I like working with wood. I did not pay anyone to harden my frizzen, I did it myself. No other internal parts have failed.Luke MacGillie said:No, I don't consider myself better than anyone. What I really hope to do is to help people not make the same mistakes that have spent a lifetime of making.
So you asked if I think the Pedersoli is low quality. To answer than means that you have to define quality. For me there is no separating form and function. Both of those "Qualities" have to be there for something to be worth spending my money on. So even if the weapon is good from a functionality standpoint, the fact that it is a copy of nothing, and seems to have been designed to just come in a couple hundred bucks less than a dead on documentary copy of a NW gun means its totally usless to me. If you can save 1K to buy this gun, you can save 1200 and get a gun that actually looks like something from the period. Something you don't have to squint to make it look right. By the time you strip the horrible finish off the gun, or pay to have the frizzen rehardened, and replace the internals, you will have spent more than what you would have on a quality gun
Are you implying to me/us that you are useless without your purse Sir ?!
Go see a doctor....that pole is making a snob of you!
I wonder what a native would think of the price of a trade gun today! He probably would laugh at you and me and bid on a
ucheap 22 and still take bear. :rotf: