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    John Blisset revolver, found in Louisiana

    I've always wondered about that. I've always just assumed it was a RB and between corrosion and a couple generations of kids playing with the seating lever they ended up looking flat.
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    Common mans firearm, Louisiana, 1800-1820?

    Ok. Did some digging. Turns out the first man in my paternal Lineage hopped a boat from England and ended up in Natchez Mississippi in 1775 where he owned a sawmill. So that answers a few questions. Also apparently the 2nd generation moved about 100 miles south and we have been here sense. Not...
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    Common mans firearm, Louisiana, 1800-1820?

    Thanks for the reply. I'm not really trying to create a persona or exactly duplicate an ancestor or anything. I guess I'm just looking for what I would likely have had, had I been alive then. Your questions make me realize how little I know about my family history. About anyone past my...
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    Common mans firearm, Louisiana, 1800-1820?

    (Firstly, I wasn't sure where to post this. If this is the wrong area, please move) Perhaps my google-fu is lacking, but I can't seem to find much info as to what firearms were common in Southern Louisiana (New Orleans area) in the late 1700-early 1800s. I assume that being a trade hub nearly...
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    John Blisset revolver, found in Louisiana

    Thought you guys may find this interesting. Years ago, exactly when I'm not sure, sometime before I was born (1992), my grandfather was given this thing. Actually he was kind of swindled. An acquaintance needed some work done on his vehicle, and my grandfather, having the knowledge and tools...
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    Tang repair/replacement?

    Hi guys. IV been away for a rather long time, but looking at my rifle hanging on the wall Got me thinking. I stopped shooting muzzle loaders because I broke the tang of my old rifle off at the screw hole. Unfortunately I'm out of town for work and don't have pics at the moment... the rifle is an...
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    well im back!

    Very interesting? Sounds less than desirable lol!
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    well im back!

    Thanks for all the help guys. I could go percussion and i could do iron instead of german silver ( not sure why but i dont like the look of brass) As for suggestions to up caliber in order to have an all around rifle, the louisiana department of wildlife and fisheries has done away with that...
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    well im back!

    A little over a year ago i was ready to flop down the cash for a flinter, but ended up getting a modern handgun instead. Now i have somehow managed to become bored with cartridge guns, and, considering that the absolute best hunts iv ever had were with my goofy little falling appart way...
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    draggin my poor rifle out tomorrow

    i cant resist it anymore. last season i broke the tang off right at the bolt hole and lost the tang bolt out of my little .38 cal percussion. put her on the rack and decided to wait to get her fixed. well time and money hasnt showed up yet so i went mountain man on it. rawhide strip wraped tight...
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    TVM Rifles

    manure. didnt realize the wait was so long lol. i should be ordering my 32 cal tvm southern rifle in a week. :]
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    bone\ivory front sight?

    hi guys. if the turnaround im workin lasts atleast two more weeks i will be orderin my first flinchrock, a tvm southern rifle. im interested in maby trying something a little different for the front sight. iv heard\read about using bone, or more specificly warthog tusk, to make a sight that is...
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    squirrel rifle for a grand?

    Lol I'm from louisiana guys. Don't know where you came up with missouri. I like the tvm rifles, just gotta decide which version I want. Thanks guys!
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    squirrel rifle for a grand?

    im not exactly sure. i could get away with a 36. been using a 38 and every game warden iv seen was to busy trying to figure out if this idiot was really squirrel hunting with a black powder gun or just pulling his leg to care, even though i told them it was technically .02 of an inch to large to...
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    squirrel rifle for a grand?

    Hi again guys. Depending on weather this turnaround lasts till sunday, I may soon have about a grand to spend on a squirrel rifle. Havnt had much time to look around yet but figured you guys could give me a jump start. I want the smallest calliber I can find, but law says its gotta b under .36...
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    estimates on price for reworkin gun?

    yea that guy has been known to hurt himself cooking fish sticks and try to pick up rbs i just dropped out of the mold. dont trust him with my gun. lol
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    how and where should i start?

    I would absolutely love to learn to build longrifles. But I'm young and don't have the cash for nuch equipment. I have acces to my grandpa's shop and all his tools, but he isn't a wood worker or blacksmith or anything. He just has drills saws and the like. I'd like to learn to build. I just...
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    estimates on price for reworkin gun?

    Hmmm. Ok ill get pics when I get home. Looks like the cheaper option (I'm about to start collage. U knw what that means in terms of cash) so cheaper is kind oof a big deal lol, to just get my tang fixed and the hole for the screw holding the hammer on re threaded and a new screw in then a new...
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    estimates on price for reworkin gun?

    I have an old custom 38 cal percussion thst I love, but the tang is broken, the hammer screw is all wrong, and I'd like to have it converted to a siler flintlock with double set triggers. Any ideas on what a gunsmith would charge to fix my tang, replace the screw that goes through the tang to...
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    Confusion Over Sights On A Smoothbore

    your shooting a ten guage. you win. end of discussion. :grin: :bow: that sucks man, its rediculous how similar grown men with firearms can be to three-year-olds when it comes to winning. :shake:
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