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    tent flys

    It is a great tent but it isn't the easiest to set up since you have to make sure the four corner poles are square to each other. An awning is a must for the tent as the walls are all sloped and if the front door is open in the least bit it rains in your tent. Poles were real easy to deal with...
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    Packing cast iron

    In a set camp I just throw my kitchen box in the back of the truck, and it covers almost anything we want to do. 10 " dutch oven 8 & 10 inch skillets 10 inch griddle 2 qt copper saucepan 2 qt tea kettle 1 1/2 gallon brass kettle grill for fire pit If we plan on doing a big dinner for a large...
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    Looking for a brazier.

    I stopped by a shoot up in Tioga County, PA last year and there was a guy there selling break down charcoal braziers and dumd a$$ me lost the info I got from him. I camp a couple of places a year where open fires are not permitted and I want to get a brazier for these events,I have found some...
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    Chambers or L&R

    I would like to thank everyone for the info and decided to go with the Chambers English. I like the lines of the lock better and it seems to be well thought of. I called the builder and since he hadn't started working on it yet the change was no problem. The price difference was $35 which isn't...
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    Chambers or L&R

    I am having a English style fowler built and the maker is now offering the option of using Chambers locks instead of the standard L & R locks. The ones that I am looking at are the L & R Queen Anne and the Chambers Colonial Virginia and Round Faced English. I think that any of the three would be...
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    Bess, next project, what would you do?

    I believe it was a bit of that and the rivalry that exists between different units in the military. Once a standard is set, such as shiny musket barrels, any unit that does not meet those standards is viewed by others as second class. It doesn't matter in a lot of cases if the standard actually...
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    Pedersoli Bess authenticity?

    Decreasing the amount of wood in the stock especially around the lock and breech would help quite a bit. Changing the lock stamp from "GRICE 1762" to "TOWER" would be more accurate, I believe that using the maker and year stamp went out around 1764 and the Short Land came out in 1769. A lot of...
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    Bess, next project, what would you do?

    They were lift bright and often highly polished by the troops. Well polished muskets were the sign of a good unit and this was sometimes carried to an extreme. The following quote describes muskets of the 62 Regiment circa 1775. "so Abus'd to keep them bright, that there is not the least...
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    Bess, next project, what would you do?

    Musket #4 has some features that you could do without spending anything more than some elbow grease. Do away with one of the ramrod thimbles, relocate the middle one and remove some wood in a couple of areas. This would give you a musket with most of the hardware from a Short Land, the lock from...
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    Newbie Brown Bess Questions

    I used 80 grains of 2f the first time I had it out. That load had enough punch to go through 4 inches of pine and then bury itself into a tree behind the target.
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    Newbie Brown Bess Questions

    I have the same musket and a .715 ball with .010 patch seem to fit well. As far as powder goes ffg works well for both the main and prime.
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    Why no PC food inspectors?

    If you question the authenticity of a rifle you are for the most part dealing with a man with a gun, if you question the food there is a good chance you will be dealing with a woman holding a knife. Which would you rather have annoyed with you?
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    Gun Cases & Racks

    Might not look good in somebody's living room but it sure works out in the field.
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    Monmouth Reenactment

    Here is one of the Continental Line advancing. It is from my unit's website. www.11thpa.org
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    Monmouth Reenactment

    Stacked Muskets 11th PA style
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    Early Rustic Arms German short rifle

    Story, I can't give you any word on the German Rifle that Larry makes but I have one of his fowlers on order and you can take a good look at it when it comes in if you want to. As a little side side note my daughter is starting her freshman year at Central this September.
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    Loyalist Arms Doglock

    Both Loyalist Arms and Middlesex Village Trading Company come drilled.
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    Loyalist Arms Doglock

    A friend of mine just bought one of the doglocks from Loyalist(arrived yesterday) and loves it so far. It does have a half cock notch in the sear so you can take it to half cock or you can go to full cock with the dog engaged. He hasn't shot it yet but it does spark well and the action is...
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    Early Colonial Rifles ?

    I want to start doing some research on pre-Pennsylvania style rifles that would have been used in the colonies in the 1740 to 1770 timeframe and I was hoping someone here could point me toward a good book or two to start out with. I figured Shumway's Rifles of Colonial America would be a good...
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    tent flys

    I have owned tents and flys from both companies and the quality on both is first rate. When I sold my Panther(16' regent) and bought my Tentsmith(12'x14' wall)it was simply a matter of getting the exact size I wanted.
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