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Folk Firearm Collective / Folk Firearm Collective Video Library
« Last post by RobD on January 21, 2026, 07:11:48 PM »
Awesome videos! Newest down to the oldest ....Hang in there, LOTSA vids to load!
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Awesome videos! Newest down to the oldest ....Hang in there, LOTSA vids to load!
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TMA Information 2026 / Re: Historic TMA
« Last post by RobD on January 21, 2026, 07:02:30 PM »Thanks Rob. I'm glad that video is still with us. I just wish I knew who all of those people were. Would I be right in assuming all of them might be tied into the TMA somehow ?
That's a compilation video of TMA members going waaaaay back, at rondy's and events.
We'd need some of the old timers still here to weigh in on who's who!
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TMA Information 2026 / Re: Historic TMA
« Last post by No Powder on January 21, 2026, 06:02:51 PM »Thanks Rob. I'm glad that video is still with us. I just wish I knew who all of those people were. Would I be right in assuming all of them might be tied into the TMA somehow ?
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TMA Information 2026 / Re: TMA Founding Fathers
« Last post by Bigsmoke on January 21, 2026, 05:41:55 PM »Happy to say I have been here long enough to have known all those fellows although not long enough to have known Longknife well.
Rondo is the only one of them left that is here with any regularity.
To one and all of you, thanks for getting this started.
John
Rondo is the only one of them left that is here with any regularity.
To one and all of you, thanks for getting this started.
John
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General Interest / Re: What muzzleloader stuff did you do today?
« Last post by Bigsmoke on January 21, 2026, 05:34:37 PM »I know what you mean, Tom.
It looks like our 80* days are a thing of the past, at least for a while.
They're saying it might even rain tomorrow and probably will get down into the 60's.
Hope not on the rain, Farmers Market is tomorrow and I would hate to miss that.
About the only thing I did as far as muzzleloading goes is ship a horn to its new owner.
It looks like our 80* days are a thing of the past, at least for a while.
They're saying it might even rain tomorrow and probably will get down into the 60's.
Hope not on the rain, Farmers Market is tomorrow and I would hate to miss that.
About the only thing I did as far as muzzleloading goes is ship a horn to its new owner.
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General Interest / Re: What muzzleloader stuff did you do today?
« Last post by No Powder on January 21, 2026, 04:44:08 PM »Cast a few round balls using the Rapine .490 bag mold. Have to cut the sprue off and then fine tune them. Weather here is like what dmarsh is having in NY. Snowing like crazy as I type this and we're to get -temps this weekend. So who knows when a fellow will be able to shoot. Not soon enough, that's for sure.
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General Interest / Re: What muzzleloader stuff did you do today?
« Last post by RobD on January 21, 2026, 04:20:49 PM »Pure pewter is tin, but not all pewter is all tin. Some pewter is an alloy of perhaps 80% tin mixed with copper and/or antimony and/or other metals.
Tin is added to lead mostly to encourage forming better cast projectiles and to add some degree of hardness, and tin will reduce projectile weight. None of this is needed for patched balls or paper cartridge balls, but can be a good thing for long range muzzleloaders and other such firearms.
Tin is added to lead mostly to encourage forming better cast projectiles and to add some degree of hardness, and tin will reduce projectile weight. None of this is needed for patched balls or paper cartridge balls, but can be a good thing for long range muzzleloaders and other such firearms.
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TMA Information 2026 / Re: TMA Founding Fathers
« Last post by Nessmuk on January 21, 2026, 04:04:12 PM »Amen to all these sentiments.
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General Interest / Re: What muzzleloader stuff did you do today?
« Last post by Bigsmoke on January 21, 2026, 12:46:50 PM »No problem, Kevin, pouring pewter is as easy as falling off a log.
Wait!!! Falling off a log is easier, you don't have to heat anything up.
But don't expect a factual answer from me, I've never done that either.
Closest I have ever come to that was casting round ball.
Wait!!! Falling off a log is easier, you don't have to heat anything up.
But don't expect a factual answer from me, I've never done that either.
Closest I have ever come to that was casting round ball.