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  1. Musketeer

    Truly BIG Bore Tanegashima

    I happened across this video while looking for matchlock stuff just now. I don't know a whole lot about Japanese stuff (I did read Noel Perrin's book on the subject, but that was many years ago), so this may be old news to those who do, but check out the size of some of the guns featured from...
  2. Musketeer

    US military adopting new gun?

    :blah: :hatsoff:
  3. Musketeer

    Great video!

    I posted this before in the past, but it just makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside that I thought I'd post it again for any of you pre-flint lovers who may not have seen it yet. :hatsoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAZqhCgDRlA
  4. Musketeer

    What is this gonne?

    I was going through my folder of gonne pics, and I came across this one: The rear lashing point looks kind of similar to the tangs on the old Dutch gonnes I've seen, but I've never seen another gonne or hand cannon mounted to a pistol-esque stock like this. A genuine antique gonne of some...
  5. Musketeer

    What type of bronze...

    for cannon barrels? Just curious. Historically "bronze" was just copper and tin, but today we have gajillions of alloys: phosphor bronze (closest seeming to the old stuff), aluminum bronze, manganese bronze, silicon bronze. Sheesh! What would be used today in a cannon barrel? Also, if one were...
  6. Musketeer

    New project for Pitchy?

    Breechloading medieval cannon with swivel "shield" at the front. Should only take Pitchy 2 or 3 days to whip one of these up. :hmm: :blah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXXVeh96m_M
  7. Musketeer

    Repro Zouave ROT?

    I've been eyeing the Euroarms and Armi Sport Zouaves a bit recently, but I keep reading different rates of twist at different sites for them. Dixie and one or two other sites have the EA at 1:66, while a couple others list it as 1:48. The Armi Sport model is listed at their (Armi Sport)...
  8. Musketeer

    Anyone recognize...

    the gonne is these videos? Could it be an old handgonnes.com model? A Claypipe gonne? :hmm: Gonne 1 Gonne 2 Just curious. It sort of reminds me of Claypipe's Tannenberg, but the socket looks much longer.
  9. Musketeer

    Percussion Besses in Civil War?

    From what I've read, the Brits made percussion Besses until the early 1850s (actually I don't know if they were all converted ones or if some were made as percussion from the "factory" :hmm: ). Anyhow, I'm guessing on this side of the pond, there were still many Besses floating around in the...
  10. Musketeer

    Dixie $. What am I missing?

    I've been on a Civil War kick recently, and so have started pricing various replica guns of the era. I've been reading lots of good stuff about Euroarms, so I focused on them. I noticed a wide discrepancy between Dixie Gun Works prices and others. Examples: JP murray musketoon at DGW: $750, at...
  11. Musketeer

    Sheriff's Model owners...

    Just a question. Do those stubby little rammers make loading significantly more difficult than a full-length rammer? I've long admired these shorty guns, but those little rammers don't look like they'd give near the leverage of full-length units. :hmm: P.S. Specifically, I'm asking about the...
  12. Musketeer

    Reclassification of BP?

    I was just over at the Goex site and saw that they are trying to get BP reclassified so as to be able to sell it like smokelss powder. I'm betting this has been discussed here already, but I didn't come up with anything via search. Assuming the topic has already been discussed, any links to such...
  13. Musketeer

    Another slowmatch source?

    I don't know if this place has ever been mentioned, but take a look Rope 100% cotton rope 3/8" diameter. Might make decent match. :hmm:
  14. Musketeer

    Handgonne sources?

    Having been out of the BP loop for some time, I've come back to find that most of the handgonne links are no longer good. Handgonnes.com comes to mind. So...are there any sources for ready-made handgonnes still in existence?
  15. Musketeer

    Wall thickness?

    Hey, gents! Long time no see. :( I've recently started thinking of putting together a gonne-like-object ( :grin: ). Trouble is, I don't have the setup to drill out a barrel, so I'm looking at some DOM steel tubing. Any thoughts on minimum wall thickness? I've found a source with 1-1/4" outer...
  16. Musketeer

    New caplock.

    Hey, guys, it's been a while, a loooonnnnngggg while! :shake: Anyhow, I just picked this up from Track o' the Wolf, and I figured you guys might like to see it. Billed as an 1850-ish East India Co. Officer's pistol in .69 cal, it actually mic'd out to about .67. Though made in India, this...
  17. Musketeer

    Pedersoli conversion possible?

    Being the cheapskate that I am, i just had an idea. I've recently been looking at Pedersoli's Kentucky pistols, but I can't decide between percussion and flint (I know, I know... :shake: ). Anyhow, it looks like Pedersoli makes the locks interchangeable and just adds a vent liner for the...
  18. Musketeer

    Pedersoli nipple size?

    What size nipples do Pedesoli's Kentucky rifles and pistols use (do the pistols use a different size from the rifles)? :hmm: :thumbsup:
  19. Musketeer

    Brit guns made in India?

    All the recent threads about Indian made guns, like those from MVTC and Loyalist, got me to wondering as to whether or not any original 18th-early 19th century English military guns were actually made in India? I know they had the Ishapur factory in later years making Enfield bolt actions, etc...
  20. Musketeer

    Loyalist Arms Tower/Enfield?

    http://loyalistarms.freeservers.com/1861Ecarb.htm I think this is one of the niftiest little guns I've seen in a long time. I was wondering if anybody's bought one of these yet, and if so, how they like it? I didn't have too much luck with the search function, so I figured I'd just outright...
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