I have a document I put together regarding different bluing/browning techniques as well as some other metal finishes utilizing different chemical compounds....
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Jerry Blount
yakipreacher
Feb 11, 2012 6:35 pm
I'd be interested in receiving such. Jerry Blount ... From: Muzzleloaders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Muzzleloaders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Johnny Sent:...
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The Backwards Turtle
johnirex
Feb 16, 2012 2:24 am
Does anyone know a surefire way to put a handle in a hawk, that will NEVER, EVER come loose? J. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Josh Wilson
lordwilson83
Feb 16, 2012 2:44 am
JB Weld... ;-) Â All teasing aside... Â You actually want it to come loose. If your handle breaks, your gonna want to rehandle it. What I would do is... wrap...
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johnirex
Feb 16, 2012 3:16 am
I don't intend to throw it. And the possibility of my breaking the handle ranges from slim to none. It stays tight if I soak it periodically, but that's a...
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Josh Wilson
lordwilson83
Feb 16, 2012 3:27 am
wedges and shims should work for you then. I hate soaking handles too ... From: The Backwards Turtle <backwardsturtle2@...> Subject: Re:...
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David Lingo
hillbillylingo
Feb 16, 2012 8:26 am
Locust or ashe works real good,saw one done a couple years back had osage orange,or hedgeapple,or what ever they call it in that area,and it worked great,was...
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catalina0029
Feb 16, 2012 11:56 am
I would be interested in that. I don't know how to PM anybody. Dan...
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Jerry Blount
yakipreacher
Feb 16, 2012 2:06 pm
John I am interested in that also. I don't know how to pm either. jerry@... is my email address though. Jerry Blount 316-320-4321 ...
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catalina0029
Feb 19, 2012 5:58 pm
Thanks to everyone that helped me out here, my bluing is off to a good start. I apply the LMF in the morning before work and let it sit in the bathroom for the...
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Jerry Blount
yakipreacher
Mar 4, 2012 4:15 am
Hi I have what may appear a stupid question. I have two rifles one appears to have 6 grooves cut in it for the rifling. The other has 12. Which is better and...
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johnirex
Mar 4, 2012 4:32 am
The long, slow twist is for round balls. I don't recall ever reading anything about research into the optimum number of grooves in a barrel. But...it must...
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Dennis
oldphardt
Mar 4, 2012 1:01 pm
The only study I can remember is the one which said using 2 groves on 1903 springfield barrels lost some accuracy but not 'significant'. Whatever...
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Jerry Blount
yakipreacher
Mar 4, 2012 1:13 pm
I have a custom built barrel that I have put on ebay. and folks are asking me questions I can't answer. It has twelve grooves, rather than the normal. It is...
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kees99919
Mar 6, 2012 3:00 am
I think the number of grooves is not as important as A) the rate of twist and B) the depth of the grooves. But if the barrel has been "incredibly accurate"...
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Jerry Blount
yakipreacher
Mar 12, 2012 11:26 pm
Hi I bought a 58 caliber smoothbore percussion Springfield rifle at the last gun show. It has a 1862 lock plate on it. Here is my question. what do I have? It...
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The Backwards Turtle
johnirex
Mar 13, 2012 12:19 am
I think a bunch of the CW surplus guns were smooth-bored and sold to civilians for shotguns. I wouldn't shoot an original barrel. You can get a new barrel...
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catalina0029
Mar 19, 2012 1:22 am
I placed two photos in a folder named Rust Bluing. I put in a photo of the trigger guard before and after bluing. For some reason my wife seems unusually...
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kees99919
Mar 21, 2012 8:03 pm
Nice! Thanks for putting those in the Photos section. I was just looking at some U-tube videos from Midway USA, including several on various ways of bluing....
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kees99919
Apr 15, 2012 2:55 am
Nathanael (12 going on 21) and I went to the range this afternoon with the Deer Creek Rifle and his cut down T-C Cherokee, both .45 caliber. Burned a bunch of...
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Gary
olliebullet
Apr 15, 2012 3:45 pm
Sounds as if it was just getting dirty , try a wet patch on your ramrod when you shove the ballhome or use a wet patch down the bore after loading the ball and...
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john linney
jhn_linney
Apr 22, 2012 10:00 am
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johnirex
Apr 23, 2012 10:46 pm
I just read "Braddock's March," by Thomas E. Crocker. I was amazed at the number of people who were involved in that fiasco, who went on to fame or infamy in...
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johnirex
Apr 30, 2012 4:27 pm
This picture probably goes under the "guts" list. Building a mill, out in the middle of nowhere. No 911 to call for accidents or police. No fire insurance....
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kees99919
May 1, 2012 1:56 am
Ah, but that is the way this country was settled! "Build your dream" and the folks that need your services will come (to paraphrase Field of Dreams). Neat...
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Josh Wilson
lordwilson83
May 1, 2012 2:03 am
I love that place. The Mrs. and I honeymooned there. ... From: kees99919 <vanweel@...> Subject: [Muzzleloaders] Re: God, guns and guts. To:...
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The Backwards Turtle
johnirex
May 2, 2012 3:21 pm
The mill is somewhere down in the wilds of wonderful West Virginia. I was born in WV, and I'm convinced that if I don't return there before I go under, my...
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Jerry Blount
yakipreacher
May 2, 2012 3:35 pm
Hi I recently bought out a dealer's stock of muzzleloaders. I buy used muzzleloaders and sell parts off them. Well, this time, I have ended up with a brand...
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The Backwards Turtle
johnirex
May 2, 2012 4:06 pm
I'd go first to eBay, and see what the parts are selling for. I believe eBay makes you sell the barrel separate from the stock. Then I'd go to the online gun...
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kees99919
May 3, 2012 2:43 am
I recently bought a nice used New Englander in .50 caliber for $180 shipped. It is no where near new-in-the-box but still a clean rifle. I would think that...
