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Encore project #207319 06/29/2020 9:16 PM
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reflex264 Offline OP
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First off here is why some people shouldn't own muzzleloaders:




I bought the gun to rob the action. Whoever had it had no clue how to clean it.

2 hours of work later it is back functioning.
I got my mounts and hanger bar installed on the 260 barrel.
Hopefully get to rough out the for-end this weekend.

Last edited by reflex264; 06/29/2020 9:16 PM.

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Re: Encore project [Re: reflex264] #207321 06/30/2020 12:38 AM
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Aint that crazy.....,


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Re: Encore project [Re: KYODE] #207322 06/30/2020 1:05 AM
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What a filthy mess that was left in. Hope the project runs smooth.

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Re: Encore project [Re: PsTaN] #207327 06/30/2020 4:53 PM
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Hope you didn't have to pay extra for all that PATINA!
In our disposable world some people don't care ,just go buy a new one every few years.The old adage comes to mind You can tell a lot about a man by the way he treats his tools. Some people have no soul.


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Re: Encore project [Re: junebug] #207331 06/30/2020 10:41 PM
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was in a LGS about 6 months ago and was looking at the muzzle loaders on the shelf. there was a old flinter there, I took it down and was checking the bore and yep you guessed it, it had a charge in it. measured the bottom of the bore to the ramrod and it surely had powder under the ball as there was also a mark on the rod. there was a flint on the lock, so it told the owner about it and his response was " it probably wont go off anyway, I'm sure that's why it is still loaded." I offered to pull the ball for him but he said he would get to it. I left it on the counter and haven't been back there since.


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Re: Encore project [Re: dave thomas] #207342 07/02/2020 1:58 AM
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WOW!!!! You can medicate Crazy, You can Educate Ignorance. BUT you CAN"T fix Stupid

Unbelievable
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Re: Encore project [Re: dave thomas] #207343 07/02/2020 1:58 AM
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I cringed at that second picture.

One of my friends in high school apparently never knew you had to clean a muzzleloader. The bore on that otherwise stainless barrel was a fine shade of reddish brown.

Last edited by Chance Weldon; 07/05/2020 5:01 AM. Reason: Typo

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Re: Encore project [Re: Chance Weldon] #207379 07/03/2020 8:43 PM
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kalhoon Offline
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Wow!

Re: Encore project [Re: kalhoon] #207381 07/03/2020 11:56 PM
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No excuse for that, especially with a break open action.


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