down to the Blade Show someday but can't find the time right now. I do belong to the Contemporary Longrifle Association though and go to their annual show in Lexington KY every August. I sell e...

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I could probably do a fancy one in about fourty hours if I did this kind of work regulary. I'm not as eficient as I would like to be. I've never really kept track of time on one or I probably would never sell one.

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Kim I'll send you an email later.

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Gobbler I use wrought iron with old springs or 1080 for bits in the hawks. I think the wrought works better than mild steel for axe heads. I use 1080 or 1084 for my knife blades. This is one of my best heads.

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Yes and no. When I get a project done its usually for sale. I make things for meself and family sometimes. I had to quit taking orders because it became to much. My real job keeps getting in the way. I also made powder horns.

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This is where I spend too

much time. A forge making knives and axes.

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Went to a antique gun show in september and prices were down from last year. Here in southest michigan.

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Kirk have you ever had a chance of to try any new loads for your 1876? I know what you mean about the 76 carbines. I wish I had waited a little longer and I would have went with the carbine instead of the rifle. I really like the full stock.

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A Marlin 336 was the first deer rifle I had. My parents got for a christmas gift wnen I was thirteen. I've had 30-06, 300 savage, 45-70, 7mm-08 and now I'm back to the 30-30 marlin. It's enough gun for where I shoot and I've never lost a deer with it. I've got a 1894 Winchester rifle in 32-40 that I...

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I've had leaf river and cuddebacks. The leaf river was slow on triggering and missed the critter sometimes and night photo's were washedout looking. Other than that it was ok. I bought a cuddeback excite and it has a much faster trigger time. Gave good photo's, good night photo's and battery life wa...

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86er is right. I bought my daughter a Kimber 84 in 7mm-08 and put a leupold scope on it and she didn't like it and would hardly use it. I had to get her an old Winchester 64 with open sights. She likes older guns, her favorite is a flintlock. She loves to shoot the guns she picked but not the one Da...

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My daughter and I will be in Kentucky in October for their early season. We pack .50 flinters made by Alan Martin.

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My 45-60 win. 1876 Uberti repro and my 32-40 win. 1894 Winchester. I like the 45-60 the best of the two. With a 350 gr. bullet and 58grs of ffg.

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Really cool rifle. I'd like a light weight 81 in 38-55.

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Ysabel both rifles were made by Allen Martin. He has a web site, don't know the address off hand. My rifle with the wood patchbox is on his site. He had a three year wait when I ordered my rifle.

Seemed like it took forever to get it.

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WW Gun the hawk is one of my creations. I seen an original last year and decided to make a copy. Mine is a little heavier than the old one but is still light and well balanced. I bladesmith as a side line to get my "play with money". Keeps momma happier when I don't dip into the regular ba...

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Here's the rifles.

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My daughter and I were able to do some shooting on our vacation. Most was spent hammering nails for my sister and her husband. But we squeezed in some shooting. We shot mostly our flinters and was able to talk her into shooting my Uberti 76. She likes to hunt and shoot with her muzzleloader more tha...

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C. Cash the barrel on the flinter is 38" and its a swamped barrel also. A very light and well ballanced rifle. Mine has a 45" barrel on it and is almost as light.

Sorry it took so long for me to reply but I've been out of town.

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I bought the flinter for myself and I got my daughter started shooting it. Then she started calling it her rifle. So dad had to go and get himself another one.

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Thought I would post the photo now that I learned. The two lever guns were aquired this year. An 1894 32-40 made about 1920 and a Uberti in 45-60. The 45-60 is one of the funest guns I have. The flinter is my daughters favorite deer rifle. She took her first deer with it at age thirteen. :D Her othe...

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Its only taken me 40 years to get a good dog. I've always owned mutts but decided to give mountain curs a try after talking to people that owned them. They are stubbern sometimes though.

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Thanks for the help with the photo thing guys. It has taken two sites and multiple people to get it through to me. But I finaly got it.

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Ok I hope this photo works out. This is Hondo with the last groundhog he caught. I really like him you can work him over pretty good and he just stands there and takes it. No I don't mean beat him just pull on his tail and othe annoying things kids do to dogs. http://i889.photobucket.com/albums/ac10...

