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    The Rifle Shop :brown bess

    Disagree on the trigger guards being cut shallow; You have to consider that you’re looking at 150 year old Brown Bess , the trigger guards in the picture were inlet much deeper than the pictures represent, I would even go as far as saying that the shrinkage on some of those originals is about...
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    The Rifle Shop :brown bess

    I‘ve built 7 Rifle Shoppe Brown Bess’s, including this second model. It appears you‘re using a pedersoli bess as your exhibit for determining pin locations. One thing many builders do is try to copy their Rifle Shoppe kit using a pedersoli bess or miroku bess as their example, this is a...
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    Hardening and Tempering 4140 Steel from Rifle Shoppe

    Get a gunsmith, you are not a gunsmith. You will never be one. Sell all that manure you have. stick to what ever it is you’re good at. do everyone a favor.
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    Breech Plug Removal

    Looking good !
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    Breech Plug Removal

    What you need to remove a breech plug. 1. Muscles, whimps should not try it. 2. Patience, the impatient should avoid it. 3. A good vise. 4. A vise block to hold the barrel, this can be machined, wooden or you can use aluminum or copper to hold the barrel without marring it. 5. A crescent...
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    Loyalist Arms Bess

    O meehhh..... I took one look at the Bess, the upper sling swivel is way off by about an inch or two, and that’s actually a mechanical issue with the rammer Or the thimbles are not placed right. Pistol lock carving is way overdone. manure, you go cheap you get cheap.
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    Loyalist Arms Bess

    You can use any wood for a gunstock you wish to. The cost of having a custom made stock will always be more expensive Because you’re paying for craftsmanship and a higher grade of wood. However I will say that the cost a teak stock say a musket stock will cost you around $200 - $300 vs. a...
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    Breech Plug Removal

    yes, it is very simple once its done right. For the most part learning how to stabilize the barrels (round or octagon) is the hardest part.
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    Breech Plug Removal

    If someone wants to remove their breech plugs then they should be able to. If you’re as experienced as you claim, then offer legitimate advice on how to Do so. You’re not doing the work for the guy, but to tell him not to like its a red flag issue is just not right. Should you stick the breech...
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    Breech Plug Removal

    Many folks try to remove a breech plug with the wrong tools. You need certain aluminum blocks and bushings to hold the barrel in vise and a good crescent wrench. Rice Barrel Co has a good set of tools for this. I’ve removed the toughest of breech plugs, even on original guns, just do it with care.
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    Breech Plug Removal

    Dont listen to this guy, you can remove your breech plug. Just do it with care, treat the threads with anti seize compound and reinstall. For the most part anyone who says not to remove a breech plug dones’t have the right tools to do it Or has never done it.
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    Breech Plug Removal

    You need an aluminum vice block to remove a breech plug, the aluminum stops the barrel from giving or swaggering also doesnt damage the barrel, and then you need a crescent wrench.
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    Loyalist Arms Bess

    It depends on the type of Teak, Teak from India is in surplus and has been for almost a decade, the main problem with Teak from India is you don’t know how it was treated before it was cut into a gunstock, so a teak gunstock from India could be good or really bad depending on certain facts Such...
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    What if ? Question ?

    The simple answer for all of you, is you wouldn’t have fixed it in the field. A large bore military musket such as a Brown Bess or French Musket can take shot or take a ball that‘s much smaller than the bore, the ball can be dropped in and the butt can be tapped to seat the ball. Most military...
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    Indian Made Muskets ?

    Indian made muskets were a cheap way for dealers to enter into a rough reproduction arms market. There’s always been a lot of demand for different types of reproduction arms. India Had been producing ‘wall hangers‘ for a very long time and it was an easy market to enter.
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    Indian Made Muskets ?

    Your waiting for Indian made guns to blow up, well I know of three that have, one was a recent as 2018 in England. You seem to really know a lot about Indian made muskets being Safe, well then why does Loyalist Arms and Veteran Arms sell ones that can’t take a live round ? they sell them at a...
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    Finishing Stock with Pure Tung Oil

    The problem when using pure linseed or tung oil is the application is very step sensitive And you can’t oversand the stock beyond 180 because the oil needs to absorb. My father was a carpenter Of fine furniture would always use pure oils With nothing else because he was a firm believer in that...
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    Finishing Stock with Pure Tung Oil

    Real Tung Oil is a superb finish, you just need to thin it out with thinner (any kind) and work in with carbide paper to get a very nice glowing finish That steps out the beauty of the grain. It takes time and patience but the end result is well worth it And its not over Complicated at all, most...
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    Navy Arms Charleville Questions.

    Those navy arms stocks were often made of Birch, you can tell by the weight and the grain would often not take stain. Later models were made of plain maple and stained in walnut, which were better quality. Those Birch stocks dented and cracked. Walnut and cherry was only done with a special...
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    New York State Law on Amount of BP Storage

    Who cares, I know guys with over 100lbs of powder. Just don’t do anything stupid with it and keep it away from teenage boys.
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