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  1. 28-06-2010, 08:07 PM #16
    Jim McArthur
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    One thing that always makes me wonder...did American Civil War cavalrymen, Old West cowboys and lawmen, etc., use filler? Wads? Grease? If so, what kind? Is there documentation that they had chainfires?

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  2. 28-06-2010, 08:12 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim McArthur View Post
    One thing that always makes me wonder...did American Civil War cavalrymen, Old West cowboys and lawmen, etc., use filler? Wads? Grease? If so, what kind? Is there documentation that they had chainfires?

    Jim
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    Thats Always a question Dad & I ask !

    .......and what about when the guys were out on a Cattle drive in bad rain/storms & then expected to draw a capped gun & expect it to save their lives !

    I always wondered if they DID seal nipples & ball with candlewax or sbeeswax to keep them waterproof (ish !)

    Hope you & your good lady are bearing up !

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  3. 29-06-2010, 12:37 AM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by harricook View Post
    Hi Jim



    Thats Always a question Dad & I ask !

    .......and what about when the guys were out on a Cattle drive in bad rain/storms & then expected to draw a capped gun & expect it to save their lives !

    I always wondered if they DID seal nipples & ball with candlewax or sbeeswax to keep them waterproof (ish !)

    Hope you & your good lady are bearing up !

    Cheers
    Thanks, she's on the mend , but hasn't felt well today.

    Cynic that I am, I doubt that these black powder users of old really were able to give their shooting irons the care that modern shooters insist they require.

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  4. 29-06-2010, 07:29 AM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by harricook View Post
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  5. 29-06-2010, 08:59 AM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by lilguy43uk View Post
    You deliberately planted your post before mine when I wasn't looking.
    Hee hee !

    We have all done it !

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