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    American Jaeger

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not to belabor this but it often happens that someone a) likes flintlock rifles; b) likes...
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 13, 2019 at 6:13 PM in forum: Flintlock Rifles
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    American Jaeger

    Phil, From what I’ve read (need to get back to sources), in the 1740s and 1750s rifles were being imported from Germany with barrels in the 3’ to...
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 13, 2019 at 4:39 AM in forum: Flintlock Rifles
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    American Jaeger

    Well, there are darn few surviving original short barreled, early American flintlock rifles known and hundreds to thousands of original flintlock...
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 12, 2019 at 4:15 AM in forum: Flintlock Rifles
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    American Jaeger

    Short barreled guns are handy and if you like flintlocks you’re limited in selection of general types. For myself, I need a long sight radius to...
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 12, 2019 at 1:17 AM in forum: Flintlock Rifles
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    American Jaeger

    When creating a short-barreled “American jaeger” that is historically plausible one has to think “why?” When, where, and why would a short...
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 11, 2019 at 7:20 PM in forum: Flintlock Rifles
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    American Jaeger w/Early Virginia furniture

    There are about 4 original flintlock rifles strongly implicated in being stocked here with barrels about 36” long. Most are not well known. One is...
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 11, 2019 at 6:51 PM in forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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    Can a mainspring be made stronger?

    Great to hear. For the sake of discussion an old period wilderness fix was to pound a smaller v spring into the bend of the mainspring. Booster...
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 10, 2019 in forum: Flintlock Rifles
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    Hawken History Classic

    All sounds terrific! Hope Bob Browner is included. He’s a STL builder/restorer of Hawken rifles.
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 8, 2019 in forum: Public Events - Clubs - Ranges - Historic Location
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    Original Hawken question

    Price choice!
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 7, 2019 in forum: Flintlock Rifles
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    Building a Chambers Isaac Haines rifle kit

    Dave I’m catching up here but benefited from your posting of the patchbox spring catch setup. I wasn’t happy with the setup I had on my Deringer...
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 7, 2019 in forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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    Browning an already browned barrel.

    I agree that unless you’re looking for a uniformly browned “as newly done” apprehended then spot browning will work fine. I’d scrub with dawn dish...
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 7, 2019 in forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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    Hawken History Classic

    I appreciate seeing bench copies but there’s magic in originals for me.
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 6, 2019 in forum: Public Events - Clubs - Ranges - Historic Location
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    FOR SALE Original Lightweight Fowler

    Please send photos
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 6, 2019 in forum: Firearms For Sale/Trade/Wanted
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    Original Hawken question

    There’s an original J&S Hawken-marked fullstock rifle with drum and nipple conversion from flintlock. Don Stith is using it as a model for kits....
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 4, 2019 in forum: Flintlock Rifles
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    Help with Fire/Tinder Kit

    PM sent
    Post by: rich pierce, Oct 1, 2019 in forum: General Reenacting Discussions
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