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    Hackberry Build Trade Gun

    Couldnt find slotted brass screws at my local stores...will visit McMasterCarr for em I guess. Thanks for the heads up...appreciated.
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    Hackberry Build Trade Gun

    So I thought about how to transport the gun to the range and put this together...after a couple mistakes it seems to work ok. Not very water proof yet...
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    Hackberry Build Trade Gun

    Thanks gents for the kind words...funny...the grain didnt really POP until the finish went on. There were many unexpected challenging parts... 1) The ramrod in-letting was a bugger...after some kind advice here I opted to jettison the long drill bit and trench it out then cover with...
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    Hackberry Build Trade Gun

    Been working this for a few months and finally completed last evening and thought to share with the group. Spent quite some time figuring out what to build...ordered 2 sets of plans from TOTW and, due to my limited carving skills, went with the Trade Gun style but with a somewhat...
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    Brand new

    At the same time (few months back) I picked up a used cheap $175 Miroku flint my son bought a traditions tenn mountain flint kit (~$450). Since then I have refinished the Miroku then rebuilt the firing mechanism more than once...every trip home from the range I almost threw the dang thing out...
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    Alternate Trade Gun Designs

    Would never of thought of it...think I will give it a go...thanks guys ok...needs a bit of cleaning up but so far so good.
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    Alternate Trade Gun Designs

    So once its milled out glue in a piece to cover the channel? I think the problem I initially had was I used two pieces of pine as the top pressure pieces which the bit cut though more easily then angled up and through the surface...on try #2 I mistakenly used two pieces of oak (harder than the...
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    Alternate Trade Gun Designs

    So, I'm quite a ways into my NW Trade Gun build (44" barrel) and now working on the ramrod install and, after two tries at drilling the hole in the stock with copious amounts of JB Weld Wood Filler applications in between after disastrous results o_O, I'm thinking the better part of valor is to...
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    Building a Trade Gun with period accurate concerns

    Not quite sure on the best title for this...so I'm building from scratch something like a NW trade gun but with a few alterations...my question is if I show up at a shooting event with it but its not period correct will I not be encouraged to participate? My mods are 1) back action percussion...
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    Flintlock range ettiquette

    That may work fine at a private range where everyone is "bona-fide" but whilst walking back from my targets down range, at a self policing range, a youngen brought by his grandfather started firing...my buddy back at the line ran into the range went verbally ballistic on them as a range office...
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    SOLD Lyman Great Plains Rifle

    tried the same on one of mine...photo was as dark with as without
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    SOLD Lyman Great Plains Rifle

    Thanks
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    SOLD Lyman Great Plains Rifle

    Hello...what is the barrel length?
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    SOLD PRICE REDUCTION Feb 2023- 1855 Springfield Musket Commemorative Edition -

    Hello...what is the barrel length?
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    FOR SALE TC PA Hunter .50 Smoothbore *SOLD*

    Hello...what is the barrel length?
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    What is this?

    Thanks guys...quite informative
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    What is this?

    So I just found this on an auction site labeled as a "musket"...and thats all...but I have no idea what it is...can anyone offer suggestions...Thanks
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    Sourcing 4F

    Thanks to all commenters...greatly (really) appreciated...I had a local chap contact me and he is offering 1/2 lb of 4F to help me get started for which I am most grateful. The comments on the differing granularities has also been quite informative. I also made an min order from Grafts to help...
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    Sourcing 4F

    Thanks for more options...greatly appreciated
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    Sourcing 4F

    No...I dont, sadly...I ground up some pyrodex 2f and didnt work... tried 3FT7 in the pan and it didn't go at all.
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