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Offline Les Staley

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40 cal flinter squirrel/wabbit gun..
« on: November 14, 2004, 05:17:28 PM »
42" green mt. barrel, Carolina style poor boy,  deer antler buttplate, and sideplate,  large siler flint,  no brass, only iron thimbles,  no nose cap,  built for fox squirrels in Michigan   shoots a 90 gr. .390 round ball,  .015 patch, cut at muzzle,  30 gr. of FFF    since I moved to Wyoming, I use it for cottentails..  head shots only..  winter fun.    I prelube my ticking strips with  50/50  mink oil shoe dressing, and goop handcleaner.. since our temprerature is mostly below zero,  this mixture gets a little soft for summer shootin,  go back to wonderlube... I bought a case of it before they discontinued it sometime in the late  '80's...  it is so dry here, that the pan stays dry even after shooting several shots..  one place I hunt bunnies is within rifle shot of the original rendevous  Green River, in the 1830's...  camp site...   best wishes..Les

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40 cal flinter squirrel/wabbit gun..
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2004, 08:45:05 AM »
Sounds like the Pinedale area.  You get to the museum there?

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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2004, 03:13:11 PM »
Yes, the Museum of the Mountain Man  has Jim Bridger's rifle, and lots of other neat stuff..  We have a rendesvous (Spelling)??   every summer that consists  of boat sales, hot tub sales, jerky sales, and everything except a black powder shoot..  It's quite a disapointment, considering where we are, and the history about us here..  You can't get 10 people together to shoot to save your life.... Les