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  1. galamb

    If I could only have 1 muzzle loader...

    As I left my workbench with three rifles in various stages of completeness and glanced at the gun safe with quite a number more I thought "it's great to live in these times". If we actually lived in the times we like to emulate with our rifles/guns we would be lucky to have one. So, if you...
  2. galamb

    So you want an iron mounted Southern Rifle

    Many talk about wanting, or wanting to build a iron mounted southern rifle. Here is a couple of "teaser" pics of one built by master builder Roger Sells which is going up on the CLA's fundraiser auction. You can check out better pics at the Contemporary Makers Blog site (R Sells SMR) (if...
  3. galamb

    4 Weeks Until Dixon's

    (Moderators - wasn't sure if this should go in the Public Events section, or just the General Muzzleloading - so please relocate as necessary) Tick - Tock Just four (4) weeks until Dixon's 2014 Muzzle Loading Fair (starts on Friday the 25th of July, in Kempton PA, just a hair west of...
  4. galamb

    Does a J Hawken rifle exist

    I have been doing a study of early St. Louis Hawken rifles for a few years now. Not at it every day but slowing sucking up every bit of information out there from every source available. Anyhow, while there is a lot of "assumptions" that Jake made his own rifles "pre-J&S" I have been unable to...
  5. galamb

    Why they converted to percussion

    While doing some research I tripped over an article discussing the East India Company (EIC) and why they ultimately decided to convert their many firearms from flint to percussion. Anyhow, on any forum such as this you always get a few truckloads of anecdotal information regarding the...
  6. galamb

    H/C Fast Twist Flintlocks

    There is always much debate about what twists were originally used in old originals. Anyhow, I was reading an article in the April 2013 edition of Muzzle Blasts talking about a John Jacob Sheetz rifle (1785-1860, Shepherdstown, VA - now W.VA) that was owned by a William Ross and used in the...
  7. galamb

    H/C Mountain Rifles

    I was poking around on the Contemporary Makers Blog Spot (blog spot) where I came across a really good article on rifles from the Great Smokey Mountains. It goes into quite a bit of detail as to how they were physically made, the (machines) they used etc. Anyhow, I picked up two rather...
  8. galamb

    Making your own patterns

    Spikebuck's issues with the butt plate on his rifle have led me to this post. I assumed that hobby builders (such as myself) worked from pictures if no plan or pattern was available. I will start by saying - even if you are building a "kit", which unless it's just one of those "un-assembled"...
  9. galamb

    Inlet a swamped barrel with guide rails

    Just starting a build and decided to document one technique for inletting a swamped barrel. The instructions come from "The Gunsmith of Grenville County". The basic technique is that you fasten rails in the shape of the side flats of the barrel to use as cutting guides down to the depth of the...
  10. galamb

    How to breech a barrel - ca. 1968

    If you do a search on breeching a barrel you will find numerous entries on how to install a modern plug into one of the many of the current barrel offerings that were produced on a lathe. There is always the requisite warnings about how it needs to be fit with near laser precision or your...
  11. galamb

    Tell Me About Your "Horrible" Barrel

    If you search through years of posts you see topics about best barrels fairly often. Inevitably you get lot's of responses talking about how barrel A or B is a "tack driver". By the end of the thread you would probably be able to conclude that pretty much every barrel out there is pretty darn...
  12. galamb

    T/C drop in barrels available

    Was just looking on Muzzleloader Builder's Supply (MBS) website. They have listed a "limited supply" of ROUND BALL only (slow twist), 50 cal, 15/16" AFT, Thompson Center drop in barrels - both Flint and Percussion - for $220 each Link to MBS This may be a "last chance" to get them at this...
  13. galamb

    Green Mountain Drop-In warning and Recall

    For any owners of Green Mountain "drop-in" T/C barrels you may want to check out their website. They have a warning up about improper nipples installed on a series of percussion barrels (within a given serial range). A second entry notes a recall for a different series of serial numbers. You...
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