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    Nosecap question

    I have a beautiful, expertly crafted Virginia rifle with all the attributes one would expect to find in a rifle of the period and style. It was built by a most reputable and frequent contributor to this forum. I was not able to reach him so after I failed to find my answer in the Search...
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    Nosecap question

    I'm one of those odd folks more interested in historical accuracy than bore accuracy. Mr Brumfield's answer thoroughly satisfied my curiosity. The set in screw fits well with my early Virginia pedigreed rifle. I didn't add this to the Builders Bench for that reason. Thank you all for your replies.
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    Nosecap question

    Thanks folks. This is all good enough for me. No need to move it to the builders bench. B G Beall, ...looking for snow on the Lower Cape Fear tonight...
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    Nosecap question

    Does the use of a screw (through the bottom of the rod channel) to fix a nosecap to a barrel have any historical merit or is it a modern way around a more complicated traditional method? If it is period correct when was it first commonly used? Thank you, Garrison Beall
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    An oringial 1792 Springfield

    Is there any sign of a cartouche stamp just forward of the buttplate tang?
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    My new Early Virginia Rifle

    The Stroh fan club keeps growing. He left his grimy fingerprints all over the barrel and hardware of one of mine too.
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    ''poor boy'' ?

    So, to reinforce the answer; poor boy is a modern term that has no 18th or 19th century significance and there is no primary source to support it being otherwise?
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    ''poor boy'' ?

    I have a question about the term poor boy when referring to a simple or economical gun. Is there any true historical significance to the name or is it a modern term?
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    Firing my Swivel Gun

    Again; historically, is this a one man gun?
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    Are clay pipe laying around the Thames?

    They are scattered about every American colonial town, fort and house site too; in various lengths and diameters and in countless numbers. I find dozens of pipe fragments, without any effort, in my yard every month. They are valuable dating tools in my profession...
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    Firing my Swivel Gun

    Historically speaking, is that a one-person manned piece?
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    Elizabethan Firearms

    This dates to a few years later but is entertaining none the less. Loud and pointy things: http://historicjamestowne.org/ http://www.historicjamestowne.org/the_dig/dig_2005_09_22.php http://www.historicjamestowne.org/the_dig/images/2005_09_02.jpg...
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    Clean a clay pipe?

    A few pipes and other goods... http://www.ezrabarnhousegoods.com/products.html
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    Clean a clay pipe?

    Thanks for posting this. I has been a pet peeve of mine for a while. We pick up or excavate hundreds of stem shards a year and they are somewhat uniform in size, which might lead one to believe that they were broken on purpose. I have never seen a primary source for breaking and sharing. Ivor...
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    Anyone in the Charleston area?

    I'm just a few miles over the boundary line on the Cape Fear River. No fellow traditional shooters...no good BBQ. I have to do it all on my own.
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    Anyone in the Charleston area?

    I'm a little north of you in another are of little activity.
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    Smokepoles & 'gators

    You can legally hunt Alligators in SC. But don’t bait them. Call SCDNR for the permit and regulations. There is little or no dietary (archaeological) evidence of Alligators present in SE North Carolina. Heaven knows there is everything but alligator in the record, historic or otherwise. And I...
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    THE STROHS

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    THE STROHS

    The old IDTSW, it was a pleasant surprise.
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    THE STROHS

    Here’s the ramrod top with the integrated double tined steel worm...
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