Well I was going to do do something muzzleloading today, but it doesn't look like it's gonna happen. Wanted to put some Tru Oil on a ramrod. The bottle has one of those lids on that have to be pushed down on to open. Try as I may , I couldn't get that lid off no way. Wondering if I submerge the lid in some hot water if that might loosen it up? By the way Mark, that's a good job of taking care of those pets.

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.

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.

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 ) 
 

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!

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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.