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Since there is a continuing shortage of (or unavailability) of 1842 smoothbores from DGW, I'm seriously pondering buying one at Middlesex Village Trading company. Is this a good or bad idea? And yes, this will be a shooter/hunting gun.
 
nightwolf1974 said:
Since there is a continuing shortage of (or unavailability) of 1842 smoothbores from DGW, I'm seriously pondering buying one at Middlesex Village Trading company. Is this a good or bad idea? And yes, this will be a shooter/hunting gun.
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You might look at reviews here about Middlesex Village before you commit.
 
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David Y. Snellen said:
Dear Sir,
I have owned MSVTC, Military Heritage and Loyalist. I only have Loyalist Arms now. They are nice looking- the stocks are well finished and not the painted on shellac looking stuff. The trigger pull is generally much better as well.
The Higgins are great to deal with. I agree, go with Loyalist.
David
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Yes I agree I have dealt with loyalist arms and Blair and Linda are really decent to work with plus they have a good price on flints also .
 
nightwolf1974 said:
Since there is a continuing shortage of (or unavailability) of 1842 smoothbores from DGW, I'm seriously pondering buying one at Middlesex Village Trading company. Is this a good or bad idea? And yes, this will be a shooter/hunting gun.
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Please research Access History's offerings as well as Veteran Arms....don't simply choose one dealer, do a lot of posts, inquiries, etc. Read their product-service statements, get comments from guys here...I've only dealt with Vet many years ago and found the guy to be very forthcoming and helpful, but check out all the others as well. I'm sure you'll get comments here from others. Good luck!
 
Sam squanch said:
For the money a good shootable original may be your best bet. Keep looking on the interweb and one will appear!
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That’s what I did:

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After trying to find an Italian-made Armi Sport repro I just decided to get an original. The price was virtually the same. Mine was made in 1852 by Springfield. It has a Whitacre barrel and I have the original as well.

The Indian made muskets, from what I have seen and read, are way off as to proportions and weight/balance etc. The folks hammering them together in the Mumbai sweatshops are not shooters, and they probably don’t care about U.S. history.

Check out the NSSA forum, maybe post a wanted ad there. I think you’ll find a really nice original for a fair price. These U.S. made muskets were absolutely built to last and many are as good as the day they were made. There’s plenty of spare parts and quality American made accesories for them.

All I’ll say is if I was a soldier during the Civil War, I’d sure know which one I’d rather have on my shoulder…
 
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nightwolf1974 said:
Since there is a continuing shortage of (or unavailability) of 1842 smoothbores from DGW, I'm seriously pondering buying one at Middlesex Village Trading company. Is this a good or bad idea? And yes, this will be a shooter/hunting gun.
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Seems like the Italian manufacturers are fading out of the long gun business.
 
Keep your eyes open, if you come across a really nice one but missing and inch or two of barrel don't despair. With their thin barrels frequently dinged muzzles were fixed by shortening an inch or two removing the ding. For a bargain price I got a sweet 1847 made Harpers Ferry M1842 in the aforementioned condition. Bobby Hoyt "stretched" and relined the barrel and added the missing bayonet log for 200 bucks. The joint where he added 2 inches of barrel was invisible and with a bit of graying the new metal with mustard it matched the rifle's patina. I MIG welded a 2 inch section of M14 cleaning rod with threads to the shorted ramrod, dressed down the weld and aged it by wrapping that area with a few layers of paper towels wetted with Clorox and allowed to dry over night. A little steel wool and oil rub down and you're good to go. YMMV
 

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