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    The Rifle Shoppe M1817 Common Rifle

    The Model 1817 is normally referred to as the “Common Rifle” by both collectors and historians. I understand that it derived its name while being manufactured simultaneously with the Hall’s Rifle. The 1817 was the more "common" of the two, the Hall being a breechloading weapon. There was...
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    US Model 1803 Prototype Rifles Article

    https://americansocietyofarmscollectors.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2008-B97-U-S-Model-1803-Prototype-Rifle.pdf
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    Lewis & Clark Expedition Rifles

    Great read posted below, if you have not yet seen it: https://greatwar.com/wwi-links/lewis-and-clark-short-rifle/
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    TRS M1817 Rifle

    Just a few photos of my M1817 common rifle in .54 cal. Wish my photography skills were better! The rifle was ordered from The Rifle Shoppe and was delivered after a two year wait. Workmanship is excellent, with a perfect wood-to-metal fit. All metal is browned except the lock which is color case...
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    Pics, The Rifle Shoppe M1800 Harper's Ferry Rifle

    This rifle was built for me by The Rifle Shoppe. The wait was two years, and well worth it. Linked below is an excellent article about these rifles. It's kind of a dull day here, and I had trouble imaging the lock markings, which are deep and crisp...
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    Pics, Baker Rifle Build By Jeff B.

    Here are a series of pics showing the build of a 1800 Pattern Baker Rifle parts set from The Rifle Shoppe. Scroll using the arrows at the side of each photo, or click on the photo itself to open the page with larger photos. Scroll down to the bottom of the page linked and click on the box "load...
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    The Rifle Shoppe 1800 Baker Rifle Pattern Flat Ordnance Lock

    In the Rifle Shoppe's description of their parts set for they above, they mention that "The tumbler has a fly so the trigger can be adjusted very light if desired". Does anyone here know what that means and how the adjustment is made? The trigger on my TRS Baker is not bad at all, but I'd like...
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    Left Hand Rifle Shoppe Baker Rifle

    I noticed that the online auction listing is still available for a rifle that I purchased in 2007. The original owner had it custom built by The Rifle Shoppe. I don't think that he ever fired it. Edit: I can't get a copied link to work, but its gunauction.com auction 8158432
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    The Guns Of The Lewis & Clark Expedition

    The first pdf file linked below is volume 32, number 2 of "We Proceded On, the Journal of The Lewis & Clark Historic Foundation". It contains an excellent series of articles, "Whack! Crack! Boom! The Guns of the Lewis & Clark Expedition", in which the contention is made that 15 early examples of...
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    TRS M1800 .54 rifle Pics

    Pics of my recently delivered M1800 .54 Harpers Ferry rifle reproduction, from The Rifle Shoppe. Next to it is a TRS Baker rifle for comparison. Yes, the British made left handed Bakers. The lock plate of the one pictured was cast from an original. The M1800 is about three inches longer than...
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    Purchasing Black Powder

    Hello, Does anyone know where I might purchase ffg and ffffg black gunpowder in less than five and 25 pound batches? Thanks!
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    TRS M1800 . 54 Rifle Arrives!

    I ordered up a new reproduction M1800 Harpers Ferry short rifle from Jess at The Rifle Shop in August, 2007. It showed up on the door step two years later, almost to the day. This is a reproduction of the rifle that surfaced in St. Louis, that is believed to have accompanied the Lewis & Clark...
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    Information Request

    Does anybody know where the articles, "Whack! Crack! Boom! The guns of the Lewis and Clark Expedition", from the May, 2006 issue of the magazine, "We Proceeded On", might be found? A Google search brings up Cowan and Keller's article on the air rifle carried by the Expedition, but nothing of...
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    Ramrod Question

    Probably a really stupid question, but this is my first flinter! About two years ago I lucked into a Rifle Shoppe .62 Baker rifle. One end of the ramrod flares to a flat, and the other is threaded for for a cleaning jag, ball puller, etc. Like the rest of the rifle it's beautifully made. The...
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    Working up a load

    One of the experts at our local range (we have many) shared his rule of thumb for working up initial black powder loads. He said that a nice comfortable short range target load would be the same number of grains of ffg as the rifle's caliber. In the case of my Baker, 62 grains for .62 caliber...
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    Replica M1817 Common Rifle

    Wow! Has anyone seen this? Beautiful http://www.trackofthewolf.com/(S(yunggbmk24zjahnbmfeuyuzs))/categories/partDetail.aspx?catId=12&subId=81&styleId=280&partNum=AAG-586
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    Lewis & Clark Rifle Found?

    I'm getting somewhat excited as Jess of The Rifle Shoppe tells me that my new replica Lewis & Clark Expedition rifle is almost ready for shipping. As I was ordering this rifle, Jess mentioned that he had the chance to examine what he believed to be an authentic rifle used by the Expedition, and...
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    TRS "Expedition Rifle"?

    Anybody gotten their Rifle Shoppe Lewis & Clark expedition replica rifle yet? How does it look / shoot?
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    TRS "Expedition" Rifle

    Has anyone ordered and taken possession of one of the new Lewis & Clark expedition rifles now being offered by The Rifle Shoppe? It would be great if someone could post a few pics, just for drooling purposes!
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    "Flintlock" vs. "Firelock"

    Is it true that early British (and later American) terminology referred to what we call "flintlock" weapons today as "firelocks", differentiating them from earlier matchlocks? Did not the term flintlock come into wide usage only after the advent of percussion guns, separating them from an...
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