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    Traditions barrel

    Does anyone know - for sure - exactly what these marks on my Traditions Kentucky kit barrel mean? Yeah, they look like they should be proof marks. But are they for real, has this barrel actually been proofed? Or might they be something added to help market these rifles. I googled Spanish proofs...
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    Mountain Rifle

    New Toy! Monday night met a fella & bought his slightly used Caywood Southern Mountain Rifle. .45 cal, 39" tapered & swamped barrel, weight something under 6 pounds. Flintlock, of course. I have a bad shoulder so need something I can lift. Tuesday--It shoots! I can actually fire some decent...
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    Michigan Gun Laws

    Brain short-circuit, put this in with knives. And they still let me drive! Michigan Antique Firearms Laws changed a couple years ago. We can now buy new percussion revolvers without a purchase permit. Many dealers about the country do not yet know this. Here in Rochester we have little crime...
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    51 Navy Sights

    my error, posted same thing twice.
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    51 Navy Sights

    I have an old Navy Arms brass framed .36 Navy. With its 10" sight radius I need to add a little over 1/16 " (1.6mm) to the front sight to get the point of impact within reason at 25 yards. Being hesitant to mess up my gun, you guys have any idea the best way to remove that old sight? (I...
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    WoodsWalk Loading

    So what sort of equipment do people strap to themselves in order to load their percussion revolver for a Woods-Walk shoot? Say, as in ten steel targets of odd sizes & ranges, five shots each? Which shoot I am fantasing as a way to get some Non-Action percussion revolver competition going...
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    1st Model Colt Dragoon

    Any experience shooting Colt replicas of the first model dragoon, with its oval cylinder notches, as opposed to the rectangular notch of the second model, or the 3rd model with the same notch design used on modern revolvers? Colt must have figured he was making improvements. going from...
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