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  1. LawrenceA

    Bought an incomplete project gun for USD65 - It has issues! Advice requested

    Hi all I was really lucky in picking up a "Perdersoli Pennsylvania" kit incomplete for AUD100 (about USD65). Pictures do tell a story so here is is a short story. The barrel is a Belgian 15/16" in .45 fitted with a drum. ITS HEAVY!! I think the stock is plain maple The double set trigger is...
  2. LawrenceA

    Phat girl slymm - A CVA Kentucky build

    Well things being what they are with it damn near impossible to import anything and gun building supplies few and far between in the great land of Oz I snapped up an old 50 cal CVA Kentucky kit. A 1987 kit still in the box and kinda close to all there. This is an attempt at the story of the...
  3. LawrenceA

    Please enlighten me on this beasty - English 12bore smooth rifle

    Described as a very heavy, about 7 kgs, unmarked longarm. A genuine antique. The sighted, octagonal to round, smoothbore Damascus, .71 calibre barrel, measures 39 inches. The whole arm measures 55 inches. The massive breech, with an appropriate sized bolster, has a width of just over 1 ¾ inches...
  4. LawrenceA

    Youtube - Gun building videos being removed

    I have been re watching Bill Raby's videos on Youtube. Imagine my surprise when I find that ALL of Bill Raby's videos have been removed! Youtube said that it was because they violated Youtube's Community policy which does not allow videos that show how to make firearms. Here is an extract...
  5. LawrenceA

    Chamber's York build

    I have started a York Long rifle build. It was supposed to come after I finished the Matchlock but the delays with that build meant I did a lot of work on the York. Forgot to take photo's for most of it. It has upgraded wood and a wooden patchbox. Due to my location I imported the parts in 3...
  6. LawrenceA

    Rudyard's creations and oddities

    @Rudyard requested I post these photos for him. There is quite a variety from awesome dirks to flintlocks as well as a couple of originals using belted or winged bullets. Any questions will need his reply. I hope you learn and enjoy these as much as I have. To see more please look at the Hunting...
  7. LawrenceA

    Isaac Haines in 62 - has anyone done it?

    Was looking at a few IH kits and noticed that they capped at 58 cal but the barrel profile is available in 62 rifled and smooth. How HC would a 62 be? Has anyone built one. If so how did it go? Anyone tried with interchangable barrels? Thanks in advance Lawrence
  8. LawrenceA

    Picked up a most curious original powder flask. It's made from a, err, camel part!?!?

    Thought this may be of interest to some of you. Picked up this flask which is made from a camel's scrotum. I think it is missing the plug. You can see in the leather strap where something bore on it. It has flower designs punched into it. Post mortem I expect:dunno: Shame its not big enough to...
  9. LawrenceA

    Pedersoli Pennsylvania - To chop or not to chop? Opinions please.

    The Backstory I have a CVA Kodiak double 50cal that won't regulate. I also have a Chambers Early York kit and it is the first REAL kit I have ever built. I would like to also build a kids rifle. Well to try and kill 3 birds with one stone I decided to buy a crappy percussion Kentucky to:- Use...
  10. LawrenceA

    home made tool for positioning pin holes

    Hi Watching Mike Bellevue's videos I noticed he had made a little gadget to help mark where to drill through for Ramrod Thimble and Barrel pin holes. Well I thought I would make my own but different. I got an el cheapo $3 combination square and drilled a 5/16" hole through. Through this hole I...
  11. LawrenceA

    Help me choose a smoothbore at auction please

    These are coming up at auction soon and I cant choose what to bid on. What are your thoughts? Spanish 15g miquelet English percussion 6bore English 10g Or 30 bore trade gun? All usable as far as i can tell
  12. LawrenceA

    Musketoons and Minies. Pigs in the rubber vine OR Sunburnt sore and satisfied.

    Before I start this tale of blisters and bloodshed I must warn the more sensitive that unmentionables were used by some parties in this story. For expediency I will refer to these folks as Mr Martini and Mr Marlin. Mr Martini and I had been planning a BP hunt for some time. He called a few days...
  13. LawrenceA

    Parker Hale Enfield 1861 - a couple of questions please

    I picked up a PH Musketoon a couple of days back. The gun is in great overall shape and seems to be the English made version and done little work but: 1.) The trigger is terrible I have stoned the sear so it is creep free and slimmed the sear spring done from 51 though to 45 though but the...
  14. LawrenceA

    What would you do with a Whitworth barrel?

    I have been offered a new Whitworth Barrel. Anyone know if it would fit in a PH Musketoon stock? Is it worth building a gun around?
  15. LawrenceA

    Help refurbishing original powder flasks please

    I am not sure this is in the right spot so sorry if I got it wrong. I just took delivery of a pair of original powder flasks. I have soldered a split seam on one and freed up the adjustable spout on the other as well as attempted to clean up both. The Shell Pattern says it is a James Dixons and...
  16. LawrenceA

    My matchlock build -If anyone wants a look. Not yet completed

    I started a Matchlock build. Can't really say it is my first build (assembled a CVA in the 80's) and have done a bit of gunsmithing over the years.but I can say first in 30 years. The stock was from a "Roger Vardy" mannlicher blank. The butt has 3 facets but you kinda can't see them. It is a...
  17. LawrenceA

    Military miquelet pistol? Or......

    I have just been lucky enough to score a miquelet pistol. It is described as Spanish Flintlock Royal Guard 14mm Flintlock.That is it. Because of the regulations I probably won't see it for months but here are the photos I bought it from. Can anyone please enlighten me to what I have actually...
  18. LawrenceA

    It was one of "THOSE" days! But still better than work.

    After a long break a friend and I organised to go for a shot at a local property. The clincher was I had just received the wads for an antique 14g I had acquired. As the property owner was interested in having a go with black powder we were told to expect a visitor. Keen to share my love of the...
  19. LawrenceA

    The Mainspring is slipping off the tumbler! How do I stop it?

    I recently purchased a flintlock CVA mountain rifle. Being a very average kit build I have redone the stock and (after removing the chrome) browned the metalwork including the lockplate which required disassembly. The lock screws were all loose but are now tight. But now I get about 3 shots and...
  20. LawrenceA

    Looking for a smoothbore barrel in Oz

    HI guys I have the urge to build a matchlock. Does anyone know where to get a reasonable smoothbore barrel on this side of the Pacific that would suit? Thinking of waiting for a 16 or 20 gauge shotty barrel but they will be a bit short and may look odd on a matchlock.
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