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    Pics from F I war

    Either You guys have got to come to the UK to play(like our German,Dutch,and Italian contingents),or we'll have to get a coach together to visit you. Steve(Mass.Provincials,New France and Old England)
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    how accurate is the "patriot"

    And is so depicted in the film "Amazing Grace"....fighting to keep the Slave Trade legal! Steve
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    Flintlock pistol accoutrements

    A)..Because he's got a really nice flat Highland horn! B)..Because it's easier to re-prime if neccessary..no need to waste a cartridge(maybe I should have said horn for RE-priming...) Steve
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    Flintlock pistol accoutrements

    Friend of mine who portrays a Highland Officer use a brass box in his jacket pocket....big enough for 6 cartridges...small horn carried over shoulder for priming. Steve
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    News from the XVth century

    Welcome from the UK!....I've friends who do 15th cent(pity they do Burgundian) :wink: Steve
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    north star west officers fusil

    And the other reason for carrying a longarm is so he does'nt stand out as the chap without one.... Steve
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    Metal ramrods

    Never thought of that....Most sources just accept them as a step forward...suppose military use has different priorities. Steve
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    Metal ramrods

    Now this is probably a stupid question..... Military firearms switched to metal ramrods(by and large) in the mid-18th century.....Civilian ones still use wooden ones for another hundred years...why? Steve
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    "Amazing Grace" - period movie

    Another satisfied cinema-goer....lots of nice costumes & a post-Revwar Tarleton as the villain! Steve
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    Brown Bess ShootingBag

    I know it may be heresy to some.....but there is no reason why cartridges can't be carried in a bag....I reckon that guys who used horn/ball in civilian life would soon have used their advantages for "Active" militia use....there are also accounts of F&I provincials using them when they couldn't...
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    joined the marines

    Hey...great looking Target!(sorry,couldn't resist it)...looks good! Steve
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    Patrick O'Brian

    Think O'Brien got it right...friend of mine summed it up beautifully as Jane Austen at sea....if You fancy a military equivalent,try Alan Mallinson's Matthew Hervey series...set in a British Cavalry regt.from the Peninsula into the 1830's.....talking of accents,how do we explain Canadian...
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    Patrick O'Brian

    Don't worry....they're hard going for we English as well...but well worth it! Steve
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    Cleaning a pinned barrel

    comes off once a year....more to treat the inside of the stock & remove general yuckiness than to clean the barrel itself.... Steve
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    Brown Bess Ready for Service

    Having finally got to Williamsburg...DEFINATELY where all good 18thcent reenactors go when they die.......... Steve
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    My new officers coat!

    Or the 60th......... Steve
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    My new officers coat!

    Nice coat...right colour!..looks like 1stfoot(Royal Scots)?? Steve
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    When were slings first used?

    To back that up...first british mention I can find,is with the introduction of Grenadier companies in the 1670's..then for other troops who might need "hands-free"..dragoons..fusiliers(originally artillery escort)..marines...seems as all these used flintlocks,it became usual for flintlocks to...
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    "A Few Acres of Snow"

    NOT reccommended....Any historian who can confuse William the Silent & William of Orange(100 years apart), AND aims vicious insults at characters as varied as Elizabeth I & Cromwell(all this in a book on the F&I Wars)..is not on my must-read list... Steve
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    Interesting new or old books?!

    Site now on my favourites...may have to do some serious buying! (& no import duty on books..Yaaaaay) Thanks, Steve
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