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Welcome from SE Michigan. I still fondly remember the Muzzleloaders Festival at Greenfield Village. Especially the rolling volley of about a hundred re-enactors lined up with Civil War and Revolutionary War muskets and rifles. Rolling thunder and a cloud of smoke covering the entire field. Get...

I was wondering that of the Bess at bottom center. Frizzen closed, at half cock. At the ready?

Used to be in Michigan on Nov. 15th there were more hunters in the woods than hit the beaches at Normandy.

That beauty is in better shape than many 20th Century rifles I've seen. Just Wow!

Maybe some wasted research funds could be better spent researching Hummingbird hearts and brains. :dunno:

I'm 79. Started late. Built a powder horn in my 20's. Built my Lyman GPR at 33, Lyman Great Plains matching pistol 3 years later. The GPR was my Deer Rifle for several years. I built my "bag-o-parts" French Fusil C at 69, which took about 3 years of putzing to complete. Horn and Fusil are in my...

Hah? What trouble?

You peaked my interest. I was given a Traditions .45 years ago with water damaged barrel with bad pitting. Any idea where I could find a replacement barrel to start a new project?

Has anyone tried using coffee filters, lubed, or dry for cleaning patches? Just wondering. :oops:

Reminds me of the night seige scene on the fort in Last of the Mohicans. Very cool!

First issue, second issue, third issue..... Nice.

Sounds like my first Jake. I was set up in a Christmas Tree planting, back in a tunnel looking out at my decoys on a rolling field. My buddy was about 10 yards further down off the edge of the field, calling for me. He told me turkeys were coming. He called and four Jakes came galloping down...

I built a Great Plains Rifle percussion kit, and later the companion pistol. I thought about naming them Thor and Odin to honor my Norse heritage. Never put it on the guns. Not a ML but I have aptly named my .450 Marlin 1895M as Thumper.

Actually, I never had a ball stuck. I had the jag stuck, running a dry patch through my GPR after shooting. It took two guys and a vise grip and marred my ramrod. I finally got a brass 44 " T-rod long enough even for my 42" smoothbore. I figure with the T- handle I could even pull a tough one...

If you ever get a ball stuck, you'll want extra to hang on to.

Beautiful work. How much does she weigh?

In our deer camp, a quick flip of hand of the Booshway would sent that hat across the room.:)

Save that barrel for those Woodcock that take a hard left.

Congratulations on a fine hunt and a tale well told. My first flintlock turkey was the beat hunt ever, made more special my using the Fusil I built. My thanks for my interest in flintlocks goes way back to Walt Disney's "Davy Crockett-King of the Wild Frontier." I even built a full-size plastic...