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    Thought I was lost......

    Pukka, you been bewildered a good long while!:)
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    I Got it!

    Your replies are appreciated, gentlemen. As for being squemish, after having kids, going through Grandkids, and now feeding and changing :shocked2: Great-Grandkids, NOTHING fazes me. Thanks again, Bookie
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    I Got it!

    Leon, where did you pick up that hemp rope? Bookie
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    Volatpluvia article

    See! Since you didn't only proves that God works in mysterious ways! It's great that you provide enjoyment and inspiration for us, amigo. Cheers, Bookie
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    Bookie's Wheelie

    Hi Emory, Yes, more things are in the works for me. I'm 100% retired from the custom gun building business as of last week and that helps out the old hands, but a matchlock is on the drawing board, restocking an original Bookout flint rifle circa 1820s, and keeping my long distance apprentice...
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    Volatpluvia article

    Leon, 'Sticks and I are both glad there is only ONE of you! :rotf: Cheers, Bookie
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    Bookie's Wheelie

    Gents, my buttons are bustin' off my shirt. I have supplied a Swedish film company two videos of my wheellock being fired at their request. They need the actual sounds of a wheelie going through it's paces for a sound track. Matchlock Films is making two films, and they made three dummy...
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    Testing pyrites

    Hi gys! I had trouble with my wheelie not throwing enough sparks initially. After watching the wheel work for about a jillion times, it struck me that the notches that cross the grooves on the wheel's circumference wre not doing the job. I filed a few more notches and now, all my pyrites cut...
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    another wheellie!

    I'm glad for the progress, Volat'! I've been busy making 4 in 1 chain mail from 3/8" OD armor quality steel links to mount along the sides and rear rim of my spangen helm. Cheers, Bookie
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    another wheellie!

    Leon, one of these days, you'll be the wheelie guru of the world, well...at leastways in Jersey. Looking good, bro. Bookie
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    Brainstorming wheellock sear design

    Leon is correct. Do not deepen the dimple. Cheers, Bookie
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    Another powder bottle/apostle

    Bert, your apostle looks pretty good. Cheers, Bookie
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    Re-bore a rifled barrel to smoothbore

    Sarge, it takes me about 4 hours of cranking to ream out a barrel. I would charge you as much, if not more, than the cost of a new barrel....unless you want to come to the shop and borrow my reamer. Cheers, Bookie
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    Securing the buttplate

    Erzulis, the only method I have personally seen is nails with square heads or countersunk and filed off. I suspect that there are other methods used since NOTHING is always for sure with old timey guns. Cheers, Bookie
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    Flintlock pistol on a budget.

    Flinter, somewhere down in the deep, dank, and dark recesses of my smithy, there just MIGHT be a kit gun still in the styrofoam box that I took in on trade in the 1970s that might fill your bill. It's been so long I cain't even remember just what it is. It's Christmas, so send me an email...
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    DIY from scratch ... possible? References?

    Aldebaran, May the Force be with you. Making a lock from scratch is easily enough accomplished, but getting the geometry correct is the killer. I would suggest that you copy a lock like a Siler for your first attempt. Hell, that's what most of the lock companies did and that's how the Siler...
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    WOW check out the Eng Fowler from M. Brooks!

    Outstanding fowler, Mr. Brooks. The side plate IS well dressed. Cheers, Bookie
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    Anyone have?

    Lotta smoke, Leon. Hmmm.....Was that the gun or you going slow? :wink: Bookie
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    Mike Brooks tutorial

    Nice work, Mike. Wish I had thought of that a few rifles back. You coming in January? Cheers, Bookie
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    Tennesee Mtn. Rifle lock.

    I've repaired a few of these locks over the past 35 years (this is also why that lock has a American made replacement now for about $115)and found two recurring issues. 1. The frizzen needs some kasnit to harden it better. 2. The main spring is too soft or mushy. A properly functioning...
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