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  1. steved

    SOLD Jukar percussion rifle .45 cal Spain

    Offering for sale a Spanish Jukar percussion rifle in .45 cal. The barrel is 32 3/4" as measured from the breech plug face. The bore is very good and shiny, with strong lands and no visible pitting. It has a two-piece beech stock and the overall look is very similar to early CVA rifles. The...
  2. steved

    SOLD Tower flintlock pistol .69 cal Japanese Repro

    For sale is a Japanese made replica Tower flintlock. It's a .69 cal smoothbore with an 8.75 inch barrel. The lock functions fine, holding at half and full cock. The bore has no pitting but here are some shallow tooling marks / 3-4 parallel lines that run from muzzle towards the breech in one...
  3. steved

    SOLD Snake Eyes double percussion pistol by Classic Arms .36 cal NEW IN BOX

    This Snake Eyes double barrel, .36 cal percussion pistol by Classic Arms / CMC is new in box and never been fired. The pistol is actually shrink wrapped in place to the bottom of the box. It has an integral grip frame/barrels made from a solid piece of brass. Also attached to the box bottom is...
  4. steved

    Restoring percussion fowler - nipple and hammer questions

    I more or less completed my work to restore a Walker percussion fowler that my buddy Flint62Smoothie passed along to me after he received it as a "frequent customer" gift from his local gun store. The main challenge I encountered in this effort was to find a replacement nipple because the cone...
  5. steved

    Flintlock for a friend - finished my second build

    After two years of late nights in my basement workshop and timely advice from forum members I finished my second build - a Jim Chambers Early Lancaster kit with a 44" swamped .54 cal barrel. I build it for Brew "Mighty Oak" Moscarello in appreciation for his work to help organize the annual...
  6. steved

    Aquafortis from Track - neutralizing question

    I'm at the stage where I'm ready to neutralize the Aquafortis stain from Track of the Wolf that I applied to my maple stock. I did a quick search of this forum and found many references to neutralizing the AF stain from TOW with household ammonia, but I did not find any specifics about the...
  7. steved

    Wood patch box lid - how high?

    I am going to install for the first time a wood patch box lid on a Chambers' Early Lancaster kit that I'm building for a friend. There was no precarve cavity and lid because the wood patchbox was not part of the original plan and therefore not on the kit work order. I have the cavity chiseled...
  8. steved

    Maple stock with knot - is it too weak

    My friend sent out a beautiful maple blank to be milled into a precarved stock with a Bucks County profile. Now that it has been shaped it is now evident that there is a knot low on the wrist above the bottom stock flat where the trigger guard tang will be located. The question is: will this...
  9. steved

    Original US M1842 - range report

    A month or so ago I posted the story behind my purchase of an "attic find" M1842 .69 cal smoothbore musket, along with some pictures. It was made in 1845 as dated on the lock plate adn tang. The link to the post and replies is...
  10. steved

    M1819 Hall Rifle - range report

    I shot my US Model 1819 Hall Rifle at the range for the first time yesterday. This particular rifle was made in 1826 in the Harper's Ferry arsenal. The load I used was 50gr FF (Goex) and roundballs cast from a .525 Jeff Tanner mould. Most of balls dropped from the mould at .527. Because...
  11. steved

    US Model 1842 Musket - attic find

    I created a post the other day with questions regarding an M1819 Remington Maynard Conversion musket that I recently purchased from a friend who found it in the rafters of his great aunt's house upon closing her estate. I received great information in reply from forum members. I figured I'd...
  12. steved

    M1816 Remington Maynard Conversion - questions

    I purchased the subject musket from a friend. It's literally an attic find, having been dug out of the rafters of his great aunt's estate. Probably hadn't seen the light of day in years. I've identified it as an M1816 flintlock musket that was converted by Remington in 1856 to the Maynard...
  13. steved

    Any interest in a .525 round ball mold?

    I recently posted a question in the Percussion forum about the load for an original Hall rifle. From the feedback I received from forum members I learned that the ball used was a .525 round ball, a size common for use in US military black powder .54cal rifles. I searched the web of black...
  14. steved

    Load for an original Hall rifle?

    I picked up a Hall rifle at a gun show last weekend. Its breech block is dated 1826 so it originally was a flintlock that was converted to perucssion after 1831. The stock, block, breech and bore are in great shape and I'd like to shoot it now and then instead of making it a safe queen. Does...
  15. steved

    US Model 1855 Rifle - restoration effort

    I recently received as a gift a worn US Model 1855 Rifle (2 band) that I’m working to restore a bit. As shown in the picture, the stock was damaged or bubba’d and the upper band is gone and the lower band is actually an upper band from a US 1855 Rifle Musket (3 band). As a result, other than...
  16. steved

    T/C Renegade "facelift"

    Like many of us, I can trace the beginning of my love affair with black powder to a T/C Hawken that I purchased when in high school to hunt the PA flintlock hunt. This rifle was beautiful to me for almost 20 years until I started attending the Dixon's fair and built my first longrifle. Then...
  17. steved

    Parts & Advice - Go to Dixon's

    I am building my first gun and reached a critical point where I had too many questions to post here - questions requiring hands on and visual inspection. So, I made another 2-hour pilgrimage to Dixon's in Kempton, PA, the place where I picked up my blank and components. Chuck Dixon, the owner...
  18. steved

    Primitive Biathlon - Saratoga, NY

    I recently found a great way to escape cabin fever during this cold winter - the Primitive Biathlon. This event is a variation of the olympic-style "alpine biathlon", but instead of using cross-country skis and .22 target rifles, you use wood-framed snowshoes and black powder rifles. I checked...
  19. steved

    Finally jumping in

    After being informed and amused for the last month or so by the members of this forum I am finally jumping in. As my display name indicates, I live in the gun-friendly :curse: state of New Jersey, north Jersey actually. Grew up in PA so I developed a love for flintlocks in my teen years, a...
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