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  1. J

    .38 Flintlock?

    Anyone ever heard of a .38 smoothbored flintlock? A friend forwarded this rifle to me when it came up for sale on an online auction site and i ended up winning it fairly inexpensively. Recieved it today and am a loss for what it is and thought i'd post and see if anyone had any thoughts on...
  2. J

    What is this Stock finish?

    I bought this parts rifle recently and was surprised to pull this butstock out of the box and darned if it wasn't blazin red in color. The photo doesn't begin to do it justice, it looks darned bright blood red in certain light. Any idea what stock finish was used to color the stock this way? I...
  3. J

    Any Harm in Refinishing a Contemporary Build?

    Case in point, i bought an online rifle that had a W.M Large barrel, was done in the 60's or 70's i'd say. Got it out of the box and found it to be an odd mix of features and components. Did have the W.M. Large barrel, in .54 stead of the .58 for which it was advertised. Also has a Bob Roller...
  4. J

    Is this Barrel shot?

    Bought a .45 NumRich buggy rifle a few years ago and just now got around to it. It had a peep mounted on the barrel and it seems the threaded screws go all the way through the barrel into the bore. Also the nipple was rethreaded and the new nipple only has 3 or 4 threads holding it..between...
  5. J

    Hoppe's Ethan Allen Target .45

    I picked one of these up the other day, a factory finished Penguin ind .45 target pistol made for the Hoppe's corp in the late 70's or early 80's. Is a model i've never even heard of before. A nice mid sized single shot with good wood and engravings, great blue job, made in the U.S., etc. The...
  6. J

    To Traditionalize a T\C

    I've enjoyed many many shots through various T\C rifles but the only one i enjoyed looking at is a 12ga New Englander, which has nice lines. The rest are all cursed with the bolted down rear sight.. what have folks done to bring old world lines to their T\C's? Only good solution i can come up...
  7. J

    Lock has 3 positions?

    As i go along on my 3 decade quest to further myself in the ways of traditional arms, i am continually amazed at all the things i simply don't know. I recently came across a really nice .45 "springfield stalker" bored to a .58 smoothy by Mr. Hoyt and made by H&R in the 70's. I posted previous...
  8. J

    Bought a loaded ML'er

    I think anyway.. Found a great deal on this gun recently..an H&R "Springfield Stalker" that had originally been a .45 but was rebored to a .58 smooth. I violated a principal rule right off the bat and have been admiring the lightweight carbine over the last week or two without ever running a...
  9. J

    Christmas Flintlock

    Just before Christmas i stopped by a local pawn shop and walked the isles, didn't see much and was on my way back out the door when i spotted something long and brown leaned up against a rack behind the counter. I ask what it was and the shop owner rattled off that it was a .58 1803 Harpers...
  10. J

    Replacing Components on Original ML'ers

    I just received my 1st original muzzleloader and i'd like to get it back to fireable condition. It is probably from the 1850's or later, and seems to be in decent condition, it need just a replacement screw for the hammer and some barrel pins..plus a rear site. I know i could find a screw at...
  11. J

    Another Late Golden age percussion

    Just bought this rifle from a forum member..he didn't have a lot of info on it but identified it as a late 1850's percussion in good working order, apprx .40 ,cal with a nice bore and should still be able to put lead downrange. He offered a extremely fair price and so its on its way. I borrowed...
  12. J

    Browning Aluminum

    Hello Gentlemen, I was wondering if anyone has run into the need to artifically brown aluminum? I've disassembled an Investarms Hawkin to brown the steel and noticed the under rib is aluminum..i guess i could order a replacement in steel but was just curious if there was any was to color what...
  13. J

    JBMR parts I.D. question

    I recently won an oddly assembled rifle on GB, just rec'd it and wondered if i could get some educated opinions and maybe some answers to the questions i have about it. The seller was upfront about the rifle not being original. The barrel on the rifle is, as the title abbreviated, a Johnathan...
  14. J

    Fast twist T\C and a RB?

    I know before i ask that my answer is GO SHOOT IT!, but before i can, i'd like to get ya'lls thoughts on a problem TC White Mt. carbine .50 i've got. Its a beautiful rifle with one major flaw, the 1:21 fast twist barrel it came with. I really like the rifle but never found any molded slug...
  15. J

    Aligning stock pins

    I received a 70's underhammer H&A the other day and it has a crack lengthwise throughout the forearm. The crack could be repaired but on top of this a williams peep was tapped into the side of the barrel at some point and a few inches of the forearm was cut away to accomodate it. So to get the...
  16. J

    1861 Springfield smoothbore- should i?

    A local gunshop has a nice replica of an 1861 Springfield, a smoothbore .58 i believe, up for sale and i keep thinking about it. Its a used gun with a fairly nice exterior , well finished and inletted, the lock works great but a slightly rusty bore. I passed it by and came back for a look. I saw...
  17. J

    Choked Mt. Rifle?

    I recently received my first CVA Mt Rifle, a late model .50, with a Spain marked barrel. The rifle was unfired, excellent condition and has what appears to be very deep cut rifling. It'll make a great rb rifle i'm sure but when cleaning the barrel i noticed a constriction for the first inch or...
  18. J

    Backyard Find

    About 10 years ago i was pushing back the encroaching woods around my house with a bobcat front end loader when a "stick" popped up out of a debris pile i'd just pushed up. The "stick" looked so perfectly straight that it appeared out of place in the twisted pile and for whatever reason i...
  19. J

    Saw the smoke, found your camp..

    Look REAL forward to settlin in for a while. Hailing from N.C. and have been botherin with these front loaders for 30 some years, but just recently have gotten REALLY taken with em and looking to hang out with some of ya'll in the smoke cloud. Thanks for having me.. J.R.
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