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  1. Tumbledown

    Colonial Trade Gun from a modern Belgian flintlock

    My latest project is now done. I wanted a colonial era trade gun, something the common man would have had c1750, and used in both the F&I War and Revolutionary War militia service. I found a Belgian trade gun that had good "bones," and with a little shaping and refinishing, ended up with what...
  2. Tumbledown

    New source for longrifle cases

    I found this case on Amazon. It is actually a 66"L long bow case. As you can see, a SLP King's Musket fits well, and there's still 4-5" of room left, so a LLP will fit. The case is padded, but flexible enough to follow the drop in the butt. Southland Archery Supply item #SAS-12070. You can see...
  3. Tumbledown

    Made a Revolutionary War dispatch case and a wallet

    I made a dispatch case based on one currently in the Concord Museum and carried by a militia sergeant at North Bridge in the Revolutionary War. It measures 6x9" and would be used for orders or important documents. I also made a wallet but sized it for modern currency.
  4. Tumbledown

    Did our forebearers use a shooting rest or stick for rifles?

    Riflemen were known for kills at great distances- 200+ yards was not unheard of. They practiced and demonstrated using targets much smaller than a man. My question here is did they often use some kind of rest to steady the rifle? Tree branch, log, rock, stick, or even laying back and resting it...
  5. Tumbledown

    The Romance of Flintlocks

    What is it about flintlocks that draws us, captivates us? For me, it's a bit mystical. Flintlocks are simple and pure. Iron barrels and mechanisms made from ores forged by fire and muscle, mounted on stocks made from trees nurtured by the ground that gave up the ores. Fueled by organic...
  6. Tumbledown

    How do you string your prize beads?

    I have a couple of beads I was awarded at recent shoots. Anyone have tips on how to start a string that can be added on to without redoing it every time? Thanks!
  7. Tumbledown

    SOLD Two Feathers priming horn

    I bought this a few years ago fom Two Feathers here but don't use it. I'm asking $30 shipped, personal check (hold to clear) or USPS money order.
  8. Tumbledown

    WITHDRAWN PRICE REDUCED Handmade Flintlock pistol, .50cal, burly maple stock

    REDUCED PRICE: I bought this on impulse because of the wood. I haven't shot it, and it looks like it never has been. The only thing I can find about any "EJ SEWELL" is regarding the 10 foot long "over-the-mountain" rifle made by someone of the same name. It looks as if "1949" is stamped in the...
  9. Tumbledown

    I earned me a camp name...

    Well, I earned me a name... August 2023 Geezer Shoot. One target is a "running deer." This one was an outline of a deer painted on plywood, hung on a sloping rope line. Someone releases a line and the "deer" runs downhill as the shooter tries to hit it. Each shooter pulls it back uphill and...
  10. Tumbledown

    1840s Halfstock from a Traditions Kentucky Rifle kit

    I find the early, pre-Civil War halfstock rifles more appealing than the common Hawken style and built this from a Traditions Kentucky Rifle kit. I chose a few elements from period examples, most notably a fore without a nosecap that so strongly resembles a whale, I doubt it was a coincidence...
  11. Tumbledown

    Anyone convert a Traditions Kentucky Rifle from Percussion to Flint?

    Having one of each, and building another Kentucky rifle kit in percussion, I was wondering if converting the barrel to flint was as simple as removing the drum and adding a vent liner. This one is getting done as an early half stock, so I could make it either way.
  12. Tumbledown

    Powder Horn: Maine, 1775

    My new powderhorn. Now that I live in Maine and do some Revolutionary War era reenacting, I wanted something appropriate. Falmouth Neck, today known as Portland. It was burned by British Capt Thomas Mowat in October 1775 as retaliation for "Thompson's War" the previous May, and the capture of...
  13. Tumbledown

    Flintlock w/burly maple stock

    I recently got this at a local show. I was drawn to the wood's figuring and knew the brass would compliment the wood once polished. I don't know who E. J. Sewell was, but it appears this was made in 1949, and quite possibly never fired.
  14. Tumbledown

    EJ Sewell Flintlock Pistol: just acquired, looking for thoughts/opinions

    I just picked this up today. It is a hefty 50cal pistol, with a rifled octagon barrel, in birdseye maple. It is marked "EJ Sewell" on the barrel and lock. (I'm told it's the same Sewell who built what's known as the "Over the Mountain" rifle with a barrel over 8 FEET long.) What can you tell me...
  15. Tumbledown

    Early Rev War cartridge box

    Needing a cartridge box for a local reenactment group, I decided to make one. Early American Revolutionary War boxes were often simple pouches with cartridge blocks secured inside. I studied several existing examples and some descriptions, then made this. Goat skin leather, dyed, oiled, hand...
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