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Ted I still don't get it.

I got me an account at photobucket and still can't figure this danged thing out! I may be a hopeless cause.

I can't figure out how to get it from photobucket to here even after reading how on the link you posted.

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I can't post any photo's. I don't know if my files are too large or if there is another reason. It does'nt give me a reason why the photo won't post. I tried on another site and it said my file was too large and I don't know how to down size the file. I can't post at either place. Wondering if anyon...

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Hobie where do you know Gordon from? If you see him often tell him Brian Barker has an axe on his work bench for him.

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Muzzleloader, Muzzle Blast, American Rifleman and others. The CLA tries to get as much coverage as possible. This year they have been able to get more because of the rifle and the makers. Hershel has been well known for years. He was on the show Grits Gresham used to back in the late 70's and early ...

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Kirk what is your starting load for sr4759 for the 45-60? I seen that you have used it befor but I couldn't find it with any of my searches.

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Thanks Cast B, I always wondered how you do that. I'm not very good with these things.

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Morgan Jamison is selling there new batch of brass at $1.28. It used to be cheaper but with metal prices going up and the Obama factor they have went way up.

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If you guys want to see a really cool flintlock check out this site. Three brothers completley hand built the whole thing. I know Frank and have met Hershel a few times. They are great guys and know how to put a longrifle togather. The rifle will be raffled of this august at the annual Contemporary ...

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My USFA Rodeo shoots low with all my hand loads so far and ultramax factory rounds. They all were with 255 gr and 260 gr swc loads. Windage is good maybe a little to the left. I was affraid it would shoot high when I bought it. It has a 4-3/4" barrel, the last Ruger I had with adjustable sights...

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Thanks guys. Kirk I started with the 22 grs because that was the recomended starting load. I didn't have enough cases to do as many different loads as I would like. I plan to do load some up with heavier charges this next time around. I hope to get my order of brass from Jamison soon.

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Kirk do you get unburned powder with 5744 in your 45-60 loads. I loaded some up with 22 grains for my Uberti 1876 and had unburned powder. Do you use magnum primers or standard? It's not a lot of powder for that size case.

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Thanks Ed, you got me to thinking. All my loads that day were lead bullets but my 32-40 rounds had gas checks on them. Maybe they had something to do with the readings I was getting. They get crimped on pretty good when I size my bullets but maybe some were flying off just after they left the barrel.

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If they grab in the wrong spot they do get cut up most of the time. My other cur just healed up from a coon bite. She grabbed it at the back end instead of the the neck. If they do much fighting with other critters they usually learn quick or quite.

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I have a mountain cur, that is named Hondo immagine that. :D Well he's going to be a year old the 13th of this month and today he killed his first groundhog. It was just a little one but he got it all on his own. I thought he dug up one that my neighbor caught in his live trap earlier. He always com...

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Well I finally got to shoot my new old Winchester 94 in 32-40. I loaded up about 40 rounds with reformed 38-55's. I just got a chrono for my birth day and wanted to play with all my new toys. I loaded the rounds with 5744 from 17.5 to 19 grains and a RCBS 32-170 gas check bullet. I was getting lousy...

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NICE!

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A flint lock has to have the right geometry to work right. It also needs a good strong main spring and polished surfaces so you get as much speed as possible for fast ignition. There are other tricks to get them working better but you would need to talk to some of the builders that have tuned locks ...

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My powder horn didn't show up the last post so I'll try again. This blackpowder bug is bad.

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Aint it great seeing all these purty rifles.

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Here are some photos of my baby. I added a powder horn that I made also. I have a percussion S. Hawken rifle also but I can load my flinter much faster. I don't use 4f for primer anylonger either. I use the same powder for my main charge. I have been told that the coarser stuff has a coating to help...

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I have two longrifles from Allen Martin and both are great. They are flintlocks and they do take more consentration to shoot well, but I like the challeng. I have taken several deer with flintlocks over the years. You can check out Allens rifles at allenmartinrifles.com and it you go to the Berks Co...

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