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    OLUT replied to the thread What Do We Have Here?.
    Yes, it is a somewhat typical percussion fixed breech 3 barrel gun. The location of the three triggers is somewhat distinctive and...
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    OLUT replied to the thread Matchlock identification.
    Way out of my field, but there is a spitting image of your gun illustrated and labeled "Chinese" in my old tattered copy of a "A...
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    OLUT replied to the thread JM Caswell questions.
    As a major builder (over 20 employees for many years), Caswell's enterprise made pistols, rifles, smooth rifles, etc. He is reported to...
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    OLUT replied to the thread JM Caswell questions.
    If you can access Swinney's "New York State Firearms Trade", there is an EXTENSIVE write-up on John M Caswell and many quality photos of...
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    OLUT replied to the thread Unusual two piece lock, flintlock.
    You've got a good memory. Dixie listed them in 1968 for $12.50
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    OLUT replied to the thread Unusual two piece lock, flintlock.
    What's interesting is that this specific two piece lock was used to illustrate "How to load and fire a flintlock gun" in the Stoeger...
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    Bad editing; Daniel was apparently born in 1790 and died in 1873. I need to proof read better! Sorry for my bad proofreading; Daniel...
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    I agree that BSB's gun is most probably a post-civil war build. According to the census information, Daniel appears to have been a...
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    A great auction house that specializes in all types of firearms. Living an hour away, I used to attend all their auctions in person, but...
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    OLUT replied to the thread Weather.
    I'm currently in the Antarctic. I can walk up to a leopard seal and touch them, but we keep a six foot minimum distance ... 300 yards...
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    OLUT replied to the thread SxS Rifle collection.
    Per New Hampshire's original question on whether other folks use double barrel rifles for hunting .... Years ago, in Pennsylvania I...
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    Apparently the August 2015 "Man at Arms" issue has a writeup on serial Number 33 of this type of Briggs under hammer firearm if you...
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    OLUT replied to the thread Loading & shooting an underhammer.
    Note that many under hammer guns do not have a half cock notch. I don't know the specifics of the lock that you're using, but NEVER cap...
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    OLUT replied to the thread Mousetrap?.
    Yup, it really was patented. I guess Texans REALLY want to kill them with a passion!
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    OLUT replied to the thread Navy Arms Percussion caps.
    I bought a bunch of these from Navy Arms back in 1963. The musket size tins are labeled "Winged Musket Caps" and sold then for $1 for...
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