keeping my top knot in indy
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keeping my top knot in indy
by J Young GS 27/8/2022, 12:19 pm
just found this forum so will bounce back ever so often. Played SASS for years been to a few reenactments looking and decided I wanted to try flint as caps were hard to find. Have shoot C&B for about 70 years so have powder and ball just need to find the right flintlock long gun.
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Re: keeping my top knot in indy
by Buck Conner 30/8/2022, 3:17 pm
J Young GS wrote:just found this forum so will bounce back ever so often. Played SASS for years been to a few reenactments looking and decided I wanted to try flint as caps were hard to find. Have shoot C&B for about 70 years so have powder and ball just need to find the right flintlock long gun.
Lots of options, how deep are your pockets will tell you what's available. A good lock is what you should look for, then a good grade barrel and so on.
Caliber needs to be considered; at my age a .50 caliber fits my needs as I don't hunt any more but still like to shoot from time to time.
Check with FrontierGander on this site; (Jonathan) he may have what you're looking for at a good price. "KEY WORD" - Do your RESEARCH, good luck.
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Re: keeping my top knot in indy
by Winter Hawk 1/9/2022, 5:00 pm
Welcome to the site!
I just got one of those gizmos to make your own caps from pop cans. I punched out a bunch of them, still need to fill them with the appropriate chemicals and try them out. This because of the scarcity of caps on the market.
Hope to see more of you!
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I just got one of those gizmos to make your own caps from pop cans. I punched out a bunch of them, still need to fill them with the appropriate chemicals and try them out. This because of the scarcity of caps on the market.
Hope to see more of you!
~Kees~
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Re: keeping my top knot in indy
by Mustang65 1/9/2022, 6:12 pm
We do the same thing Kees. They work great.Winter Hawk wrote:Welcome to the site!
I just got one of those gizmos to make your own caps from pop cans. I punched out a bunch of them, still need to fill them with the appropriate chemicals and try them out. This because of the scarcity of caps on the market.
Hope to see more of you!
~Kees~
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Re: keeping my top knot in indy
by Buck Conner 2/9/2022, 9:57 am
First you cut the ends off of an aluminum soda can, then cut it down the middle. The sheet feeds into the side of steel punch and die. Whack it and the cap falls out into your hand. To make the shell, they provide a die that you slide in the can material, and whack it with a mallet. The cap falls out into your hand.
See: https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/make-your-own-percussion-caps-the-kit-works/
See: https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/make-your-own-percussion-caps-the-kit-works/
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