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    Traditional M/L Guns from Afghanistan

    REF: Post #78 Hi Rudyard. Great story. You've lived a life few of us could have imagined. LOL I have 4 Jazails in my collection. All 4 have genuine EIC regulation locks. But from 4 different makers. Still, they are all built similar. Congratulations for owning the 4-volumn set of books...
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    Ottoman Guns

    Yes, that lock should work. Maybe tackle the barrel first, as time and budget permit. What's good is that your lock, stock, and barrel are all here in the States. So, any required work beyond your expertise can be done locally, with shipping within the USA. Even your stock blank can have the...
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    Traditional M/L Guns from Afghanistan

    Cyten: Thanks for the photos. A very nice example. Note, in this case, we have a decorated barrel mounted to a basically plain, undecorated stock. That could indicate an earlier barrel repurposed for this Jazail. Would not be unusual for these guns. Rick
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    eBay Flintlock Lock

    LOL. Hey thanks. Maybe my memory is not completely gone yet. LOL I remember those locks did require frizzen hardening. I also seem to remember that sometime in maybe the early/mid 1970's that DGW's offered a complete replacement lock for the Minuteman flint version. Rick
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    eBay Flintlock Lock

    The tapered frizzen reminds me of some old contemporary lock. But can't put my finger on it. Hmmmm. Could this be a lock from the old H&A Minuteman rifles from the 1960's/70's ? Rick
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    Ottoman Guns

    Hi Cyten BARREL: That barrel does indeed look crusty. But, as you mentioned, electrolysis can do wonders. Another option I've used in the past is glass bead blasting (not sand blasting). GBB can be set to different power levels, allowing the rust to be removed without destroying the...
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    Ottoman Guns

    WOW!!! Nice Ottoman/Turkish lock. Congratulations !!! Good thing you gave us all a heads-up. I would have bid on it. LOL The barrel, at first glance appears do-able. The outside looks like just light surface rust. That should easily clean up with regular gun oil and 0000 steel wool. The...
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    Ottoman Guns

    Thanks for posting. The accessories do not look all that different than the European ones for the same time period. I've seen these Ottoman style shoulder guns with both wood and iron ramrods. About 50/50. Rick
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    To my Pre-Flintlock Friends >>>

    I am so sorry to hear this. DARN. It sounds like Old Guard got cold feet. But if so, why not just say so earlier on ? Really strange. This sounds like it would have been a good opportunity for Old Guard to increase it's sales in the U.S. Not only for the wheellocks, but for their other...
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    Are Some BP Revolvers Just Not Reasonably Accurate?

    I have three C&B revolvers. 2-60' Armies and 1-51 Navy. On each one I did three things: 1. A 3-lb. trigger pull. 2 An 11-degree cut on the forcing cone. 3. A taller front sight. After that, the pistols would shoot where you point them. Rick
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    Unusual charger on a leather covered powder flask

    Thanks PFC. You may be right. That makes sense. Also, the cut-off lever on mine is loose. The internal spring likely broken. Rick
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    Traditional M/L Guns from India

    OK. Thanks. Most of the percussion Sindh shoulder guns I've seen have rifled barrels. But an occasional smooth bore shows up every once in a while. And they usually show up in smaller calibers like about .36-.45 They often have cool looking barrels. Anyway, it was neat to watch your buddy...
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    Muzzleloading Quiz

    Hi Cyten That Ottoman/Turkish example is so cool. Looks really old. Somehow, I can picture that being carried by an early Janissary type outfitted in armour. LOL Thanks for the posts. Rick
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    Traditional M/L Guns from India

    The Indian Toradors and Sindh origin guns with flintlocks are considered rare among collectors. In the case of the Sindh guns it seems they jumped from matchlock to percussion, and skipped the flintlock period. LOL Like Japan. Rick
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    Traditional M/L Guns from India

    Hi Cyten Yes, those Alberta videos are great fun. I was fortunate to have been able to visit with Pukka one time while I was in Alberta on business. We had lunch together. Didn't get much time as it was his busy time of the year and I had to travel back to St. Louis. I could have talked to...
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