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  1. Tennessee.45

    Larger bore fowler

    I’ve been thinking about a 20 or a 16 gauge with a jug choke for myself, has anyone done a jug choke themselves?
  2. Tennessee.45

    Larger bore fowler

    I believe leave it as a cylinder bore. I may have him talked into the .62/20gauge.
  3. Tennessee.45

    Larger bore fowler

    Have a friend interested in having me build him a large bore fowler, he’s undecided about which size bore he wants. He said he’s mainly going to use it for turkey hunting but wants to load a patch ball for hog hunting on occasion. I have a 24 gauge fowler myself but have no experice with the...
  4. Tennessee.45

    Appropriate wood for early rifle?

    A close friend has asked me to build him a rifle for his persona, he’s doing a longer hunter in Tennessee during the early to mid 1760’s, and he really doesn’t want a fancy grade stock. Other then maple what types and grades of wood are appropriate for that time period?
  5. Tennessee.45

    Patterns/blueprints

    Maybe I’m not looking in the right place, but I’m not seeing anything for early Bethlehem or Christian springs rifle...
  6. Tennessee.45

    Patterns/blueprints

    I’m looking for a pattern, or a blueprint for an early Bethlehem, or Christian Springs school, what do y’all use and where do you get them from? Thanks in advance
  7. Tennessee.45

    Next Cap and Ball revolver?

    I hunt hogs and use a flint or cap lock, I know there’s better options but I like to carry black powder guns when I’m in the woods. I want another revolver because it’s faster to pull another revolver then it is to swap a cylinder.
  8. Tennessee.45

    Next Cap and Ball revolver?

    I’m researching my next cap and ball revolver, I have an 1860 and love it, but I’m wanting another either as a primary or as as a back up (NY reload) while I’m in the woods. I would like to keep it as a .44 since I have the 1860. Would like y’all opinion.
  9. Tennessee.45

    Jobs you hate

    Cutting dovetails, drilling the pins, nose cap and buttplate are what I hate doing the most
  10. Tennessee.45

    Rice or Colerain c weight differences?

    Yep, drill bit wondered and I'm pretty sure the chuck is bad too...so I need a new barrel and a new drill
  11. Tennessee.45

    Rice or Colerain c weight differences?

    If rice has one I'll order it, it's only a $20 difference in price for the barrels I'm looking at
  12. Tennessee.45

    Rice or Colerain c weight differences?

    The Rice barrel I have is the gun builder special, and the finish is about the same as the Colerain I have, the tang on the Colerain seems less flared then the Rice, maybe it's just the barrel I have? I'm needing a replacement barrel for my stock, I've already inlet the the stock for the Rice...
  13. Tennessee.45

    Rice or Colerain c weight differences?

    What are the differences in the Rice square rifling and the Colerain 42" 58 c weight barrels? According to the measurements they're the same diameter in the same places.
  14. Tennessee.45

    Maple or walnut stain on fowler?

    If you want the curl to pop I would use aqua fortis, I used minwax oak and cherry stains and while they look good they don't bring the curl out like the aqua fortis
  15. Tennessee.45

    Octagon to round or swamped smoothbore

    I'm about to order a barrel for my blank, I was wondering what would be more appropriate or historically accurate for an early southern Virginia smooth rifle, an octagon to round or a swamped smoothbore?
  16. Tennessee.45

    Starting with a blank, need guidance

    Should I move the pattern up or down more to avoid grain run out in the wrist or should I leave it? Sorry the picture is so big I'm not good with computers or phones.
  17. Tennessee.45

    Starting with a blank, need guidance

    I got my stock blank and have the stock shape and drop traced on the stock, where do I go from there? I'm kinda nervous as this is my first build using a blank, all the others were with a precarve
  18. Tennessee.45

    Buck and ball load for 24 gauge

    That's kinda what I'm worried about, I guess a good shot to the heart and/or lungs as well as a spine shot would probably be best
  19. Tennessee.45

    Buck and ball load for 24 gauge

    I've had two charge me in the 15 years I've been hunting and both times i was lucky enough to drop them before they got to me, one was about 10' away when it fell, and that was with two shots from a 150gr 30-30 to the heart/lungs, other one was with a 180gr 30-06 between the eyes... if I was to...
  20. Tennessee.45

    Buck and ball load for 24 gauge

    Decided on a smooth early Virginia.
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