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.22 LongRifle

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Topic: Nipples
Posted: 24 October 2003 at 10:52

Are Spitfire nipples the best there is for traditional sidelock muzzleloaders?

rollingb

.375 Holland & Holland Magnum

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Posted: 24 October 2003 at 18:01

Selway,.... I like tha "Hot Shots" better!!.. I have tryed'em both!

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.22 LongRifle

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Posted: 27 October 2003 at 03:54

Thanks rollinb! It's killin' me not being able to hunt or even shoot. It's killin' me I tell ya! I've got to get serious about using my smokepole this year 'cause I may not be hunting 'til that season. Trouble is, my shooting bag mysteriously disappeared last year so I got to get myself re-supplied with the tools of the trade. I got all the components but none of them all important gadgets like a powder measure or a short starter or one of them handy-dandy little worms. Question - I had one of those straight line type cappers but I've been eyeballin' those Ted Cash cappers. What kind do you like?

rollingb

.375 Holland & Holland Magnum

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Posted: 27 October 2003 at 04:22

Selway,.... I make my own "cappers" form saddle-skirt'n, then I "hot wax'em"!!

Do you know exactly what "powder charge" yore rifle likes?? I can make you a powder-measure,.... fact is, PM me yore home address, and I'll send you some "stuff" ta git ya shoot'n!! (please list tha "items" you need)

rollingb

.375 Holland & Holland Magnum

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Posted: 29 October 2003 at 15:10

Selway,.... How tall are you, and how long are yore arms?? Need this info, for yore haversack!!

waksupi

.416 Rigby

aka Keeper of the Old Traditions

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Posted: 29 October 2003 at 17:19

I'd suggest the Cash capper. I've used them for years, and keep your caps a bit drier than other methods. I always had caps fall out of the other types.

I haven't seen Tedd Cash for years, since we married him off to Barb over twenty five years ago. Don't know if they are still together, but I know Tedd and I were drunk in both Wisconsin and Iowa on the night before the wedding! They got hitched at the Villa Loius Rendezvous in Prairie du Chien, before it turned into a circus.

rollingb

.375 Holland & Holland Magnum

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Posted: 30 October 2003 at 03:01

Selway,.... I think Tedd Cash makes a quality capper,.... the "in-line" cappers from CVA (I think) are "pure junk",..... and, the "hot-waxed" leather-cappers I make, "fit" somewhers in between!! I've never lost any caps out'a tha ones I make, and they don't "rattle".

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.22 LongRifle

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Posted: 30 October 2003 at 04:32

Wow! this is going to fit as good as my Whites packers! I like to say I'm 6 feet tall in my cowboy boots (even taller with my Stetson on!), but in my moccasins I'm just a measly 5'9 1/2". Now for my arms... 26" armpit to finger tip or 32 1/2" (or there-abouts) from top of shoulder to finger tip.

rollingb

.375 Holland & Holland Magnum

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Posted: 30 October 2003 at 05:01

Selway,.... OK!!.. Thanks!!

rollingb

.375 Holland & Holland Magnum

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Posted: 30 October 2003 at 09:48

Selway,.... The "box" is headed yore way!!

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.22 LongRifle

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Posted: 30 October 2003 at 11:37

I'm gunna be back in business! I'm gettin' giddy already!

rollingb

.375 Holland & Holland Magnum

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Posted: 30 October 2003 at 12:17

Selway,.... I sent you a .50 cal clean'n jag, I know yore rifle is a .54, but if you "double-patch" it'll work OK.

The lube is a "summer-blend", but you can add some un-salted Crisco to it if it's to "hard" (I still prefer "spit" at the shoot'n range).

I've run out'a buckskin, so the "horn" ain't gotta shoulder strap.

Don't try to use the "caps" in the capper (I removed the "prime'n" in'em, so's not to break any "postal regs"), they are in tha capper so you'll see which way they go.

I think the "ball-puller" is a .50 also, but it'll work for "retrieve'n lost patchs" in case thet ever happens.

If you have some questions 'bout any'a tha "junk" I sent ya,..... jest let me know!!

Guests

Guest

Posted: 30 October 2003 at 15:20

My "puter" been broke fer a few day's,so I missed somes stuff,

But SelwayP, if'n rondo is fixin ta send ya stuff that's greenriver by me!

I got a spare wood-n-brass short starter in .54 I could send ya! Works gud fer rb.... pm yer snail-mail I'll surnuff send er out too ya if'n ya need it!

rollingb

.375 Holland & Holland Magnum

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Posted: 30 October 2003 at 16:16

Tacks,.... I included a short-starter with some'a the "stuff", I sent thet potlicker. What I didn't send him was, a nipple wrench, or a nipple-pick (ain't got any extras).

'Tween tha 2 of us, we'll have Selway ready to shoot his muzzlegun when his ribs heal up!!

