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Well done! We will want to see the finished gun, too, in due time. You do good work! Notchy Bob

and then you realize it is wrong and you get the file back out and correct it.

ordering something to fit was more dificult than making one. -1/8" flat plate. -paint pen the area, red is what i had, to use as sort of...

For anyone who has a drop of Welsh blood in their veins, this is for you! Men of Harlech by Charlotte Church - YouTube My Paternal...

My sister brought me a bowl of them from Wales last year just before the virus, they have just flowered again.

That's a very nice rifle, in really good condition! It is similar in many respects to the "trade rifles" that were distributed to...

I've just acquired this W.S Chilcote Rifle, at auction, here in the UK. First time I've ever seen a genuine 'Kentucky' Rifle and I...

Now that's how you answer a question! That was great.

FWIW, my CVA Premier Grade Mountain rifle has a walnut stock with a little fiddleback figure/graining near the butt plate

Like many others, I had numerous ancestors who fought in the Civil War, the Mexican War, War of 1812, and the Revolution. All I can do...

i have to make another comment on tacks. tacks are not just for guns. if you can find nice sold brass tacks get lots as you may want to...

I need to make a correction about the barrel, it is not rifled. It is a smooth bore. Sorry should have said musket barrel, 15.5” long.

Wow, six pages! I think it was the daisy heads that put me off from the original idea. That, and the fact that tack work can be easily...

A great friend gave me his Gustomsky trade gun on his death bed, the gun is tacked and looks just fine to me. I wouldn't tack one of my...

That's what I was thinking, too, although I have (rarely) seen images of larger pistols with slings. Some of the Boller pistols carried...