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    Shortened Barrel

    I like it :thumbsup:
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    Help with broken lock spring

    Try ace hardware you might find one that will work I found some springs for another gun I was working on .. TAC2..
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    Who Made This Lock

    Well from what i can find it is a Barker Whatley , It is a English Trade lock from around 1770 to 1790’s .. Hope this helps ...TAC2..
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    Load for a 45 Caliber

    Hello . I always start with the size of the caliber if it is 45 use 45 grans of powder. I would 45 grans of FFFg powder and increase 5 grans as needed. Hope this helps TAC2.
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    brown bess mainspring

    I found this from Dixie Gun Works here is the listing TS6901 Mainspring (repro.) for 2nd & 3rd Model Brown Bess Musket & Italian Made Repro. TS6901 Mainspring (repro.) for 2nd & 3rd Model Brown Bess Musket & Italian Made Repro. Hope this helps...TAC2..
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    Ultra-Hi - Japanese Brown Bess

    I found what you where looking for Dixie Gun Works has them here is the add XP2706 Rear Swivel w/screws (repro.) for Dixie 2nd Model Brown Bess (Japanese Model) XP2706 Rear Swivel w/screws (repro.) for Dixie 2nd Model Brown Bess (Japanese Model) $21.95 and here is one for the front...
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    Miroku Brown Bess help needed

    On the worms from Dixie you can spread it open to fit the 75cal bore.
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    Miroku Brown Bess help needed

    Who said anything about a nylon brush not me . I got was saying that Dixie Gun Works sold those Bess muskets back in the 70's and 80's and that is where I got my cleaning jag and worm in 75cal. THANK YOU....
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    Miroku Brown Bess help needed

    Here is the link for DGW http://www.dixiegun.com/ TAC2.
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    Miroku Brown Bess help needed

    Hello, You need to call Dixie Gun Works that was who they were made for,that is where I got my cleaning jag and worm from but it's been a while ago. Hope this helps. TAC2.
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    Gourd question

    patriot59, Try this I hope this helps. Making a Gourd Canteen or Water Bottle. I use a gourd canteen water bottle when out trekking, I make my own so I thought I'd share how I make them for us and friends. The type of gourds that were most used for lasting containers were of...
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    Suggestions for a first kit build

    Hello Oldnamvet, The one thing I have found out about this is, TAKE YOUR TIME. tac2 :thumbsup:
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    New to me

    Check this out I found this web page americanhistory.si.edu/.../object.asp?ID=450 hope it helps. TAC2.
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    New to me

    I saw one in a museum in Harridsburg Ky, It wasent a bess, but it was made from bess parts so i made mine look like it. some of the folks at Fort Boonesburo thought it looked good and so do I that all that matters. TAC2.
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    New to me

    hello. I did all the work on my bess my self, I started by taking off the nosecap and sanding the stock round there.Then I sanded off the bulg on the forarm to make it slimer,then changed the sight. I also filed the trumpet off the first ramrod thimble. Hope this helps...
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    "Need" a smoothbore

    Dixie gun works has a trade gun on there new product list. in kit form for around 575.00 i think. tac2
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    diamond shelters

    david50. Here you go try this web site, http://www.elbtipi.com/tent.htm Hope it helps. TAC2 :thumbsup:
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    Horn questions

    Brun. Making Flat Powder Horns Prepare horn as if making a round horn, file, sand, and scrape to as near uniform thickness of not more than 1/8" and preferably thinner. The thinner and more uniform thickness the horn the easier it will be to get to a flat shape. When I am...
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    Bying a sidearm.

    :cursing: :cursing: THE HE** WITH YOU A-HOLES, I WONT ASK OR ANCER ANYMORE QUESTONES ON THIS BOARD ! :cursing:
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    Bying a sidearm.

    Can someone give me a good sorse for bying a durgune style sidearm ( 1750-1790) era thinks. TAC2.
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