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  1. BillinOregon

    12L14 Steel good enough?

    I believe Bill Moody has passed on, but he made wonderfully accurate barrels -- some with false muzzles -- out of 12L14. The controversy over this steel many years ago makes the more recent kerfuffles over DOM tubing barrels ( often on India-made guns) seem tame -- and equally meaningless.
  2. BillinOregon

    12L14 Steel good enough?

    It has a wonderful reputation for smooth and easy machining.
  3. BillinOregon

    Handgonne touch hole & fuse diameters

    I see 2mm fuse online, and the outfit (Trigger Cannons) says they ship USPS. I didn't think this was lawful.
  4. BillinOregon

    Building A Bellows

    I got interested in very early double bellows after falling under the spell of Viking bronze casting. https://bjornthisway.wordpress.com/2019/07/07/viking-age-bellows/
  5. BillinOregon

    Pronunciation of "gonne"

    Our dear friend, linguist and polyglot Terry to the rescue once again. :cool:
  6. BillinOregon

    Handgonne touch hole & fuse diameters

    Filing this away. I'll need some before long for the TRS gonne.
  7. BillinOregon

    The "backward" powder horn

    Rifleman, just trying to duplicate the technology of the handgonne era.
  8. BillinOregon

    The "backward" powder horn

    Who has made one, and what sort of stopper and or valve system did you apply? It is a bit of a mystery to me after looking at some of the old illustrations posted by Mr. Tromner. The iron-mounted one here obviously begins to look like a spring loaded spout from a much later period.
  9. BillinOregon

    If you have a Rifle Shoppe .75 hand gonne

    Dale, thanks. I just found a Lyman .735 on you-know-what. I have some tow here somewhere for traditional wadding, and ripped a tiller candidate out of a piece of yellow pine to start with. Anyone know the dimensions of the TRS .75 gonne socket?
  10. BillinOregon

    Pronunciation of "gonne"

    Just "gun."
  11. BillinOregon

    Pronunciation of "gonne"

    I've seen some hand gonne videos where the guy pronounces it "gun-ay." Kinda hilarious. Do you say "The Rifle Shop-ay"? The Apothecary Shop-ay? He hath the wind-ay on his guts?" Let us go a-fyshing-ay? The mispronouncers do it tentatively, just in case they are full of wind-ay. 😄
  12. BillinOregon

    TKO

    I'd be afraid for my chronograph to test the speed, but that big ball is a thumper at 800 fps!
  13. BillinOregon

    If you have a Rifle Shoppe .75 hand gonne

    Can you use a .735 round ball in it, or would it be a better idea to use a .715 mold? I have a few .69 balls on hand, but that's a LOT of windage ...
  14. BillinOregon

    2nd time at the range with Drachenfeuer

    Well I just got off the phone with the lovely lady at The Rifle Shoppe and ordered the steel version. They were out of the brass. She said they ship on Fridays. Fingers crossed she meant this Friday. 😄
  15. BillinOregon

    2nd time at the range with Drachenfeuer

    FS, you can make a lever from an 18- 20-inch length or round or square 1/4-inch cold-rolled steel, a ball peen hammer, a hard surface like an anvil and a propane torch to heat to red-orange.
  16. BillinOregon

    Fun Youtubes

    Love the Danzig. Very close-up examination of the metallurgy. Knock yourself out, Hackenbüchsers!
  17. BillinOregon

    This guy really, really wanted a hand gonne

    I am impressed by all the hand work he put into it. Apologies if the link has been posted before. https://theliberalgunclub.com/making-a-14th-century-hand-gonne/
  18. BillinOregon

    2nd time at the range with Drachenfeuer

    Thanks for the advice Dale. In your experience, are the prices on their Web site still current or 14 years out of date? I could run up and knock on their door, but it is 350 miles each way. 😄
  19. BillinOregon

    2nd time at the range with Drachenfeuer

    Well I just sent TRS an email asking if the steel .75 gonne is in stock. What a fine bunch of enablers I have fallen in with! 😄
  20. BillinOregon

    2nd time at the range with Drachenfeuer

    We'll need a full report, Frontstuffer. :cool: The force is strong. I am feeling the pull.
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