I found an interesting program that calculates the ballistics of a round ball. I compared the results of the program to the very little CVA gives in their sidelock manual and the program does seem to be pretty close. Here is an example output that I did with the round ball size set to .490 [...]
Browsing Posts published in March, 2010
The following was written by Rich Pierce (who knaps some really good flint) and is used with his permission. Common questions about flints Are English or French or cut American or knapped American flints “best”? There is no simple answer to this question. Lumping all French flints or all English flints or all American flints [...]
I made a leather ball bag to carry my round balls in. The leather is a Biz tanned deer hide that I tanned. The bag itself is cut from a pattern I made my self; it is in a bit of a heart shape with the top necked in some. The bag is stitched together [...]
I found a good Coyote skinning video. This really applies to more than just coyote, because the way you do the ears and legs are very similar to skinning a fox. How To Skin A Coyote from On Stand Productions on Vimeo.
Missouri Long Trek Flints or probably more commonly called in the muzzleloading world as Rich Pierce Flints has been my favorite source for flint. The flint which is really Burlington chert is collected by Rich Pierce who then hand knaps it “using only simple tools that an early hunter might have.”
