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  1. PhDBrewer

    Ok to use unmentionable brass casings for casting?

    I have a couple of buckets of brass casings and wondered if the brass would be ok to use for casting parts. Besides the issue of spent primers, some of the brass is filled with mud and then smashed making it impossible (or at least very time consuming) to clean. They were. Collected from various...
  2. PhDBrewer

    Hirschfänger- German hunting swords

    Hello ls there any interest in German hunting swords?. These were used to put down game humanly. I have collected a few... here is a good one. From about 1720 to 1730, engraved blade with cabalistic writings.
  3. PhDBrewer

    German re-enactment at living museam in Germany

    A friend in Germany sent me a link to images from their recent re-enactment event. It was held at a land museum in Eastern Germany very close to the Czech border. Beautiful area. The link for the land museum where it was held is below. A link to images provided by Jochen Schmidt, is also below...
  4. PhDBrewer

    Wheellock at CLA by Dennis Priddy

    At the Stoner Creek picnic, Dennis brought his beautiful, all hand made wheellock to share. WOW! He brought it to the CLA show and allowed me to study it for a couple of hours at our table. I wish I had taken more images. Did not bring my "real" camera. It was photographed for the CLA archive so...
  5. PhDBrewer

    The Rifle Shop - Great response!

    Wow... Traveling to the CLA show, sitting in the Dallas airport, I was talking to my friend Ron (who is VERY knowledgeable about Jägers & flintlock gun building) about wheellocks and building one. He said just order a set of castings from TRS and check them out. I thought.. why not, about the...
  6. PhDBrewer

    FOR SALE Erhard Wolf's 2nd book - Jagd-Feuerwaffen for sale at CLA

    Hello all, I have a few copies of Erhard Wolf's 2nd Book Jagd-Feuerwaffen - (Hunting Firearms - Artworks of the gunsmiths from the 17th to the 19th century). available for purchase at the CLA show this week. Home - Jagd-Feuerwaffen The books will be located at Ron Scott's booth. The books are...
  7. PhDBrewer

    FOR SALE Erhard Wolf's 2nd book - Jagd-Feuerwaffen for sale at CLA

    Hello all, I have a few copies of Erhard Wolf's 2nd Book Jagd-Feuerwaffen - (Hunting Firearms - Artworks of the gunsmiths from the 17th to the 19th century). available for purchase at the CLA show this week. Home - Jagd-Feuerwaffen The books will be located at Ron Scott's booth. The books are...
  8. PhDBrewer

    Got a lathe to play with... built a Cannon!

    About 3 years ago I finally got a lathe. First project? CANNON! Ran test loads with it mounted to a sled. .50 caliber barrel full of noise! So much fun I never built a carriage for it. I started a nice field carriage and am making the parts slowly. It was not going to be done in time. Drew up...
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  9. PhDBrewer

    Help identify powder flask

    Hello all, flask from Europe, unsure of provence. Has adjustable spout & bottom valve. If not valuable will attempt to repair. What is something like this worth? Thanks! William
  10. PhDBrewer

    Short rifles & blunderbusses

    My understanding that many blunderbusses were for use from horseback or carriage. Having the flared muzzle making them easier to load. However, I have seen a few that are straight barreled, not flared. were these "short" rifles a different type of horse waffen? Some of them are rifled so that...
  11. PhDBrewer

    SOLD Large Siler Right hand lock

    I gave a large right hand Siler lock. I will not be using this. Never been drilled. One of the screws has a been buggered up. $250 shipped.
  12. PhDBrewer

    SOLD Large left hand Siler lock

    I have a large left hand siler lock i am not going to use. It is new. Never been drilled. $250 Now $225 shipped!
  13. PhDBrewer

    Swivel barrel - trigger - barrel lock ideas

    Hello all, images are from a recently acquired left hand, flintlock, swivel barrel pistol that is not fully assembled/complete. I am assuming that the parts were at one time built as a "functioning" pistol or casts from such. I am trying to understand how the "pin", which is attached to the...
  14. PhDBrewer

    Rädschloss (Wheellock) eye candy!

    Hello all. Thought it might be nice to post some images of beautiful wheellocks. I will start with these from a Bohemian tschinke wheellock rifle, probably Teschen, circa 1650. The breechloading Radschloss below is amazing.. one can reload by replacing the "cartridge". The images below are from...
  15. PhDBrewer

    WANTED Small Queen Anne (flint) lock

    Hello, looking for a small Queen Anne flint lock. Thanks! William
  16. PhDBrewer

    Proper way of repairing percussion hammers.

    Hello all! Well... this rabbit hole is getting deep! I have a few percussion hammers that have the "cups" chipped. What is the proper way of restoring them? Replacement? TIG weld to build back up, shape and then harden? If TIG, what filler metal should be used? Thanks in advance! ~William
  17. PhDBrewer

    Help with ID.

    Hello all! I recently acquired this smoothbore. Overll length is 54", appears to take musket caps. Barrel measures 0.410 at the muzzle. 39" long. Appears to be all hand fabricated with no proof marks. Screws are hand made. Steel ramrod, walnut stock. Lock has coil spring which is a modern...
  18. PhDBrewer

    H. J. Sterling SxS "London twist" barrel shotgun.

    Hello all, I recently acquired a H. J. Sterling SxS "London twist" barrel shotgun. Found some info online, nothing very good. It has some type of Damascus barrel. It has been a wall hanger for years. One site stated that the barrels weaken with age and therefore not safe to shoot. Is that...
  19. PhDBrewer

    please delete

    Please delete ~William
  20. PhDBrewer

    WANTED Sam Alfano or other Engraving DVD's

    Anybody have any of Sam Alfano's DVD's on engraving they would sell? I would like to see them all. Wanting to learn engraving. Any engraving books or instructional videos by other authors also. Thanks in advance! ~William Have to love that auto-correct (or auto-reject feature). @labrat
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