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    SOLD SEEKING a "TIRED LOOKING" FLINTLOCK MUSKET

    Friends, I'm an ALAMO SHRINE docent & am seeking a flintlock military musket OR a "very Plain Jane" rifle for my "dirt-farmer" impression. = James Henry, the older brother of Robert Charles Red Fern, who emigrated to what is now Panola County, TX in the Spring of 1822. (The real James H. Red...
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    SEEKING the TEXAS REVOLUTION ERA "RANGING COMPANY'S" CHIEF RANGER

    Friends, I've "heard" that there is an active TX- Revolution era Ranging Company group of re-enacters but the only "713 area code" phone number that I had is now "disconnected or no longer in service". - The unit's Chief Ranger supposedly lives in Humble, TX. IF any member has the...
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    Pattern for a French Cowhide Pack from the War of 1912?

    Friends, I'm looking for a pattern to make a FRENCH Infantry Cowhide Pack (The one with the hair tanned on) of the War of 1812 period, as that's the sort of pack used by the Mexican Army in the 1830s. (The Mexican Commissary General bought a great deal of French/English surplus goods.) yours, satx
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    Gun-show Double-barreled Flinter

    Friends, I'm NOT sure where this thread belongs but this AM at the SAXET Gun-show here in The Alamo City an exhibitor had a "rather Plain Jane" SXS double-barreled (French-made) about 11mm rifle/shotgun combination gun, with about 26" tubes. = It appeared to be in NRA FINE condition. (The...
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    The FIRST Bowie Knife??

    Friends, This AM about 1000, I visited The Alamo Shrine to see the NEW Bowie's Knife exhibit. - There is at least 25-30 (I didn't count) original Bowie's Knives on display. Included in the display is the coffin-handled Bowie from the famous Sandbar Fight & the notorious Icehouse Fight. The...
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    Plans for a Parilla?

    Friends, I'm looking for a set of plans for a traditional PARILLA, that is designed for being "home-brewed" of earth, stone & timbers. (The traditional "outdoor kitchen", that's been built for at least 3 centuries, all over Latin America.) I would also happily "pick the brains" of a person...
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    Armory Bright??

    Friends, On another post here a member mentioned "Armory Bright" finish, i.e., NO finish except polished metal parts on a WBTS-era contract rifled-musket. Does anyone know when the US Government arsenals and the civilian government contractors stopped using "Armory Bright", rather than...
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    DIY pattern for WBTS-era rifle slings??

    Friends, I've looked & cannot find a pattern for the 1.25" wide sling for the Remington (the so-called "ZOUAVE") .58 caliber Contract rifled-musket. IF you have the pattern PLEASE post a photo. Note: I'm NOT at all sure where this information request belongs, so "move it" if this is the...
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    Use of forks as tableware in the USA?

    Friends, When did the use of forks for individual persons eating "at table" become usual in the USA?? (I've found all sorts of "definitive answers" on the "worldwideweird" & on PBS TV documentaries.) yours, satx
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    Hunting Shirt Pattern?

    Friends, I'm looking for a hunting shirt pattern to have a shirt sewn for me, of the sort made famous by BUTTERICK. (One of our "night nurses" is very skilled at hand-sewing & is willing to do the project in her spare time after "Duckie" is asleep for the night, IF I can acquire an actual...
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    Plans for 3-4 Pounder Cannon?

    Friends, Do any of you have or know of a trustworthy source for plans for building an accurate/full-scale replica of a late 18th or early 19th Century light artillery field piece of the 3-4 pounder size? (A War of 1812-era "grasshopper gun" sort of field piece would be fully appropriate for...
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    The Firearms of TX & the Old West in San Antonio

    Friends, Just a reminder that the largest single collection of firearms that were used in Texas from the earliest days of colonization to the firearms of the 1880s will be on display at THE ALAMO here in San Antonio until 15APR15. The historic display is FREE & (due to what it cost to put it...
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    Feral Boar

    To ALL, While I'm a "fan of heavy loads & heavy bullets" AND I've come to the sad conclusion that I'm NOT "using enough gun" with my .58 Zouave with 530 grain Minies, my solution for HUGE feral boars (SOME are 500-600 pounds & SEEM "armor plated". = See my comments elsewhere on what it took to...
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    A New Cape-Gun?

    Friends, As it "looks like" I'm retiring to Latin America SOONER (rather than in the year that I thought until a week ago), I'm looking for another Cape-Gun in at least .54 X at least 16 gauge. (I'd really rather have at least a .58 X 12-bore.) In the event that any of you have ACTUAL...
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    Baker Tents?

    Does anyone KNOW for sure when "the baker-style tent" was first used? (I've seen references to "something similar" in various articles/books claiming from 1820-1900.) yours, satx
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    NEED an Excellent 18th/19th Century Recipe for HARD Cider

    Friends, As I was very successful (by asking on this forum) in receiving several GREAT recipes for Old-style chicken & "flat"/"slick" dumplings, from some of our forum's members. NOW I would like a GOOD RECIPE for HARD CIDER that has NO "modern ingredients", nitrates added, preservatives...
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    New cannon-maker in TX

    Friends, There is a "new guy in town", when it comes to building ML cannons from one pounders to full-scale 6 pound "mountain guns" of the WBTS era. Some of Floyd Sochia's work was "on display" at the San Antonio Gunshow this last weekend, including his "best guess" (as rather "plain vanilla"...
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    Which rifle-smith would you pick?

    Friends, I unexpectedly "came into a little money" and am now considering having a Left-hand, (.54 caliber or larger bore) longrifle (possibly convertible from flintlock to percussion and back), of the "plain vanilla" Southern Mountain-style built. (I'd prefer a tiger-stripe maple stock & all...
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    The BIGGEST Bore Rifle????

    Friends, Discussing "The Colonel Mayes", a 19 pound, Irish-made, SxS 8-bore percussion double-rifle (on another thread) "got me to wondering" about what was the BIGGEST conventional sporting rifle ever built/used for African or Asian big-game hunting and what the "usual load" for such a...
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    A Well-Armed Soldier

    Dear Friends, MG "Fighting Joe" Wheeler, late of the PACSA, at the Battle of Atlanta was reported to have been armed with a "brace of Navy Model Colt's revolvers", a brace of Colt's Dragoons on his saddle, a 1962 Colt's Pocket Police in his sash and a Deringer in his left vest pocket. = If my...
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