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  1. RAEDWALD

    Proofing charges of original Matchlock barrels

    Robert Baden-Powell, Warrington Baden-Powell, George Baden-Powell, Frank Baden-Powell and Baden Baden-Powell. All notable in different ways.
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    Proofing charges of original Matchlock barrels

    Thank you for that. What a fascinating book and the technical details from page 56 onwards shows the quality of the processes adapted to local iron ore etc. and were on a par, if not exceeding , the common firearms of Europe. Undoubtedly some were poorly made as were some European firearms but...
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    Drams to Grains

    Do be aware that folk are careless in using ‘dram’ and ‘drachms’. These are very different units. There are 27 grains to a dram but 60 grains to a drachm. It does not help that people for centuries have used the terms interchangeably. A 2 1/2 dram charge is 68 grains but if you use a 2 1/2...
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    Thoughts on my Frizzen?

    Colonel Peter Hawker was the purchaser of many guns from the best London gunsmiths of his day and routinely ordered them as new to come with an added high carbon steel sole. Probably soldered on but quite possibly riveted in some cases. Many, many years ago I recall an old time London gunsmith...
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    Thoughts on my Frizzen?

    And in many cases it allows them to use better steels than their prices could merit otherwise. Many western steels are also made of scrap from such sources. Indian steel was often superior to European steel until the 19th century and places like Jaipur have been formal armouries for centuries...
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    Rubbing magnesium on frizzen ?

    Tighten your seatbelt waksupi! I asked about titanium for soling a frizzen not so long ago and from the reaction you would think that I was advocating selling one’s firstborn for medical experiments. However, if you have any experience of soling a frizzen with titanium I, for one, would like to...
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    Ottoman Guns

    Seems a little extravagant for a Gabrovnik who can make a Yorkshireman look like a wild spender. To guide the puzzled, there is a joke that asks why people from Gabrovo have cats with no tails? So that they do not have to open the door for as long when they come inside during the winter. I...
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    Kids these days…

    The Memsahib too thinks I am funny. Possibly in a different way……….
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    The Jezail that defeated the British equipped Brown Bess.....and an old Hakka Gun and

    Also sounds like period Albania.
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    Indian gun history from the Indian History Collective.

    https://indianhistorycollective.com/tag/armour/ Sets the origins, development and use in the whole geographical context; Balkans to China.
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    India Torador Matchlock Wall Gun

    There are better illustrations on: https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.5189/page/n359/mode/2up
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    India Torador Matchlock Wall Gun

    Indeed it was done but in refilling breech loading cartridges ie .303” with a filed smooth used bullet and primer refilled with red match heads and ground glass. NO DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME! Definitely not for use in matchlocks. Not only are you making smokeless nitro powder but the aged stuff is...
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    India Torador Matchlock Wall Gun

    Baden Henry Powell in his 1872 Volume 2 of the 'Handbook of the Economic Products of the Punjab' (Hand-book of the economic products of the Punjab, with a combined index and glossary of technical vernacular words .. : Baden-Powell, B. H. (Baden Henry), 1841-1901 : Free Download, Borrow, and...
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    1816 musket conversions to rifled by Colt.

    One should note the rear sight on the Colt conversion. It is the same as the Russian Luttich rifle (Belgian made copy of the British Brunswick Rifle). When Colt bid to sell converted muskets to the Russians they insisted on him using their sight design and that is what we see here when Colt had...
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    I'll bet 98% of you did not know this fact !

    If it is the sort of tea they use in America then the river is the best place for it. The worst thing about visiting the USA is being deprived of strong builders tea. The sort that can solve all ills. Legs shot off? Have a brew and you will feel better. Dying of the Lurgi? A good mug of tea will...
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