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  1. mmutarelli

    Barrel metal composition or type?

    Does anyone know what the common 4 digit designation is for muzzle loading barrels? I teach modern gunsmithing at my local community college here in NC. I also build flint locks in the Bear Creek School style. A student asked me what they were made of considering they can't take the pressure of...
  2. mmutarelli

    CLOSED Tomahawk Handles

    I have a spike hawk that I need a slightly larger handle for. Looking for an 18" curly maple handle tear drop head 2" x 1 5/8 ". When I was forging it I got a little carried away on the drift. If any one has some or knows where I can get one turned, let me know. MM
  3. mmutarelli

    Musket ball size and patch for Pedersoli Brown Bess

    Just acquired a Pedersoli 2nd model, .75 caliber. What size ball and how thick of a patch should I use? I plan on running about 80 grains of 2F for the charge. MM
  4. mmutarelli

    WANTED Pedersoli Brown Bess

    Interested in buying/trading for a Petersoli/Italian made brown Bess .75 cal flintlock capable of live fire with patched ball and 2F Black powder. No wall hangers, Pakistani or guns made in India. Thanks. MM
  5. mmutarelli

    Tomahawk Failure

    Matt from NC here. I make this Hawk and everything was cool till I hardened it. I fed it in to the forge eye first and got it hot. Before that I annealed it three times at progressively lower temps. I think I got it too hot. I didn't see sparks but it may have been close to welding temp. I...
  6. mmutarelli

    Farmer's Day Flintlock Display

    Matt Here. Lots of good old Americana at the Farmers Day Celebration in Robbins NC. I brought my copy of the Kennedy Rifle, Kennedys were made there during the revolution and 1812. I set up my bench and was working on my Chamber's Lancaster Rifle. Lots of nice people stopped by and asked...
  7. mmutarelli

    Flintlock pistol and rifle set

    Hello all: Matt from NC here. I am a new builder and I am interested in doing a matched set. I am told this was a common thing. I want the set to have a theme. Possibly belonging to a famous Indian fighter or revolutionary war era patriot. Any thoughts from the membership? MM
  8. mmutarelli

    Timothy Murphy

    Hello, New to the site. I have been reading of some of the accounts of the rifleman, Tim Murphy. specifically about his swivel breech muzzleloader. If anyone has any info concerning his shots on Gen Frazer and Sir Francis Clarke during the battles in New York, I'd appreciate it. MM
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