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    Tumbler hardening/tempering

    The sear looks cast or forged. This is not a high quality piece and I have no idea who made it. I am at least the third owner.
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    Tumbler hardening/tempering

    Thanks, That is my project for this evening. :)
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    Tumbler hardening/tempering

    I had to make a new tumbler for a flintlock musket. The new piece fits and works well but it is made from O-1 oil hardening tool steel which is still quite soft as I haven't hardened it yet. I have an electric furnace (small pottery kiln) so I can heat it to 1500F and oil quench to harden it...
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    cannoning illegal?

    The Yarmouth Minutemen always get written permission from the Principal when we bring our muskets, swords, etc to schools. A couple of weeks ago at a high school we could bring cannon, muskets, swords, axes, knives, but for some reason not bayonets!
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    Wall hanger or shooter?

    A friend is considering buying a musket from another friend to use for shooting blanks at reenactments, but I question its safety. Points I note are: 1) The octagon and round parts of the barrel seem to be welded or threaded together. There is a noticeable bump on the inside of the barrel...
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    Loose Hammer of Brown Bess

    I have used peening to fix loose cocks on several Reenacting Besses. Some of them have several hundred shots on them by now post fix and I have not had any loosen up yet.
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    Cannon Paintball?

    Our "safe range" is to shoot out to sea (Cape Cod). That should give us 20 miles or more of space to play with.
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    Cannon Paintball?

    This is strictly for target practice. What is the point of owning a cannon if you don't know if you could actually hit anything with it?
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    Cannon Paintball?

    Wow! I had never thought of canister rounds filled with actual regulation paintballs. I will have to try that too.
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    Cannon Paintball?

    I have a 3 pounder and I am interested in making some paintball like shot for it. I got some plastic firework shells from cannonfuse.com that should fit with a fair amount of windage. Winding them with string will let me adjust windage as well as add a little strength. Now I am wondering what...
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    Restoring chipped tumbler

    This weekend I will take some accurate measurements and talk to Dixie. None of the tumblers in the Track catalog are close, and the Pedersoli Bess tumbler is much too thick. As I have a lathe and have hardened springs and frizzens, making a tumbler from bar stock is an option. It is a tired...
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    Restoring chipped tumbler

    I have a Japanese Bess with a chipped tumbler. Most of the half cock notch lip is gone. Is there anywhere I can buy a tumbler to fit? Would it be a good idea to build up the metal of the old tumbler with something like a TIG welder and file it back to shape? Is anybody good with TIG willing...
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    Strength of Curly wood?

    I have heard from some that curly or birdseye wood has better impact strength than straight grain, and that, in addition to appearance, is why it is used on expensive guns. Others say that straight grain is essential for maximum strength, and fancy grains are just for vanity. Has anybody here...
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    Proofing the Indian Bess

    Very well done! So many people seem to feel if the barrel doesn't blow up it is "good". Few take the accurate measurements to find out if it has seen enough stress to plastically deform (bad), as opposed to elastically deforming (barrel swells but springs back and is OK).
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    Flashguard on a Charleville

    I ended up bending the guard till the tip is flat to the outside of the pan. Then I drilled a 1/16" hole through the guard into the pan and soldered a brass pin into the guard hole. Now the pin sticks into the hole in the pan and stops the guard from moving even if the screw is loose. It...
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