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    New Double flintlock fowler

    I hope you take this as constructive and not mean spirited. The basic gun looks good and has a lot of promise. The one thing that stands out is there is way to much wood through the wrist. This is a problem with many makers when starting on a new project. They just quit cutting off wood way to...
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    English Fowler Bluprint

    You don't say if you want to make a single or double. If the latter would do then the only book with plans that I know of is "Recreating the Double Barrel Muzzle Loading Shotgun" by Wm Brockway. It is published by Shumway and is available through the publisher or just about any muzzle loading...
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    Straight Cut Rifling

    Rice Barrel Company at www.ricebarrels.com can cut straight rifing for you. :v :v
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    Rice barrel

    I don't like to contradict anyone, but Rice barrels ARE REAMED!! I don't know where the idea that they are not reamed comes from. I was at the Rice shop today and can verify the fact that they ream each and every barrel. As for stress relieving, the barrel blanks are heated in an oven and...
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    double barreled rifle?

    IF YOU WANT INFORMATION ON ORIGINAL DOUBLE CAP LOCK RIFLES THERE IS A BOOK "THE MUZZLE-LOADING CAP LOCK RIFLE" BY NED H. ROBERTS. NED HAS SEVERAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORIGINAL GUNS BY SEVERAL MAKERS AS WELL AS STORIES ABOUT HIM USING DOUBLES FOR HUNTING BEAR. THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED BY THE NRA AND...
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    "how to" book

    :hmm: If you are looking for info about general gun building there are two books that will tell you about all you will need to know. "Recreating the American Longrifle" by Buchele, Shumway and Alexander at about $40.00 and "The Gunsmith of Grenville County" by Alexander, also around $40.00...
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    Barrel Question

    I have used one Getz Barrel, well actually two, my first and last. :cursing: The barrel I used had two tight spots one on each end of the tube. Bud Siler told me that the Getz barrels he has used also had tight spots in both ends. You will never find this in a Rice barrel. :grin: It was a...
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    one more gottbe bumb question

    The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked. :hmm: :hmm: As for what one uses is period correct or not is not an issue as far as I am concerned. After all, are you wanting to protect the investment you have in your firearm or other equipment that was made by modern methods with...
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    When to drill the butt plate

    I drill the screw holes before I inlet or set the butt plate into the stock. Be VERY careful when drilling the hole for the bottom screw of the butt plate. You MUST drill it high enough on the plate that the point of the screw will clear the toe plate and not interfear with the toe plate screw...
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    Shot Bags -

    :hmm: I don't understand people loosing the shot cup of an Irish charger. :hmm: Drill a hole in the flat part of the handle of the charger. Thread a leather lace through the hole and tie a knot in that end to keep the lace in place. Tie the other end of the lace to the shot snake strap. Make the...
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    Shotgun cleaning and shooting assessories

    :hmm: I agree with Madstone's advice and would only add these sugestions; after I clean a gun in HOT water and cleaners I quickly dry the metal and mop the bore with a swabb that is saturated with patroleum jelly before the metal cools. This will melt the jelly and coat the metal also getting...
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    The Gun

    :winking: :winking: I can remember Sophia bouncing around better than the cannon. WOW!!!!
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    Jager Butt Plate

    If you have the back of the butt plate inletted to a 16th of an inch or less between the plate and stock you can then take the peen end of a ballpeen hammer and tap around the edges of the butt plate until all of the gaps are gone. Then file out the peen marks and finish the butt plate. :grin...
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    Where can I buy a LH flinter kit?

    Jim Chambers sells the Siler LH flint kit. www.flintlock.com
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    BARREL?? LOCK??

    :hmm: The idea about the Jim Chambers English rifle is a good one if you want a .54 caliber short rifle. Another way to approach this is that by changing the trigger guard, the lock and useing germatic double triggers and carving the rifle properly you can make this into a Yeager. The gun (I've...
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    Long Hamock Barrels

    I agree with Brooks. I examined a number of Long Hamock barrels at a dealers place of business (to be unnamed) and some had rings inside of the barrel (I have no idea how they managed to get that shape inside of a barrel), some of the barrels were not octigan at the breech (the blank was not...
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    my new 36

    :) Wow!! That's a great looking gun. I like the Bucks Cnty style and the caliber.
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    Big game cal.

    Rice Barrel Company makes an excellent .62 caliber rifled barrel in swamped octigan that would be ideal for your project. They are sold by Jim Chambers at www.flintlocks.com :v Also available are .58, .54, .50, .45, .40, and .32 Rice makes a number of swamped contures and barrels from 31 to 44...
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    What makes a Virginia Rifle?

    :winking: A really good book for anyone wanting a general idea of what the different schools of gun makers produced and what their work looks like should get "Kentucky Rifles & Pistols 1750-1850" by James R. Johnston. This book has outstanding photography and shows examples of most important...
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    Draw filing prior to browning

    :winking: I have always draw filed octigan barrels before browning. If you are working with a round barrel then use emery cloth.
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