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    36 ot 42" barrel length

    Link Link Here's a couple suppliers for the bismuth yielded from a quick Google search. Not cheap, but neither is the steel alternative.
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    Brown Bess Carbine...

    No tricks, this is that old pile of bones that once was a dragoon mount that gets kicked about from time to time :shake: :grin:
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    Brown Bess Carbine...

    Here's a run down of what to expect for the trade guns that everyone talks about: Mostly referenced from the Johnson papers "400, Neat Fowling pieces Barrels 4 Feet Long Substantial Stocks to have some distinguishing mark on the Barrel and Lock of each, 20/ price "400, ditto, a better kind...
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    Brown Bess Carbine...

    The pedersoli carbine, or as DGW puts it "Indian trade gun" :rotf: is the same 75cal as the musket. As for the carbines in the tower. The guns in British service had standardized bores. 75 for muskets, and 65 for carbines and pistols.
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    36 ot 42" barrel length

    Cutting apart shot shells is expensive. Is an altenative such as bismuth shot available as a component?
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    36 ot 42" barrel length

    42" hands down, as previously mentioned the 42 is closer to longer historic examples. As for hunting, the common trade guns of the 18th century were pretty darn close to 20g and obviously did a fine job of being light, maneuverable, and effective at taking game etc. You'll use less powder, less...
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    wooden warclubs

    Thanks guys. If you are extremely lucky you might find a good rootball and in a pinch what Kansas volunteer is suggesting. It's a tough call as one needs to be very are of the wood's grain. That can be done, but I have yet to see a historic example that is carved that way. But if you just want a...
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    wooden warclubs

    Who told you that? Who's tradition? If you've ever made one from root stock, which I have. The rootball is far superior to one carved from a burled sapling stalk or kiln dried lumber. If doing it the way you suggest, once you get past the thin burled layer, it is all straight grained and...
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