Was at a Rendezvous years ago and the guy shooting next to me had a Trade Gun, made by Pedersoli. He’d done some extra work to personalize it, and I must admit that gun was beautiful…I believe he made it from a kit. I completely understand your desire.
A month later, I read an article series in some old issues of Muzzleloader Magazine. In the series, the author was essentially living life in the early to mid 1700’s, his gun of choice was a Fusil de Chase. The photography was OK, but it showed enough details and information…I was enticed.
A week or so later, I spent a few days helping my dad clean and catalog a bunch of muzzleloaders that he had collected back in the late 70’s through the mid 90’s. Once that was completed, I called TVM and ordered my Fusil de Chase…an hour later he ordered himself a Fusil de Chase…8 months later, we had a matched set of Fuzzies.
I really need to get an image of both guns side by side…I still have problems telling them apart.
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Follow your dreams…
Edited to add:
I’ve heard a lot of good things about Military Heritage. I think you will be fine going with them. There are a couple items they carry that I really like…so will be ordering from them soon. One thing about India Made Guns…think of them as almost finished kit guns. Do not be surprised if the gun arrives and you discover things that you would like addressed. You can choose to return it, or take your time and address it yourself.
Drilling touch holes is not hard to do, placement is pretty important, but drilling…not hard.