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.22 LongRifle

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Posted: 31 October 2003 at 04:15

Thanks for the offer Tacks! But I think ol' rollinb gots me back on my feet. I remember back when me and my buddy bought our muzzle guns... the salesman was going through the stuff we needed but I passed on the patch worm... didn't think the likelyhood of having to use one was too high. Fact, I gave my buddy a hard time for buying everything the salesman tried to sell him. 'Course I lost a patch up the barrel first time I cleaned it and had to humble myself to call my buddy. Said, "Mind if I come over and grab your worm?" (a feller has phrase his words more carefully these days!) I had a ball puller, but never thought to try that on a patch.

mr mom

.30/06 SpringField

Joined: 10 June 2003
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Posted: 31 October 2003 at 04:52

hey : you guys got to change the heading of this post !!!!!!! nipples???? i know what you are talking about , but come on. i still have to look. wishing someone would post some???

mr mom

rollingb

.375 Holland & Holland Magnum

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Posted: 31 October 2003 at 06:39

Mr Mom,.... LOL, I don't think you'd be too "thrilled" to see a "self-portait" of mine!!

rollingb

.375 Holland & Holland Magnum

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Posted: 31 October 2003 at 07:12

Selway,.... Them store-clerks WILL try'n sell you all sorts of "gizmos" thet you don't need. I like "accouterments" thet serve "dual purposes" (whenever possible)!!

Thet's why I sent you tha "haversack",.... it'll work as a shoot'n bag 'til you git a leather one,.... after thet, it serves real good for it's "intended purpose" (of carry'n ALL the liddle "nessetities" thet you don't want take'n up room in yore shoot'n-bag). PLUS it helps to "balance" things out, to wear a medium weight bag on each side, 'stead'n have'n all tha "weight" on jest one-side!!

"Haversacks",.... date back to pre-Revolutionary times, thru tha Civil War,.. and were finally (replaced??) by "back-packs",.... and, I'd be lost without mine!! (I carry my compass in it ,... 'long with tha "tools" fer my rifle in a liddle leather pouch, trail-food, sharp'n stone, clean'n patchs, flint'n steel, and etc.)

Guests

Guest

Posted: 31 October 2003 at 07:47

heheheee! mr mom,,just remember,,,us bp fellers; We really know how ta pack a load!?

I sure nuff got's an extry,carved bone handle nipple pick ta share!.I'll introduce myself ta selway here shortly,make'm feel ta home,an not so bashfull, that's the thing about buckskinners,what comes around goes around,ain't seen it fail yet! Might take a bit a time sometimes,but that circle keeps goin round..

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.22 LongRifle

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Posted: 31 October 2003 at 09:30

tacks -

WAUGH!!! How can a feller say no to that?!?! Thanks!

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SelwayPacker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 11 June 2003 Status: Offline Points: 201	Topic: Nipples Posted: 24 October 2003 at 10:52
	Are Spitfire nipples the best there is for traditional sidelock muzzleloaders?

rollingb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 665	Posted: 24 October 2003 at 18:01
	Selway,.... I like tha "Hot Shots" better!!.. I have tryed'em both!

SelwayPacker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 11 June 2003 Status: Offline Points: 201	Posted: 27 October 2003 at 03:54
	Thanks rollinb! It's killin' me not being able to hunt or even shoot. It's killin' me I tell ya! I've got to get serious about using my smokepole this year 'cause I may not be hunting 'til that season. Trouble is, my shooting bag mysteriously disappeared last year so I got to get myself re-supplied with the tools of the trade. I got all the components but none of them all important gadgets like a powder measure or a short starter or one of them handy-dandy little worms. Question - I had one of those straight line type cappers but I've been eyeballin' those Ted Cash cappers. What kind do you like?

rollingb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 665	Posted: 27 October 2003 at 04:22
	Selway,.... I make my own "cappers" form saddle-skirt'n, then I "hot wax'em"!! Do you know exactly what "powder charge" yore rifle likes?? I can make you a powder-measure,.... fact is, PM me yore home address, and I'll send you some "stuff" ta git ya shoot'n!! (please list tha "items" you need)

rollingb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 665	Posted: 29 October 2003 at 15:10
	Selway,.... How tall are you, and how long are yore arms?? Need this info, for yore haversack!!

waksupi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby aka Keeper of the Old Traditions Joined: 11 June 2003 Status: Offline Points: 2371	Posted: 29 October 2003 at 17:19
	I'd suggest the Cash capper. I've used them for years, and keep your caps a bit drier than other methods. I always had caps fall out of the other types. I haven't seen Tedd Cash for years, since we married him off to Barb over twenty five years ago. Don't know if they are still together, but I know Tedd and I were drunk in both Wisconsin and Iowa on the night before the wedding! They got hitched at the Villa Loius Rendezvous in Prairie du Chien, before it turned into a circus.

rollingb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 665	Posted: 30 October 2003 at 03:01
	Selway,.... I think Tedd Cash makes a quality capper,.... the "in-line" cappers from CVA (I think) are "pure junk",..... and, the "hot-waxed" leather-cappers I make, "fit" somewhers in between!! I've never lost any caps out'a tha ones I make, and they don't "rattle".

