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    Dixie "Jail Key" matchlock?

    Anybody here ever built the "jail key" matchlock pistol kit that Dixie Gunworks has offered for so many years? If so, have you actually fired it? It's been staring me in the face ever since I saw one in an old Dixie catalog, before I was in high school (though it was MUCH cheaper then...), but I...
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    teppo/tanegeshima blueprints?

    I am wondering, does anybody sell a set of prints/plans for a Japanese-style matchlock? The replicas are OK but a bit pricey (and I believe they've been discontinued). I can cut the costs a bit by building it myself and have a completely unique gun besides.
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    20 gauge on feral swine?

    I am seriously considering going muzzleloader deer hunting this fall, for the first time in over a decade. Probably use my 20 gauge Northwest gun, with my howdah pistol as a backup/coup-de-grace gun. Feral hogs have recently been seen in the county I will be hunting in. Last year, Michigan...
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    pistol stock checkering

    My MVTCo howdah pistol came with a smooth, uncheckered stock, which is too slick for my liking (especially with sweaty hands). I'd like to checker the grip area, but I have no experience with this and no tools (and not much money to spend on tools). Are there inexpensive tools available that...
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    ideal buckshot size for 20 gauge?

    What is the "ideal" size buckshot for a 20 gauge? By that, I mean what will more-or-less neatly stack in layers? Seems like 00 buck might be a bit large, as 2 of them next to each other is just over bore diameter on my NWTG (.618 bore), and just under bore diameter on my Middlesex howdah pistol...
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    New "toys" arrived!

    Well, I got my blunderbuss and howdah pistol from Middlesex today. WOO HOO!!! :grin: Looks like I can use the same flints in the blunderbuss as I do in my NWTG, though some of them need to be "trimmed back" a bit so they don't touch the frizzen when it's half-cocked. Sparks really nicely. The...
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    "howdah pistol" vs. "officer's pistol"?

    I've read quite a few people's opinions on the internet saying "there were no such things as muzzle-loading howdah pistols; real howdah pistols all fired cartridges, and the muzzle-loaders were really 'officer's pistols'." Is there any truth to this? Or are muzzle-loading howdah pistols really...
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    Flints - who's got the best deal on 'em?

    Who knows where the best priced (internet available) gunflints are to be had? I won't know for certain until it arrives, but I have heard that the Middlesex blunderbuss I bought takes 7/8" flints, which are smaller than the ones the Davis lock in my NWTG uses, which means I'll need to get more...
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    paper "shotshells" for 20 gauge - anybody here made them?

    I'm curious - has anybody on this forum ever made paper birdshot cartridges for their smoothies, especially 20 gauge? I have lots of #7-1/2 shot already. I have a shot snake with an Irish style charger, but it seems to me that a paper cartridge would be much more convenient. Plus, I wouldn't be...
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    Estimated MV?

    Does anyone know about what muzzle velocity I could reasonably expect, firing a 350 grain .600 patched ball from a 7-1/2" barrel, with 60 grains FFFg or FFg? I don't have access to a chronograph, unfortunately...
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    Safe to mix buckshot sizes?

    I mentioned in another post that I have purchased a buckshot mold to use with my Middlesex .688 bore blunderbuss. The mold casts 7 .375 balls (roughly between 000 and 0000 buck) and 8 .250 balls (#3 buck). Would it be safe to use the entire contents of one mold load (15 pellets in all, of both...
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    Looking for a repro "vine 'hawk"

    Does anybody make and/or sell a repro of the old brass-bladed tomahawk with the steel edge insert, engraved with a vine pattern? And what time period were these used in? I'm not talking about the all-brass decorator tomahawks I've seen, but ones that were actually meant for use and had a steel...
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    Counting the days...

    Well, my funds just came through! :grin: I called MVTC, and found out that (1) the doglock BB's are out of stock, and (2) they don't often come with 15" barrels (one thing I wanted), and the ones coming in were all bespoken and had longer barrels besides. So I ordered one of the "Dutch" guns...
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    Middlesex blunderbuss - brass barrel, or steel?

    Let me start out by saying I don't want this post/thread to turn into a flame war against India-made guns. I've been reading and the most consistent complaint I've heard was about heavy trigger pulls. I completed a correspondence course in gunsmithing from Penn-Foster, so I have the tools and...
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    How big does a smoothbore cannon have to be...

    ...before it is actually considered an artillery piece rather than just a model? I know the Williams Rapid Fire cannon from the Civil War had about a 1.6" bore (and was a breechloader), but were there any other field pieces this small?
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    Wheel-lock plans online!

    Check it out! http://www.thedisease.net They've got some wacky survivalist/anarchist stuff on the site (some of it is a bit out there, even for me! :hmm: ), but if you go to their "gunsmithing" section, near the bottom of the list is a downloadable PDF file that contains a complete set of...
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    Air gap?

    I had considered trying Foster slugs in my NWTG (20 gauge), but then I thought that perhaps the deep cavity (MUCH deeper than in a Minie ball) might - just might - cause the equivalent of an "air gap" and ring or burst the barrel. Anybody else of that opinion? Or would that not likely be a...
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    gun"Does anybody know why...?

    In another post, I mentioned an 1842 musket I bought that had been turned into a "poor man's shotgun". Somebody I work with (a fellow gun enthusiast) brought up an interesting question: why was the military nipple for musket caps changed out for one that takes sporting caps? I mean, with the...
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    Found a neat gun...

    I found what I think is an interesting gun in a local gun shop that has been around for many, many years (the oldster who owns the shop says he's got guns that have been in storage in the basement of the shop for 50 years or more, and he rotates them out onto the sales floor every so often)...
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    "smooth rifle" vs. fowler

    I have seen, in both replica and original form, in flint and caplock, something called a "smooth rifle". Was there supposed to be an advantage of a "smooth rifle" over a normal fowler or fusil? What's the real difference, anyway, since they're both of relatively large bore compared to a...
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