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  1. Melchi577

    English flints

    recently had a few flints of this guy which looked good and worked well for the few shots i had time for Flintknapping with Karl Lee - Primitive Technology UK don't know what he charges to ship to the states.
  2. Melchi577

    Palmetto Whitney

    so I decided to get into black powder revolver shooting and my local shop had a new Palmetto Whitney sitting on the shelf for £150 (approx $185) which I thought might be a good place to start. I have two questions for any one who has one of these firstly does it take No10 or No11 caps (the...
  3. Melchi577

    Muzzleloading myth busting

    it goes back a long way I seen 17th century authors stating it was a problem when training soldiers in the English civil war
  4. Melchi577

    Carrying shot

    pedersoli shot flask from about 20 years ago, quality is functional rather than good and casts a little under weight.
  5. Melchi577

    British 6 pdr cannon of the Waterloo era - velocity?

    Moving very fast
  6. Melchi577

    British 6 pdr cannon of the Waterloo era - velocity?

    WW2 RAF saying that's still in use, not sure how it started.
  7. Melchi577

    British 6 pdr cannon of the Waterloo era - velocity?

    not sure about Napoleonic but the testing done on the reproduction bronze gun from the Mary Rose suggests it was capable of a supersonic MV as show in the second half of this and the much more extensive testing done on the reproduction from the Vasa was also just over supersonic .
  8. Melchi577

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    finished scrubbing the excess linseed oil from a stock picked it up from a friend a couple of weeks ago, he hadn't been using it but each year he would get it out check for rust and give the wood metal and everything a wipe over with linseed, after 20 years of this it looked like it had been...
  9. Melchi577

    Period pocket whetstone.

    probably worth looking at archeological reports, they are common finds from all periods in the UK with special purpose ones like Devon bats (scythe stones) being exported to north America, Australia, south Africa and others in the period under discussion. if the area you were in had good...
  10. Melchi577

    Trying to find steel mold for 395 ball

    probably not much help as its .390" and I expect the postage would be high Steel Pincer Mould I have one in .690 and the quality is fine.
  11. Melchi577

    Junk barrel?

    the only way i can imagine it looking like that is a flaw in the original bar stock which leaves me with a lot of questions
  12. Melchi577

    Frizzen hardening

    there are places in the UK that do it so there must be options in the states. this might help if you want to have another go at doing it yourself
  13. Melchi577

    Beechwood gunstocks

    there is a record of the city of Exeter ordering the felling of some beech for musket stocks and other items during the English civil war
  14. Melchi577

    Anyone ever try hunting with a matchlock?

    a little bit of small game and a couple of times clays, admittedly a few of the critters did wander off before i got myself organized. you might want to see how you get on with squirrels before moving on to deer. definitely try it.
  15. Melchi577

    Velocity testing part one: Fg vs FFg vs FFFg

    Interesting thank you for sharing, out of interest what was your barrel length?
  16. Melchi577

    Help Again Please

    🤣no it's just my nearest gun shop. they are a nice crowd who keep a good range of black powder products (and reloading kit) all at reasonable prices. also its a similar distance from Plymouth on nice scenic roads
  17. Melchi577

    Help Again Please

    this lock down has given us too much time to look at guns and despite not having a slot on my ticket for one or knowing anything much about revolvers these look like an affordable way to start https://www.bluefoxglade.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=79_78_121&product_id=2447...
  18. Melchi577

    Old black powder.

    this might be of interest and explains the Kennal mills connection as well as Scotland and Hounslow . Curtis's and Harvey - Graces Guide
  19. Melchi577

    Old black powder.

    I have a couple of plastic tubs of the same name from the late 90's. had been told it was made at Kennal Mills in Cornwall at some point, looks like it was bought out by ICI / Nobel Scotland and then production moved to Hungary more recently. how accurate this is i'm not sure at it's word of mouth.
  20. Melchi577

    2 groove British Sporter

    I suspect it was intended for a winged bullet like this Purdey mould, I'm sure I've seen some one advertising custom conical moulds with wings but cannot remember where sorry.
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