SelwayPacker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 11 June 2003 Status: Offline Points: 201	Posted: 30 October 2003 at 04:32
	Wow! this is going to fit as good as my Whites packers! I like to say I'm 6 feet tall in my cowboy boots (even taller with my Stetson on!), but in my moccasins I'm just a measly 5'9 1/2". Now for my arms... 26" armpit to finger tip or 32 1/2" (or there-abouts) from top of shoulder to finger tip.

rollingb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 665	Posted: 30 October 2003 at 05:01
	Selway,.... OK!!.. Thanks!!

rollingb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 665	Posted: 30 October 2003 at 09:48
	Selway,.... The "box" is headed yore way!!

SelwayPacker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 11 June 2003 Status: Offline Points: 201	Posted: 30 October 2003 at 11:37
	I'm gunna be back in business! I'm gettin' giddy already!

rollingb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 665	Posted: 30 October 2003 at 12:17
	Selway,.... I sent you a .50 cal clean'n jag, I know yore rifle is a .54, but if you "double-patch" it'll work OK. The lube is a "summer-blend", but you can add some un-salted Crisco to it if it's to "hard" (I still prefer "spit" at the shoot'n range). I've run out'a buckskin, so the "horn" ain't gotta shoulder strap. Don't try to use the "caps" in the capper (I removed the "prime'n" in'em, so's not to break any "postal regs"), they are in tha capper so you'll see which way they go. I think the "ball-puller" is a .50 also, but it'll work for "retrieve'n lost patchs" in case thet ever happens. If you have some questions 'bout any'a tha "junk" I sent ya,..... jest let me know!!

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Posted: 30 October 2003 at 15:20
	My "puter" been broke fer a few day's,so I missed somes stuff, But SelwayP, if'n rondo is fixin ta send ya stuff that's greenriver by me! I got a spare wood-n-brass short starter in .54 I could send ya! Works gud fer rb.... pm yer snail-mail I'll surnuff send er out too ya if'n ya need it!

rollingb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 665	Posted: 30 October 2003 at 16:16
	Tacks,.... I included a short-starter with some'a the "stuff", I sent thet potlicker. What I didn't send him was, a nipple wrench, or a nipple-pick (ain't got any extras). 'Tween tha 2 of us, we'll have Selway ready to shoot his muzzlegun when his ribs heal up!!

SelwayPacker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 11 June 2003 Status: Offline Points: 201	Posted: 31 October 2003 at 04:15
	Thanks for the offer Tacks! But I think ol' rollinb gots me back on my feet. I remember back when me and my buddy bought our muzzle guns... the salesman was going through the stuff we needed but I passed on the patch worm... didn't think the likelyhood of having to use one was too high. Fact, I gave my buddy a hard time for buying everything the salesman tried to sell him. 'Course I lost a patch up the barrel first time I cleaned it and had to humble myself to call my buddy. Said, "Mind if I come over and grab your worm?" (a feller has phrase his words more carefully these days!) I had a ball puller, but never thought to try that on a patch.

mr mom Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .30/06 SpringField Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 342	Posted: 31 October 2003 at 04:52
	hey : you guys got to change the heading of this post !!!!!!! nipples???? i know what you are talking about , but come on. i still have to look. wishing someone would post some???
	mr mom

rollingb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 665	Posted: 31 October 2003 at 06:39
	Mr Mom,.... LOL, I don't think you'd be too "thrilled" to see a "self-portait" of mine!!

rollingb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 665	Posted: 31 October 2003 at 07:12
	Selway,.... Them store-clerks WILL try'n sell you all sorts of "gizmos" thet you don't need. I like "accouterments" thet serve "dual purposes" (whenever possible)!! Thet's why I sent you tha "haversack",.... it'll work as a shoot'n bag 'til you git a leather one,.... after thet, it serves real good for it's "intended purpose" (of carry'n ALL the liddle "nessetities" thet you don't want take'n up room in yore shoot'n-bag). PLUS it helps to "balance" things out, to wear a medium weight bag on each side, 'stead'n have'n all tha "weight" on jest one-side!! "Haversacks",.... date back to pre-Revolutionary times, thru tha Civil War,.. and were finally (replaced??) by "back-packs",.... and, I'd be lost without mine!! (I carry my compass in it ,... 'long with tha "tools" fer my rifle in a liddle leather pouch, trail-food, sharp'n stone, clean'n patchs, flint'n steel, and etc.)

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Posted: 31 October 2003 at 07:47
	heheheee! mr mom,,just remember,,,us bp fellers; We really know how ta pack a load!? I sure nuff got's an extry,carved bone handle nipple pick ta share!.I'll introduce myself ta selway here shortly,make'm feel ta home,an not so bashfull, that's the thing about buckskinners,what comes around goes around,ain't seen it fail yet! Might take a bit a time sometimes,but that circle keeps goin round..

SelwayPacker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 11 June 2003 Status: Offline Points: 201	Posted: 31 October 2003 at 09:30
	tacks - WAUGH!!! How can a feller say no to that?!?! Thanks!