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  1. M

    SOLD The Rifle Shoppe 1740 Potsdam Musket

    sold!
  2. M

    SOLD The Rifle Shoppe 1740 Potsdam Musket

    Sold funds pending
  3. M

    SOLD The Rifle Shoppe 1740 Potsdam Musket

    On hold. Not shipping this out until the 9th so send in your offers.
  4. M

    SOLD The Rifle Shoppe 1740 Potsdam Musket

    Hello, Here I have a beautiful example of a 1740 Potsdam gun and bayonet built using a “The Rifle Shoppe” kit. The kit was built and finished by expert gunsmith “Kashtuk Bowcraft”. Hendrie custom made the bayonet lug, front sight, and nose band. While this is a beautiful gun and I’d love to keep...
  5. M

    Did the US purchase any German Military Muskets?

    They probably didn't need to. With the thousands of Prussian, Brunswick, Hessian, and other Germanic muskets captured in the American Revolution, America probably had more than they needed to trade with the Indians.
  6. M

    Removing Breech Plug - Round Barrel Fowler

    I’ve had success with rubbing violin rosin on the barrel in a standard wood vice.
  7. M

    Rifle Shoppe Hall carbine

    If you haven't built any guns in the best part of 40 years then I'd buy the parts kit and send it to someone like Kashtuk Bowcraft or another builder because the Hall Rifle is a breechloader. And unlike muzzleloaders, breechloaders require proper headspacing and it could be very dangerous for an...
  8. M

    Rifle Shoppe Hall carbine

    My TRS 1740 build was very very tedious, I can imagine something like a Hall rifle would be even more tedious, but worth it in the end. Have you built many guns before? Monkey
  9. M

    Which story is most movie worthy?

    I’d like to see more films about the Seven Years War, specifically the Austro-Prussian front. Or maybe a miniseries about French Fur trappers in the early 1700’s.
  10. M

    FOR SALE The Rifle Shoppe 1740 Potsdam Incomplete Kit

    Willing to make a deal..... Rest of kit is $250 shipped or I can trade for other stuff.
  11. M

    FOR SALE The Rifle Shoppe 1740 Potsdam Incomplete Kit

    Bump
  12. M

    FOR SALE The Rifle Shoppe 1740 Potsdam Incomplete Kit

    Barrel has sold.
  13. M

    FOR SALE The Rifle Shoppe 1740 Potsdam Incomplete Kit

    Sure, I can part it out.
  14. M

    FOR SALE The Rifle Shoppe 1740 Potsdam Incomplete Kit

    Hello, What was going to be a fun summer project never came to be because of a combination of my procrastination and the long wait time for parts from TRS. I've decided to build an East German AKM instead. This parts kit is labeled as "594" from The Rifle Shoppe. Includes everything except the...
  15. M

    Books on German/Prussian Muskets?

    Hello, Ive noticed the amount of books based on British and French muskets which go into great detail, but haven’t come across many books which focus on muskets and arms from central Europe (Austria, HRE, Prussia, Hesse, etc etc). Im currently building a 1740 Potsdam and would like to know if...
  16. M

    First Build and questions.

    Happy may everyone. Finally got to bending the tang today. Took some heat, but I ran out of oxygen in my tank. slow and steady wins the race haha
  17. M

    First Build and questions.

    Both good points. Shortening wouldn't work, tang mortise is basically the exact size of the tang. Facing the hammer is also a great idea. I have a family friend who is a professional metalworker with over 20 years of experience, including making firearms. Since he has the torch, I'm going to...
  18. M

    First Build and questions.

    That would be the case, except the bottom of the tang (at the bottom of the barrel) is touching the bottom of the barrel channel with the rest of the barrel. The top part of the tang (the one that is shown in the pictures) is only partially touching the mortise I chiseled out, meaning it should...
  19. M

    First Build and questions.

    Update: I decided that I am going to use heat on the tang, as cold bending it did not work. I looked around this forum and it turns out I should have filed the tang to be thinner. It is too late for that, as the mortise I made for the tang is too deep for me to make such a change. Should have...
  20. M

    First Build and questions.

    Ok, barrel is practically there. I need to bend the tang, which is no big deal. I’ve read around the forum and turns out I don’t even need heat to bend the tang. However, there are holes in the lock mortise and the rear of the barrel is sitting on some very thin wood. Of course I’d like to...
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