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    2014 Union County - PA Rifle Frolic

    Announcement is a bit late but if you are looking for something to do this weekend... 2014 Rifle Frolic - Aug 30th - Sept 1st (early set up OK) Located near Weikert, PA Primitive (1840 & earlier) and modern camping. Move in anytime this week. Water, wood provided, ice can be bought. Paper...
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    Trade Gun Match, Central PA

    Union County Muzzleloaders are holding a trade gun only weekend May 31st & June 1st. 28 gauge or larger, flintlock only. Silhouettes, paper, and woods walk. If enough interest there will be a 10-15 shot claybird course on Sat evening. You will need to be in period attire to participate on...
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    Frozen Toe weekend, Union County PA

    March 1st & 2nd... 9am-4pm Saturday, 9am-2pm Sun. Paper, Woods Walk, & Silhouettes Camping available, no hook-ups, no pets, firewood available. Any questions feel free to email or PM me. Regards, Steve
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    Relief carving....later?

    Was wondering if anybody has done relief carving after a gun had finished applied? I was wondering if I applied one or two coats tongue oil finish to just give it some protection from the weather then in 30-60 days come back and add some incise and relief carving? At that point apply the...
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    Engraver sharpening

    Hello, Looking in the archives I am seeing that certain gravers are to be sharpened to this degree or that degree. How are you measuring this? How are you sure the angle is correct? By eye? A tool? Thanks, Steve
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    Fired Shot

    Just for fun here is a shot that I caught in our January shoot this year. I have also provided a link in case you want to take a closer look. http://www.flickr.com/photos/roklock Regards Steve
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    Fowler (Books)

    Hello, Looking at purchasing the book Flintlock Fowlers. Anybody have any incite on this book? Are there better ones out there or maybe would make a good companion? Also looking for good books that would deal with the smoothbore/fowler builders or pictures of them in PA (1750-1765)...
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    Frozen Toe / Central PA

    Union County Muzzleloaders are having their annual Frozen Toe shoot March 4 & 5. Primitive camping is available along with wood and water. We will have a woods walk, silouhettes, and paper. Probably a novelty or two. For more information you can send an email to [email protected] Regards...
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    youth barrels

    I am looking for a barrel to build a gun for my daughter. Looking for a .45 smooth bore, 30-32 inches long. Feel free to email me [email protected]. Steve
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    introduction

    Just wanted to to say hi, I live in central PA. Have been active in this for roughly 5 years. I have been progressing more towards the historical aspects as of late. I also have built a smoothbore. Working on a double at this time which will soon be put on hold as I have a daughter that has...
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