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    Rayl barrels

    I have 3 Rayl barreled guns 2 from Allen Sandy and one I built. All shoot much better than my eyes are capable of seeing.
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    Build quality & detail of my first

    The first one I made (a 45 flint pistol) is ugly as sin. But it fits my hand like a glove. It doesn't have to look good to shot good. Mark (frenchie)
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    My first

    My first front stuffer was a cap gun also. All the cap guns are gone but I wish I had kept the first one an underhammer from H&A. Mark (Frenchie)
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    Greetings from a newbie

    Bugman Mark here I live in Senoia and will sending my application to the Griffin Gun Club next week. Unfortunatly I work on sundays so getting to the monthly muzzleloading shoots will take some juggeling but I will work it out. I shoot flint locks and have built a couple from scratch. Glad to...
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    Allen Sandy set

    This is the set I had Allen make for me back in 1990. .40 cal,swamped Ed Rayl barrels, silver hardware. I met him at the Eastern and he had birdseye maple available and I liked his work. Rifle is no. 11 and pistol no. 2 engraved on the top of the barrels. The latest pictures I've seen of his...
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    New-to-me Brooks Colonial Rifle

    I like it.
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    Your first ML rifle

    .45 underhammer H&A,Dixie Gun works Zouave, 1851 navy .36, a half stock 12 gauge from a neighbor. There all gone now. Had Allen Sandy make a .40 rifle and pistol set. Made a .58 jaeger and a .45 pistol myself. Will always have these. Mark
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    New old guy from Georgia

    Mark here. If I ever get back to a rendevous it's Frenchie. My muzzleloading life began at Numrich Arms in N.Y. it was our local gun store. I bought one of their .45 underhammers in 1970 and had no idea how to load it. Got a Zoave and 1851 navy while in the Coast Guard and only shot a couple of...
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