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    overall gun length

    Gentlemen, I am getting a new gunsafe made, and seeing that my interests lie in the direction of the fusil de grenadier, long land model etc., would any of you gentlemen with 42 inch plus barrels be able to tell me the OVERALL length of your pieces? I will be purchasing from TOTW, TRS, Jim...
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    overall gun length

    Gentlemen, I am getting a new gunsafe, and seeing that my interests lie in the direction of matchlocks, wheel locks, snaphances, and miguelets, would any of you gentlemen with 42 inch plus barrels be able to tell me the OVERALL length of your pieces? I will be purchasing from TOTW, TRS, Jim...
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    flints for TOTW jaeger

    Hello, a colleague at the range was mentioning his problems finding the right size flints for his TOTW Jaeger. the 7/8 flints hit the side of his barrel, and the 5/8 are too short a reach. So far he has been cutting his own out of agate (very laboriously)... but I was wondering if any else had a...
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    why are modern fusil locks too small?

    Sorry if this has been discussed before (I have been on vacation for 6 months)... I have been wondering ever since the discussion on the "best" fusil de chasse why it is that many of the modern fusil locks are not exact replicas of the originals, particularly as regards the size of the...
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    Earliest known Canadian made guns

    Interesting little article HERE
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    Spanish flintlock miltary firearms

    Does anyone have any info in models and dates etc? All I have so far (mainly the Rifle Shoppe catalogue): -Catalan Musket (pre-regulation?) -Catalan Escopeta (non-regulation?) -Light Military Escopeta (non-regulation?) -model 1700 musket (miquelet lock) -model 1718 musket ("french" lock...
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    matchlock pistol maker

    Happy New Year everyone! In my research for my trip later this year, I found the following site which may be of interest: ARSA muzzle loaders (english) "Basque Master Armourer Don Jesús María Araquistain, along with his wife Doña Elisa Santiago are the heart and soul of ARSA, an art...
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    big blue saw.com

    an interesting online service for those hard to find parts.... http://www.bigbluesaw.com/saw/
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    Medieval Gunpowder Research Group

    Just to let you guys know the research papers are back up at the Middelaldercentret website. Adobe Acrobat is required to read them :) http://www.middelaldercentret.dk/us_home.htm#gun
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    cracked barrel?

    I am in the midst of refinishing my Euroarms Kentuckian rifle, my first gun ever which I bought 2nd hand in 1997. When I stript the remainder of the original blued finish off the barrel, a distrubing sight met my eye. There is what appears to be a 10 inch crack running down the top flat of the...
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    Japanese reenactors

    "Japanese men in traditional costumes fire muskets during a parade of 100 marksmen through the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo yesterday. The display is part of the grand festival of the Kaichu Inari shrine held every two years. Photo: AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi"
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    arrows in your handgonne?

    anyone tryed firing arrows? (or more correctly sprytes or springals or bolts)
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    spanish wheellock repro

    spanischer Nachbau der Fa. Mendi. Kal. .45, Nr. 76856. Octagonlauf, L
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    Art Arms and Armour - review

    Art Arms and Armour: an International Anthology Volume 1979-1980 Edited by Robert Held Published by Aquafresca editrice SA, 1979 Large format (250 x 320mm), hardcover, 455 pages, many illustrations Index of articles: The Glaive and the Bill by A.Puricelli-Guerra The Weapons of Lorenzo de...
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    Howard Blackmore's signature

    I've been offered a book supposedly signed by the great man himself, but it looks a little dodgy. Does anyone else have an autographed copy of one of his books? If you PM me I can email you a photo thanks
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    Does anyone own a loyalist arms 1690's musket?

    the 1690's French marine musket i mean http://www.loyalistarms.freeservers.com/1690'sfrmarine.html thoughts? impressions? I have read the past threads on indian made brown besses etc, and a few other off site reviews ... The opinion seems to be the quality is improving with each shipment so I...
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    Tutorial: Snapping Matchlock Mechanism

    Turn back now if you are on a slow connection - big images ahead! ------------------- Matchlocks in the armoury of emperor Maximilian I. Either Codex Icon or Codex Monacensis 222 depending on who you believe, painted by Nicolaus Glockenthon in 1505. SOURCE: Harold L Peterson, Encyclopedia of...
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    TOTW Jaeger rifle

    Has anybody had experience with these? My particular query is, I was looking at giving it an even earlier look by substituting a round-faced cock and maybe rounding the edges of the lockplate. Having limited experience, I prefer not to inlet a round-faced lock from scratch. Thoughts and...
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    matchlocks in vietnam

    short article on matchlocks and cannon in vietnam HERE A colleague at club saw quite a few of them for sale, his opinion was "terribly made, but deadly!"
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    Gonne and Matchlock safety

    so, besides the obvious rules common to all types of gun, are there any special rules you or your club follow when shooting with gonnes or matchlocks? Its been a long time since I looked at my club rule book, but I remember the following: -lit matches to stay on the firing line at all times...
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