Military heritage brown bess

[¡Señor.Casualidad!]

Hey all!
I ordered a military heritage brown bess on tues 1-9-24. I received this auto email the day I ordered, it is now 9 a.m. on Thurs no shipment confirmation as of yet and the money has not been pulled from my account. I will keep ya'll updated with confirmations and ship time as I go through the process!
*edit* my assumption is it will ship next Thursday 1-18-24

 

[Zapadach]

Hey all!
I ordered a military heritage brown bess on tues 1-9-24. I received this auto email the day I ordered, it is now 9 a.m. on Thurs no shipment confirmation as of yet and the money has not been pulled from my account. I will keep ya'll updated with confirmations and ship time as I go through the process!
*edit* my assumption is it will ship next Thursday 1-18-24

Looks like the same email I received 2 years ago. I did receive my order in a timely fashion, and the musket was in excellent condition. I am completely satisfied with my purchase.

 

[¡Señor.Casualidad!]

Looks like the same email I received 2 years ago. I did receive my order in a timely fashion, and the musket was in excellent condition. I am completely satisfied with my purchase.

Glad to hear you like it! I'll be posting pictures of the bess when it comes in

 

[ArmorerRoy]

They take a good week to 10 days to ship. I have ordered two muskets from them and they have both been perfect.

 

[¡Señor.Casualidad!]

They take a good week to 10 days to ship. I have ordered two muskets from them and they have both been perfect.

Appreciate the info!

 

[Zapadach]

Glad to hear you like it! I'll be posting pictures of the bess when it comes in

I neglected to mention, not that it really matters, I had ordered a 1795 Springfield.

 

[¡Señor.Casualidad!]

I neglected to mention, not that it really matters, I had ordered a 1795

I was torn between the 1795 and the bess. Ended up flipping a coin ha!

 

[¡Señor.Casualidad!]

Well just got the notification from the bank, they charged my card for the bess! Now I'm just waiting on the email saying it's shipped!!!

 

[ArmorerRoy]

You will get a tracking email from ups as well.

 

[¡Señor.Casualidad!]

Well gents it just shipped! Forgot to mention this will be my first muzzle loader and I am very excited! I plan to take a turkey with it this fall as well as take a deer!

 

[azmntman]

I "planned" to take many turkeys and deer. Never the guns fault LOL

 

[azmntman]

Just googled the rifle. Great deal! May be looking into that myself! Difficulty drilling touch hole? Accuracy at say 75yds? How they shoot with shot?

 

[¡Señor.Casualidad!]

Just googled the rifle. Great deal! May be looking into that myself! Difficulty drilling touch hole? Accuracy at say 75yds? How they shoot with shot?

I can't imagine drilling the touch hole will be difficult. I'll measure out where the breach plug ends(to ensure I don't drill into it) then clamp the barrel real well on my drill press! I've been told by multiple folks to use a 1/16" bit. As far as accuracy/pattern with shot I will be posting all of that here as I shoot and test the gun out

 

[Tumbledown]

I can't imagine drilling the touch hole will be difficult. I'll measure out where the breach plug ends(to ensure I don't drill into it) then clamp the barrel real well on my drill press! I've been told by multiple folks to use a 1/16" bit. As far as accuracy/pattern with shot I will be posting all of that here as I shoot and test the gun out

Lining the hole up with the pan is more important. If the breech plug is fouling that spot, you have serious issues.

 

[¡Señor.Casualidad!]

Lining the hole up with the pan is more important. If the breech plug is fouling that spot, you have serious issues.

Oh ya ill get it all scribed/marked up

 

[¡Señor.Casualidad!]

Oh ya ill get the hole placement all scribed/marked up. Measuring where the breech plug is would really be precautionary more than anything

 

[Jungle Dave]

On the 77 Charleville I got from them, the breech plug threads ran past the touch hole, however, the breech plug itself has a cavity. Although it will work this way, I don't personally like it. I started with a 1/16", but you may find 5/64" to be more your liking on these. I've heard from others that they even prefer 3/32". If you go larger, start small anyway and step drill it, you don't want a bit breaking off.

 

[¡Señor.Casualidad!]

On the 77 Charleville I got from them, the breech plug threads ran past the touch hole, however, the breech plug itself has a cavity. Although it will work this way, I don't personally like it. I started with a 1/16", but you may find 5/64" to be more your liking on these. I've heard from others that they even prefer 3/32". If you go larger, start small anyway and step drill it, you don't want a bit breaking off.

Good to know! I'll start small and see how well it performs. I can always step it up if need be

 

[Zapadach]

On the 77 Charleville I got from them, the breech plug threads ran past the touch hole, however, the breech plug itself has a cavity. Although it will work this way, I don't personally like it. I started with a 1/16", but you may find 5/64" to be more your liking on these. I've heard from others that they even prefer 3/32". If you go larger, start small anyway and step drill it, you don't want a bit breaking off.

What you have described, has been my experience with my 1795 Springfield. It has very good ignition now.

 

[tenngun]

Just googled the rifle. Great deal! May be looking into that myself! Difficulty drilling touch hole? Accuracy at say 75yds? How they shoot with shot?

Accuracy of my dog lock that uses about the same barrel is good to fifty yards. Beyond that it falls off fast. I could hit a deer at a hundred yards …. Somewhere, but not a clean kill shot except by chance
I can be sure of a paper plate sized hit at fifty a one and three chance of a compleat miss at a hundred