• Friends, our 2nd Amendment rights are always under attack and the NRA has been a constant for decades in helping fight that fight.

    We have partnered with the NRA to offer you a discount on membership and Muzzleloading Forum gets a small percentage too of each membership, so you are supporting both the NRA and us.

    Use this link to sign up please; https://membership.nra.org/recruiters/join/XR045103

Search results

Shop deals on ebay
shop deals on amazon
Muzzleloading Forum

Help Support Muzzleloading Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. L

    Late 19th century - help identify

    The only marking on the underside of the barrel is a stamped '3'. I attached some more pictures. No indication of pin holes for a false muzzle. Note the solder buildup on the front sight. Well done, but not pretty, completely practical. There is a traditional V notch sight dovetailed into the...
  2. L

    Late 19th century - help identify

    It's mine, a gift from my brother in Harmony. I'd like to think it's a Flowers, but I doubt it, probably someone's purpose made target rifle. Rice sells 1 1/8" straight barrels from 32 to 62, but they're marked. This all looks old and original. I took it apart and removed the breach plug...
  3. L

    Late 19th century - help identify

    More: The barrel is 1 1/8"! The only marking is a '3' stamped on the bottom. The lock is stamped '14' two places on the inside. Lockplate is rolled with a small hunting scene to the rear. No other marks. No half cock, one notch only. Looks cheap.
  4. L

    Late 19th century - help identify

    Old (and a bit Bubba'd) 32 caplock. I believe it to have been made in western Pennsylvania, probably in Harmony. There was a smith there named Charles Flowers who worked from about 1850 to 1890. However, he signed the barrels of his rifles. No markings on this one. The barrel is very heavy for a...
  5. L

    Problem with ignition on my new Hawken

    I ran the "cap on a patch" this morning and was surprised the first one had no effect. The next two, however, burned a nice hole in the patch. These are RWS 75 caps. Must have had some residue in that snail, even though hot water ran right through. But I think I'm good to go now.
  6. L

    Aqua Fortis

    The stuff that TOTW sells. I think that is ferric nitrate. Listed ingredients are water, nitric acid, iron.
  7. L

    First with the 20 bore

    Congratulations. Nice bird. Nice gun.
  8. L

    Finally starting my pistol; one more decision

    I fit up the tang and barrel and the lock. Getting better at this, but boy howdy, I appreciate those with true talent. Like the Bevel Brothers in Muzzleblasts, with a very timely article on polishing locks. Yep, this Chambers Queen Anne is getting a good polishing and will be left in the white...
  9. L

    Problem with ignition on my new Hawken

    Yes, the 4F under the nipple worked...twice. "Moment of truth" at the range this afternoon, and she went "Bang". And put the ball low and left in the 10-ring. Now I'm happy. Snapped a couple caps, no wiping this time, and loaded again. Nope! Pulled the nipple again, a couple shots from my...
  10. L

    Problem with ignition on my new Hawken

    Thanks for the advice. I'll get to the range next week, but this time I'll also take the Marshall for a shootoff (and a ball puller just in case). Here are both, 20 years apart by the way. Davis lock. I have a fiberglass range rod, but hopefully I won't need to pull the ball. I will report...
  11. L

    Problem with ignition on my new Hawken

    Thanks guys. I thought of 4F under the nipple, but I'm glad to see you endorse it. I once got a ball out of a fowler (as opposed to fouler) that somehow had no powder under it with a bit of 4F through the touchhole. Grumping aside, I was impressed by the lock time of this rifle. My flintlocks...
  12. L

    Problem with ignition on my new Hawken

    I completed a replica of a late Hawken some weeks ago. TOTW components and a Rice 58 caliber barrel with their patent breech. Finally got to the range today, snapped a couple caps, and loaded her up. Same load as I use in my Marshall rock lock: 85 gr FFg, 0.010 lubed pillow ticking, and a 0.570...
  13. L

    Finally starting my pistol; one more decision

    I attached a photo of my recent Hawken project with a 20 year old Chambers Marshall rifle. I really like how the rust blue came out on the Hawken, and I think I will do that to the pistol. It will certainly be easier to boil a 9" barrel. The next decision will be Laurel Mountain maple stain or...
  14. L

    Chambers English Pistol

    Finished the Hawken. My best discovery in that project was Mark Lee's Slow Rust Blue #3. Lots of work: 5 apply, wait for the rust, and boil cycles, but it really puts a nice black finish on the barrel. I'll use that for this pistol barrel. The pieces have made it to the workbench, so ready to go.
  15. L

    A Moment of Weakness

    No, but if you keep sniffing blackpowder smoke, it will! But you really won't give a....
  16. L

    Chambers English Pistol

    True. I think I'll polish the lock and barrel and leave them, maybe a little light oil. BTW, I ended up with a 20 ga. smooth barrel. My mistake or theirs, can't say, but I'm going with it. Easier to load and clean, and the truth is I'm no pistoleer.
  17. L

    Jaeger "From Scratch"

    I laid my Marshall on the TOW Jaeger plan, and other than length, the stock is a very close match. Shumway's collection of Muzzle Blasts articles is great, and I think I found my model on page 116. Published in the July 1991 Muzzle Blasts, it's a rifle made by Johann Wagner at Kronach in 1722...
  18. L

    Jaeger "From Scratch"

    I received the TOW plan today, and Shumway's book is in transit. I'll lay out the full scale plan and do a comparison with my Marshall. My other inspiration, or fantasy, is going to be the firearms display at the Veste Coburg. My paternal grandad came from Coburg, and we still have family there...
  19. L

    .36 Colt Navy that powerful??????

    I think you mean F=m*a. Or are you going nuclear?
  20. L

    Jaeger "From Scratch"

    I ordered the TOW drawing to get the "correct" dimensions. Just thinking...did the German smiths who came to America make any Jaegers? Or are the "transition" rifles (e.g. Edward Marshall) the earliest? Would a Jaeger in America likely have come from the Old World (it wasn't actually Germany...
Back
Top