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    Interesting Accident

    Reminds me of the story my dad told me about the time he was shooting his Garand, standing, while a guy was bench firing a few feet away from him, leaning over the bench. My dad was popping off a round every second or so, and out of the corner of his eye he sees the guy next to him stand up and...
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    BBC's Kidnapped

    Have any of y'all seen the more recent BBC version of "Kidnapped?" Came out in 2007 I think. Exciting and well filmed, I thought. One thing has mystified me, though. Does anyone know what kind of muskets the "Long Mile Gang" were carrying there? Banded, they looked like maybe Charlevilles...
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    dont do this boys and girls

    Satx, I thought you'd know to expect that kind of questioning from the kooks in Austin. :-) Anywhere else in our grand state they'd ask, "why are you only buying 40 rds?! We carry 100 rd bricks!"
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    Well, I got the parts from Taylor finally, and on one hand I'm pleased, on another I'm not. I'm pleased that everything I ordered except for one part, the sear spring, was a perfect match for the 1835 Springfield lock, with a little fitting. This amused me greatly because in several...
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    Thanks hawkeye, I actually ordered some of the '42 parts from them two days ago. From what I can gather, one of the only parts that will not fit on the '35 without some fitting is the mainspring, so I ordered all the Armisport '42 parts except the mainspring and all the screws (I figure I'll...
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    Looks like they're gonna be out for a week or so. I've got an event coming up, so I was hoping to get this underway soon... plus, it look slike their '42 parts, assuming they'll work, are quite a bit more expensive. If I'm going to have to tweak/modify parts to fit, I was hoping to find...
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    On the latter topic, does anyone know where I could get an inexpensive parts set (finished parts, not cast) for the 1842?
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    Huh, that's really a nice one, Duane. Half-decent starting price too. I tried calling TRS, and they quoted me around $250 to rebuild the lock. And as y'all have mentioned, a very long wait time. For what I'm using this for, it hardly seems worth it. Do y'all know if the 1842 parts are...
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    And thanks for the tip on the CO2 blasting, I'll have to ask about that.
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    Well, I would have thought it to be a fake, but as it wasn't being sold exclusively as a "battlefield pickup" musket, and seeing as how a better condition one would be worth a lot more than a relic, I can't see someone faking the wear and tear on it. And I didn't pay any more than I should have...
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    I tried to contact S&S Firearms in New York, but they said they didn't have any parts for the '35/40. Any ideas? I'd like to complete it, but don't exactly have the skills to take investment cast parts and finish them out.
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    Yes, I think I will try to remove that paint, if I can do it without causing more damage. Sadly, whoever painted the metal appears to have done so without removing it from the stock, as there is silver paint run-off inside the barrel channel and under the areas normally covered by the metal...
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    More pictures... sorry it took me a while! Note the "US" clearly discernable in spite of the pitting, along with the somewhat less descernable "1844" date above it... Hard to tell from the picture, but once I saw an example of the "L. Pomeroy" manufacturer, and it was the first one...
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    Thanks Kanawha, those dimensions help a lot. I have managed to identify the markings on the lock face as "L. Pomeroy" below the eagle (mostly gone from pitting) and the US below an 1844 date to the rear of the hammer. Pictures of another original example of a contract 1835/40 seem to match the...
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    I'm afraid I don't know much about the interoperability of the parts between the 1835/40 and the 1842... would internals from the latter work in the former? And the other parts previously mentioned?
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    I received the musket today, and have good news and bad news. Good news is, the pitting isn't as bad as I'd expected from the photos, or at least not as deep. Bad news is, some of these parts, in particular the butt plate, rear band, front band, and bayonet, have all been painted silver. In...
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    Great info, thanks y'all! Many Klatch, what do you mean by boiled in bleach? Are you suggesting that it could have been artificially pitted to sell it as an "excavated relic"? Considering the battlefield it is reported to have been found on/near, it seems rather unlikely, I'd think. Plus, a...
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    You may have hit on something there - I've heard of the 1840, and just looked at some pictures of some. That just may fit the bill! Here are some pictures. These are not my pictures, I'm just posting the ones the guy sent me, I will definitely try to get some better pics when it actually...
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    Yes, I will post pictures when I can (can't do it from this computer). It does have a high comb '42 stock, it appears. But the lock plate does not have a rounded rear like the '42 lock plate, it is pointed like a '16 should be, and slightly "mounded" overall, as the earlier ones were.
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    1842 hardware on an 1816 conversion?

    Hi gentlemen - just purchased a "relic condition" musket that is supposedly an excavated specimen from around the Prairie Grove battlefield in Arkansas. This story seems plausible to me for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that the area around the front sight where the bayonet...
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