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    Lodgewood defarb musket stock stain

    I'm pretty sure the originals finish for Springfield's didn't include stain. I've seen Lodgewoods stocks, and was always curious why they are so dark. Look at originals and they turn dark after many years. The "Organ of Muskets" at Springfield Arsenal shows muskets with lighter stocks. That's...
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    Goodbye my friends

    Stay around! Maybe you don't shoot, but you have experience you can share with others.
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    Estate Assistance with origin of Rev War Musket

    Looks 1770's to 1780's to me. Could it have been here, yes. Could it have came here in the 1940s after WWII, yes. It would have been newly made at the time of the Revolution, so if it came here, it probably would have been with German troops, not necessarily Hessians. German troops from several...
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    My blunderbuss options

    Clay Smith has a 4 bore oct/round blunderbuss barrel on sale for $350. Custom made, just look on his site under Trade Blanket section. You want a real blunderbuss barrel, that's the one.
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    My blunderbuss options

    Have Ed Rayl make you a barrel with a 1" bore, the rest you can buy and make one that is an actual blunderbuss. I made a Queen Anne version doglock type with parts from TRS and stocked it myself. Thought I was on top of the world cause I had a blunderbuss that nobody had. The next year, the...
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    Flintlock pistol by "Frandz Breiden Feiter" around 1800.

    Boy, that lock looks way earlier than 1800. Interesting to see the spurs on the buttcap as a different material and pinned separately.
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    Brown Bess, no provenance

    It doesn't look like a defarb for a reenactor, it looks like the worst job at trying to make an antique to make a buck on someone who has no knowledge of originals. Terrible that it happens, but it happens.
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    M1861 Springfield Barrel and Stock Proof/Acceptance Marks

    If you look directly above the one cartouche with the curly A, I see the remnants of another cartouche directly above it, just to the left of the black dot. I don't know what the vertical one at the end of the lock panel could be. Yes the stock is severely sanded, but you see that alot...
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    M1861 Springfield Barrel and Stock Proof/Acceptance Marks

    I didn't see it in any of my books. I have a 1862 dated Springfield as well, and it doesn't have any initials like you mention. Here's a pic of the cartouches for reference . Also if you Google images of 1862 dated Springfield's , the cartouches are always the same as in the picture, it doesn't...
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    M1861 Springfield Barrel and Stock Proof/Acceptance Marks

    Well if it's a Mason barrel from your research, and a Springfield lock, then it's safe to say it's a parts gun. I think I can make out an ESA in the one cartouche, but can't determine the others. Is the breech face marked with a series of letters? Does it have its hammer? Any other marks on the...
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    WITHDRAWN Used 1853 Enfield stock

    I'm just throwing this out there, but the Nepalese parts are different from the British parts. Besides the muskets made with interchangable parts for the British Army, all the BSAT muskets were hand fitted, so no two stocks will fit each other's parts. I assume the Nepalese parts were made under...
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    Committee of Safety Flintlock Musket? Please help...

    Agreed with above, if you purchased it as a COS musket, you better get your money back. Sorry.
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    Kibler's Hunting Pouch

    That's right, if you have a different take on the subject, STFU! 😳 Azmntman, it's a public forum, people will post their opinions if you agree or not. Kiblers stuff always creates discussions, some like him, other don't. That's a good thing. It will drive some to his products, and it will spur...
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    Mackinac Trade Gun - *** LARGE PIX ***

    I don't understand, does the museum say this is an original piece? Or on display to represent a French gun?
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    Kibler's Hunting Pouch

    He's gonna have to just sell the leather besides the kit. All the future professional Kibler bag makers out there won't need a new tool kit everytime they make one. The real money is in the leather.
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    Kibler's Hunting Pouch

    Can't wait for the Kibler powderhorn kit to hit the market. CNC scrimshaw will be the bomb!
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    Astronomical cost of wood

    Hey as long as the grain is right in the wrist.
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    Clean or not to clean

    Just becareful if you choose to shoot it. The cleaning products used could take that patina off, or at least make it look different in the spot it touches.
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    Clean or not to clean

    Leave it alone! Don't clean it! Just don't!
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    WITHDRAWN Custom Confederate D Guard

    It was my bad pics, definitely didn't do the knife justice. This is a big piece of steel, this is a mans man kind of knife. Without trying, I grew a full beard when I picked it up this morning to take the photos! I'll leave it up until the weekend. After that I'll take the ad down. I've had bad...
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