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  1. Clark Badgett

    I found an original civil war Enfield rifle.

    Because the US & CS governments bought mostly BSAT (Tower) and a few London (Enfield) muskets that were of the Type 1,2&3 patterns (mostly type 3) as approved by the English government. They had full British markings, all contractor markings, legal proofs etc. Some CS guns had additional...
  2. Clark Badgett

    I found an original civil war Enfield rifle.

    The Enfield was an English musket. We didn’t make them here, but there was 1 contractor that made copies. IMA has been importing large hordes of Nepalese and Indian muskets for 2-3 decades now.
  3. Clark Badgett

    Awfully quiet over at Kiblers.

    Uh, you do realize Freedom was yanking your chain doncha?
  4. Clark Badgett

    I found an original civil war Enfield rifle.

    Are you really asking how Indian pattern Enfields would have gotten here?
  5. Clark Badgett

    Indian Charleville M1777 AN IX

    I wasn’t talking about the Pedersoli butt plate. I was talking about the butt plate on the Indian made musket.
  6. Clark Badgett

    Indian Charleville M1777 AN IX

    I’ll include some pictures and let you see for your self. I really could use a better picture of an India made butt plate. Original top left, Pedersoli top right, LA India made bottom. From the looks of things the India makes of all the French and 1795 muskets have heels that are very flat...
  7. Clark Badgett

    Indian Charleville M1777 AN IX

    And just exactly how do you know it’s “greed” that is driving the cost of goods? Do you have any idea what 4140 steel cost or walnut stock blanks?
  8. Clark Badgett

    Indian Charleville M1777 AN IX

    In all fairness the Italian makes could stand to loose a decent amount of wood as well. And the only way to make that lock look right would be to replace it. Butt plate is wrong also.
  9. Clark Badgett

    1777 charlevilles on the frontier

    As has been noted, artists’ renderings of historical events often aren’t historically accurate as far as equipment and clothing goes. Take a look at a lot of the great old masters’ battle scenes from the renaissance. Roman and Greek armies in clearly anachronistic armor inspired by the then...
  10. Clark Badgett

    When Did the Shotgun Become a Shotgun

    In use well before the fixed cartridge gun.
  11. Clark Badgett

    Colonial fowler from modern Belgian flintlock Take 2

    So “rural gunsmith” is code for bad inletting now?
  12. Clark Badgett

    Loading Preference

    I think you are thinking of 2 different things. There is the pour and then the compression. Compressing the powder is not the same as beating on the butt to unsettle powder.
  13. Clark Badgett

    Loading Preference

    So you got XRay vision in dirt?
  14. Clark Badgett

    Loading Preference

    Still not needed. The long drop down the tube is already going to settle the powder in about as tight as it’s going to get. It fact tapping it will probably loosen it up.
  15. Clark Badgett

    Loading Preference

    People do bad stuff out of habit. Like smoking. The guns we shoot in this particular avocation are notoriously weak in the wrist. Bounce it once on an unseen rock in the ground and disaster could happen. And like smoking, it’s wisest to stop doing bad habits.
  16. Clark Badgett

    Loading Preference

    Well, I’m not a newbie. Powder goes down and doesn’t cling to soot. If it does just magically defy gravity and cling to soot, ramming the payload home will push it down onto the pile.
  17. Clark Badgett

    Loading Preference

    Why would you need to “tap and/or bump” after pouring the powder? Gravity will move the powder to the bottom unless you have shelves and ledges inside your bore.
  18. Clark Badgett

    1728 Charleville TRS Lock Repair

    That’s excellent.
  19. Clark Badgett

    How is this sear toe in your opinion?

    It may have been English, but it wasn’t plain. My immigrant wife’s broken English is more plain English.
  20. Clark Badgett

    How is this sear toe in your opinion?

    Yeah, that part I know, just couldn’t understand what Rudyard wrote
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