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    New Hern Iron Works tube

    I thought this crew would enjoy this Here are some pics of the new Hern Iron Works cannon barrel. I'm very pleased with the tube, especially for what I paid for it. These cost less than a new musket. These are a new product at Hern. They are no even on the website yet. link to pics Link...
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    Dixie Tennessee Mountain Rifle at local shop

    A shop near me has a Dixie Tenn Mountain Rifle in .32 caliber for $275. It looks like it has seen very little use. I turned it down because I just don't need another muzzle loader. Today, reality set in. I don't truley need ANY muzzle loaders! :headslap: So, why should one more make any...
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    Kings Howtizer Build

    I finally have my King Howitzer carriage dry fitted together. Now I'm starting to install the irons. My tube came from Bob Gilmor, Wheels from customewagonwheels.com and irons from a local blacksmith, made to my specifications.
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    Tower Flintlock Frizzen Spring

    In have one of the old Japanese Tower flint pistols with broken frizzen spring. Dixie no longer has parts. The frizzen spring they offer for an original Tower pistol is gigantic, big enough for a musket. Does anyone know of an off the shelf spring, perhaps for a Siler or L&R lock that would...
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    Slowest twist for maxie ball?

    What is the slowest twist that a .50 maxie ball can be expected to shoot well? I plan on ordering a Traditions KY rifle for someone as a gift. It has a 1-66 twist. Just wondering if it will do any good to mold up a handfull of Maxies to go with it, or if they will just aggrivate a new ML...
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    Never know what you will find in a musket barrel

    I found a load of squirrel shot today in a Model 1795. I bought this simi-sporterized m1795 about 10 years ago intending to restore it. It is still in original flint and barrel length, but long ago someone cut off the forarm back to the first barrel band. I really paid little attention to it...
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    CVA Double Barrel in .410 gauge?

    I picked up this little gem at an estate sale this past weekend. Good news it appeared unfired. Bad news was it had been left in a padded case and neglected for several years and the top 1/3 of the barrels had external rust. Got it cheap because of the rust. I have wire brushed the scale off...
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    Video, firing cannons at the Hermitage

    We took this on July 4th during a celebration at the Hermitage (Andrew Jackson's home) in Nashville, TN. The smaller gun is a little Hern 1 inch bore swivel size gun mounted on a gallaper carriage. The other gun is my three pounder. 2.75 inch bore and we are shooting 8oz charges. We shout...
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    New Grenade Mortar

    I bought this mortar tube recently and just finished the bed. The repro tube was made in the 60s by Bill Muese. It is bronze, wieghs about 13 pounds and is 8 inches long. The bore is 2.25 inches and has a chamber that can hold about 1.5 oz. The tube has a very nice "GR2" royal cypher hand...
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    Question on staining stocks

    I ususally stain maple stocks with a chemical type stain such at chromium trioxide (sic). Howerver a freind recently suggest Laural Mountain stains, so I though I would give it a try. Bad move. The color is nice, but the stain emphasizes all the inperfections in the wood, and my sanding. I'm...
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    Found a good source of 1 inch balls

    I needed one inch balls to make up some dummy grapeshot rounds for my full scale three pounder. Most that I found on the web were too expensive or the postage was killer. I stumbled upon this place on ebay. I bought a pack of 296 carbon steel balls for $55 and they were shipped for only $9...
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    Dummy Rounds

    Here is a pic of dummy rounds that I made for my three pounder. I'll use these when doing eductational programs to the public. The quilted grape has twelve 1 1/8 inch iron balls. It has been varnished to tighten it and seal it. I think the originals were probably either tarred or coated in...
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    Question for Squire Robin

    Robin, I tried to contact you via PM but it did not go through for some reason. Do you have any contacts at Woolwich who might have access to an original Grenade Mortar? I bought a British bronze grenade mortar recently, and would like to determine if it is a clever fake or possibly an...
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    Pics of my Cannon and Limber

    Just found this forum. Thought you might like to see some pics of my British Three Pounder and limber. The tube and major iron work for this gun came from Cannons LTD. The wheels are from Whitmer Carriage Works. I made some of the iron work and cut and assembled the carriage and limber from...
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