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Post by Buckskin Billy on Mar 23, 2008 0:31:14 GMT -5
thought i would show some of the stuff i keep in my shooting bag up top i got a el cheapo bullet mold for casting revolver bullets over the camp fire, a old spoon to melt lead in, a lead bar, a scalping knife,a skinning knife and whet stone, a powder flask. my bullet bag my sister made for me from a old red bandanna, leather bag to hold wads in. i carry my strike a light bag looped over my scalping knife on my gun belt. all that fits neatly in my shooting bag in the picture. i made it from a 110 pound spike that i braintanned last year
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Post by beaudro on Mar 23, 2008 19:00:32 GMT -5
thats good stuff, i'll post mine tonight if things wind down around here a little, i need to go and make a check of my stuff anyway! what gave you the idea on the spoon for melting lead? I'd like to hear about that one, sounds authentic.
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Post by beaudro on Mar 23, 2008 21:41:40 GMT -5
here's my bag, not much to it really, just things I use and might need. My little fish hooks are hand made, small brain tan bags for balls, a turn screw, a flint tool, pick and brush on a brass chain, a few cut linen patches, the bag is bark tan elk hide and i'm a little proud of that, a shot pouch, carved powder measure for 65 grains, a folding clasp knife. I'm still looking for a good bag mold for .60 cal, thats what is in my bag.
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Post by Buckskin Billy on Mar 23, 2008 21:43:06 GMT -5
well, thats just my shooting bag for my colts. i don't know if'n the spoon is auethenic or not. but it works good. kind of hard to pour,but works. theres a old house place on my property. every time it rains something new washes up, thats how i got the spoon.the wife wouldn' let me get one from the house. i used a file and cut a "v" on the side to pour with. think i may glue a deer horn on it for a handle
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Post by Buckskin Billy on Mar 23, 2008 22:05:07 GMT -5
i don't know whats up with this damn compooter. it's posting slow it didn't even show your bag a while ago when i posted to your post(whew) but any who nice bag and gear. is rapine still in business? they made a good steel bag mold for a while but can't seem to find one now that i cast and need one. i herd dixie's scissor mold was a good one then i herd it wasn't. so i don't know. i don't like the brass molds at all. i know some were oringinally made from brass, but my .375 bullets from my brass mold(el cheapo) don't cast a real good bullet. my gun knows the difference. bullets shot made from my brass mold won't group too good. let me know if you find a good bag mols cuz i need 4 of them
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Post by paskinner on Mar 24, 2008 8:16:51 GMT -5
beaudro, Great looking stuff. Did you tan the barktan? You should do a tutorial on how to make those shot pouches-that's something I'd like to learn to do.
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Post by beaudro on Mar 24, 2008 20:28:30 GMT -5
well billy i like the spoon anyway. No PA I did not tan that barktan leather, It was bought and really worth the money, I'm pretty fond of it. I posted a link on how to make those shot pouches/flasks, or whatever you want to call them, I can't find it at the moment. Here's a link to how it's done, it's not the greatest of tips, but you can get the idea, thats all I did to learn how. Use leather or rawhide, i suppose it's the same. Mine could sure use improving, but it got the job done. www.geocities.com/baldurstrand/bottle/waterbottle.html
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Post by longtrail on Jun 10, 2008 22:47:09 GMT -5
Ah-ha! A fellow flintlock shooter. Don't have one now, but hope to again someday. I was a damn good shot with my 45 cal. Kentuky Long Rifle. Had more fun shooting that than any other gun I've owned. We had a trail walk set up with clangers. Great fun. I like your priming horn.
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Post by longtrail on Jun 12, 2008 15:01:30 GMT -5
What's left of my shooting pouch and its contents. This is a coffin shaped screwdriver/strike-a-lite made by a guy named Fiddlin Red Simson out of Washington. Screwdriver comes in real handy for flint shooters. Darn good strike a light too. Same guy made this knife, says the shape of the blade is refered to as a "Dadley". Great craftsman and fiddle player.
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Post by Buckskin Billy on Jun 12, 2008 22:44:46 GMT -5
i REEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYY like that knife. i've seen blades like that in dixie gunwork catalogs under the knife kit section. i have a piece of birds eye maple that came off of a piano that was 70 years old. just might have to make one similiar to yours
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Post by longtrail on Jun 13, 2008 16:50:48 GMT -5
It's an ideal size for most everything. My favorite. Thanks shadybill
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