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  1. Sir Boniface Harrison

    New to flintlock shooting. What to buy?

    Back here in Europe, we have little access to the excellent flintlock manufacturers and craftsmen you have the other side of the Pond. At least, without crippling shipping charges and acres of paperwork for importation. We do, however, have several factory makers of flintlock guns selling ready...
  2. Sir Boniface Harrison

    Importing a PH Enfield

    About 30 years ago I was in the American Civil War Society in the UK, and had a Parker Hale Enfield made into a smoothbore which I held on a shotgun certificate. The chap I gave it to has recently contacted me, noticed I was back into muzzleloading, and has said that I can visit him anytime to...
  3. Sir Boniface Harrison

    Why are my two rifles so different?

    Pictured here are my two rifles. One of them: A Jukar .45 plains rifle, about 40 years old. Not one misfire yet after putting about 120 rounds through it, fires consistantly even without swabbing out (on one occasion) and is very accurate. The other one - .45 cal Investarm Hawken rifle...
  4. Sir Boniface Harrison

    An embarrassing problem...

    Alright, chaps. And ladies. Cleaning my Investarm .45 Hawken this evening. I enjoy cleaning my guns - to me its all part of the fun, so after a good old shoot I often partake in a brandy or three whilst cleaning my stuff, with a movie such as Waterloo, or Glory, playing in the background. Or...
  5. Sir Boniface Harrison

    Jukar .45 Plains Rifle

    I have just acquired one of these (mislaid my phone: Photo to follow). It goes onto half cock, but on full cock it just wont 'catch', and the hammer returns to the nipple without the trigger being pulled. Out of the stock, the lock works perfectly. In all your experiences, is this simply a...
  6. Sir Boniface Harrison

    Musket nipple conversion

    Forgive me sirs if this has been done before, but I've searched the forum and cant really find an answer to my query. Anyway: I have a .45 Hawken - type rifle made by Investarm (I know, a bit vanilla...!). Can anyone point me to a trader who sells a nipple which has the same screwthread but an...
  7. Sir Boniface Harrison

    What on earth is happening with supply of primers?

    Can anyone tell me? My only source of primers is the Naturabuy site *France) and all I see is a bunch of profiteers selling them in bags of 50 for as many Euros, or people selling them for 26 Euros for 250... and when you scroll down to the bottom he page, you find that the shipping charge is...
  8. Sir Boniface Harrison

    Reusable caps

    I found this on a French BP forum. [email protected] To compensate for a future lack of RWS1075 primers (I still have a few) I tried today to make my own primers. I used H&C products, of which I ordered a set of 26 reusable brass cases and a dose of "product". I did not take the...
  9. Sir Boniface Harrison

    Anyone else in France?

    Currently living in Deux Sevres, France. Anyone else near me?
  10. Sir Boniface Harrison

    Ferguson Rifle

    I first became aware of these breech - loading flintlocks after reading the excellent Dewey Lambdin books on the British fictional naval officer Alan Lewrey. An American writer whose knowledge of the British 'Nelson's Navy' was encyclopedic! Firstly: does anyone here have one of these and how...
  11. Sir Boniface Harrison

    Barrel blocked - help!

    Sirs, a series of misfortunes has befallen me! The other day whilst shooting (Hawken replica .45) I had a charge which didnt go off. Once home, I attempted to remove the ball, but I think there are bits of it left in the rifling. So i attached a brass cleaning brush to get this out. The brush...
  12. Sir Boniface Harrison

    New English shooter

    Good afternoon, chaps and ladies! Thank you for accepting me on this forum. Living in France. Over here one can still get BP guns just with ID over the counter so I have done! (In my home country of England you have to do a shed load of paperwork and have the Police examining your house once a...
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