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  1. J

    Need help identifying this 8mm or .30 Cal.half stock percussion rifle

    Thank you! That would explain the coil spring on the the hammer. Not pictured.
  2. J

    Need help identifying this 8mm or .30 Cal.half stock percussion rifle

    Sorry, the first photo is a full length photo if you click on it. I don’t know why the thumbnail cropped it so bad. I will add pic from farther back. Thank you.
  3. J

    Need help identifying this 8mm or .30 Cal.half stock percussion rifle

    Hello everyone, I need some help in identifying this rifle I recently purchased. It's .30 or 8mm caliber percussion half-stock rifle. It has a steel ramrod. The hammer was frozen and the nipple was clogged with powder rust. A little oil a ten minutes time and it’s all functional again. It has a...
  4. J

    Leonard Day Swivel Barrel

    Got it ,thanks.
  5. J

    Leonard Day Swivel Barrel

    Thanks
  6. J

    Leonard Day Swivel Barrel

    Hello everyone , I have just purchesed a Swivel Barrel double .50 Cal Leonard Day percussion Rifle. The gun is like new and I don't think it has ever been fired . The only problem is that there is a bit of play a the swivel joint .I would like to tighten it up a little but have no idea how to. I...
  7. J

    Help to ID antique flintlock

    Hello Jimmy82 ,Thanks for your info. That crown does look alot like the one one the pistol. It does have a small cross at the top. I work with a gentleman from Sweden that has been in the US for eight years. Yesterday I told him about my pistol and he thought that was awesume as he says.In...
  8. J

    Help to ID antique flintlock

    You might be onto something there. There is a real good likeness of King Gustove and Sophia . Too bad I'm at work on short lunch break . Can't wait till after work and do more research on this lead. :bow: Thanks again Tac
  9. J

    Help to ID antique flintlock

    Hello Tac , Hey thanks for your comments. I was hoping someone would reconize the man or woman on this pistol. I have been looking at royalty from France ,Germany ,England from 1700 to 1800 . There was a french princess around 1790 of so that looked alot like her but they all start lookin like...
  10. J

    Help to ID antique flintlock

    Stophel , thanks for your replies both here and the other one . I value your opinion ,thanks so much. I guess where it came from does not matter all that much ,but would be good to know. If it could only talk I bet there would be some great tales. Hey maybe it was used by pirates or in the...
  11. J

    Help to ID antique flintlock

    A couple more pics.
  12. J

    Help to ID antique flintlock

    Thanks again Mike . I have spent about thirty hours in the last week on the net trying to figure out what I have. I was looking up the history of the Damascus barrels and it looks like the pattern on this is like they call french wave pattern I think (Translated from french) that also was used...
  13. J

    Help to ID antique flintlock

    Thanks Mike , Here are a few more pics.
  14. J

    Help to ID antique flintlock

    Hello everyone , I have been away from the forum for a while . I was wondering if some one could help me ID this pistol I just picked up. This is my first Photo post. I will try one picture first then more tonight if it works. Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
  15. J

    TC Hawkins Shooting WAY high

    Hello, Welcome to the forum. :grin: I have the exact T/C you have and mine shoots about 4 inches high at 25 yards with the factory sights set at the lowest adjustment and with Patched Round Ball or Maxi balls and with 50 or 80 Grains of Black Powder .At 100 yards dead on with the maxi ball...
  16. J

    A Fun Day at the Range

    Hey Roundball , Thanks, I try to spend as much quality time with my sons as I can. It sure is great that he has taken to my long neglected now revived sport of BP shooting. Who would of thought ?:confused: He also has an interest in one of my other hobbies . WWII Militarya...
  17. J

    A Fun Day at the Range

    Hello, We did have a fun day last Saturday. Dixie Flinter is a great guy and a great shot I might ad. Look forward to many more shoots with him. My son Brad has got even more excited about BP after seeing someone else that was into BP besides Dad.I have attached some Pics of that day for...
  18. J

    Whats so great about real black powder?

    As for my use of pyrodex, I have had a 1 lb can in my closet since 1979 (Had some kind of a BP shortage back then I think ,A plant blew up or something like that and it was all I cound get ) and just started using it ,since I ran out FF BP. I have the problem of no one around me...
  19. J

    All Choked Up

    Welcome Shan, From one newbe to another ,This place is great. What a bunch of great people there are here. I have had alot of good advice for people that really know there stuff. Hey and in here we are normal :grin: and the other (Modern Shooters)are the odd ones) :hmm: For...
  20. J

    At which age did you start muzzleloading?

    Hello , I was 18 when I got first black powder gun. It was 1976 and being a baby boomer it was the thing to get into back then. I got at least 3 friends into it later also. :grin: All I had to do was go out shooting with them and say ,you want to give it a try ? Here shoot my .50 cal...
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