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The Campfire / Re: What's Everyone Doing?
« Last post by BlackPowderManiacShooter on February 24, 2026, 11:35:46 PM »
I just found this thread. Looks like a neat one to read seeing what others are doing.

My kitty LOVES me more recently because I didn't let him stay outside for very long.
He is tired of the cold weather too...!!   Hurry up warmer weather...!


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People of the Times / 2/24/1836: Travis pens his famous letter from the Alamo
« Last post by Craig Tx on February 24, 2026, 09:09:56 AM »
On this day in 1836, William Barret Travis, commanding the Texans under attack in the Alamo, wrote his famous letter addressed "To the People of Texas and All Americans in the World."

In the letter, he pledged that he would "never surrender or retreat" and swore "Victory or Death." The predominant message, however, was an entreaty for help: "I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch." Travis knew that his men, besieged by Mexican forces under Mart?n Perfecto de Cos, could not hold out long without reinforcements. Inspired by his letter, more troops did make their way to San Antonio, but too few and too late to avert disaster. Travis was among the first to die in the battle of the Alamo, on March 6.
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Making the Holy Black Powder / Re: Making 18th and 19th Century Gun Powder
« Last post by KDubs on February 24, 2026, 07:42:18 AM »
Hope it shows good results in Jake's new video
 I mentioned I use alder chips although they are not buckthorn alder, some kind of Pacific alder, it still works quite well but it takes time to char it then pulverize it in my mill and it's a rather dirty process.
 If I can get air float charcoal of good quality I'd certainly do that instead.
 I haven't used the skylighter air float stuff  , mostly out of ignorance I suppose.
 Kevin
 
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Making the Holy Black Powder / Re: Making 18th and 19th Century Gun Powder
« Last post by Rob DiStefano on February 24, 2026, 06:00:35 AM »
Paulownia is a great hardwood that can be almost as light as balsa and grows about 30 feet in a year.  An Asian native "weed wood" but we grow it here in the states as well and I used to make electric solid body guitars out of it.  Makes awesome charcoal because it's as lightweight a hardwood as anyone can readily find.
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Making the Holy Black Powder / Re: Making 18th and 19th Century Gun Powder
« Last post by KDubs on February 24, 2026, 05:47:52 AM »
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxEMLly2tLIDhcXj59G77w5-4-DWC35yfD?si=vNcytXRMuqE7euXV

Well stay tuned I guess, looks like a new video coming
I usually make my own charcoal but .... anything that makes it easier I'm willing to try.
 Kevin
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Gun Building and Repair / Shooting and Fixing a poorly working JUKAR Pistol.
« Last post by BlackPowderManiacShooter on February 24, 2026, 12:51:14 AM »
I had the opportunity to try a JUKAR pistol that wouldn't work.
We did get 'er to work with a little nipple grinding.....

( Modern Tip: If you chuck the nipple in a cordless drill and spin it with a file against the nipple, it will grind it down more even
in usually 8-10 seconds ) 
 


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Trail Walks and Trekking / How to Prepare for a Woodswalk to win....!!!
« Last post by BlackPowderManiacShooter on February 24, 2026, 12:39:13 AM »
I'm taking on the challenge of preparing to enjoy a Woods Walk event.
3 topics are discussed:

#00:57  - Preparation - what is needed to enjoy the event.
#10:44  - Various types of etiquette one should use at the events.
#15:00  - Various target types you may encounter.


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Flintlock Long Guns / Re: Kibler Fowler -- Split the Ball on the Axe. - Is that possible?
« Last post by BlackPowderManiacShooter on February 23, 2026, 08:54:05 PM »

The forth coming Kibler Barn Gun will be offered in left hand, flint or percussion, up to .50 bore and he might do it both rifle and smoothie!

https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=87124.msg848753#msg848753
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That surprises me. I figure the market wouldn't be worth it for that drastic of a change.
Although I probably won't get a LH model, I fully endorse the move.
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Flintlock Long Guns / Re: Kibler Fowler -- Split the Ball on the Axe. - Is that possible?
« Last post by Rob DiStefano on February 23, 2026, 07:06:26 PM »
The Kibler Barn Gun ... Jim sez  .......

Here's the cool thing that gets me excited...  We'll be able to offer this at a VERY good price.  And, it should be really straightforward to build.  I hope this helps entice those who are more budget conscious.  There's a huge sea of potential customers out there and I hope we can capture many of them.

It will have the late Ketland lock. 

It will be offered in flint and percussion as well as right and left hand.

The current version has a 38" barrel and will be available in .32 through .50 calibers.  I'm not sure if we'll do smooth bore in any of these smaller calibers.  We might do a smooth .50. but I'm not sure.

I've had some suggestions for a longer barreled version as well, so I've designed one with a 44" barrel.  I would like to offer both, but I have to be careful about how many options we offer.  We'll see...

Here's the funny thing about a buttplate...  They aren't needed.  The gun butt is unlikely deteriorate, break, chip to any degree ect. with normal use.  If you look at many or probalby most orginal guns like this the butt has held up just fine.  Look at all of the fantastic plain guns Allen Martin has made.  They work fine.

Sure will have a nicely swamped barrel.


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Flintlock Long Guns / Re: Kibler Fowler -- Split the Ball on the Axe. - Is that possible?
« Last post by Rob DiStefano on February 23, 2026, 07:01:15 PM »
Quote from: BlackPowderManiacShooter on February 23, 2026, 04:56:46 PM
Quote from: KDubs on February 22, 2026, 04:53:06 PM
I still think you need a left handed gun  :bigsmile:
Kevin

That would be nice, however, at my stage in life, I'm not willing to sell all my flinters in hope of finding replacement LH guns.
LH guns are harder to find and too expensive.

Besides, Kibler doesn't offer LH guns and probably never will.

I really don't have any problems shooting RH guns from the LH side because I found out in recent years I hit more targets using that crazy combination. Thanks for watching my friend.

The forth coming Kibler Barn Gun will be offered in left hand, flint or percussion, up to .50 bore and he might do it both rifle and smoothie!

https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=87124.msg848753#msg848753
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