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Abo:
Eric the flint lock is a 45 cal. Pederzoli. I carry it at most rendezvous that I attend.Its a pretty nice gun but I'm sending pics of a gun a close friend made for me that's a real peach. It's a 62 cal. smooth bore octagon to round barrel with a Siler lock. The stock is a real nice piece of hard rock mapel. Tell me about your guns.

Eric Krewson:
I finished this English fowler this year, turkey gun, 38" 12ga barrel, jug choked full.



25 yard pattern with 1 1/4 oz of #4s, a little over a foot in diameter.



I made this 54cal Beck rifle a couple years ago, my first build and kinda' sloppy;



I have an old Gustomsky trade gun in 20ga;



And a .44 with a Bill Large barrel and a Roller lock, a tack driving rifle.



Here is the wood in the .44, unreal;

Abo:
Wow Eric you are the flintlock man. Very impressive. My smooth bore holds a pretty tight pattern with 4s and 6s mixed with a very light kork wad in front.Thats what I usually shoot limb rats with. I killed a real nice Tom with it also.

Eric Krewson:
This is going to sound really off in left field but..... A guy was experimenting with putting a whole 1/2" lubed fiber wad over his shot to see what would happen, dang if he didn't get a tighter pattern. I tried it and got a better pattern. Next I tried two 1/8" hard cards over my shot and got the pattern in the picture.

One light card over the shot.



Two 1/8" hard cards (lubed) over the shot;

mullet:
Nice pattern Eric. I'm going to have to try that with my 12 gauge. I also have a William Large in 47 cal. and it's a tack driver, also. I like your skin clothes, Abo. I'm joining the Florida Frontiersmen this year and getting all of my stuff together. Did you make the canvas tent?

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