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  1. J

    fusil fuzee defanition ?

    Spence is correct... it is a French word spelled "fusil" but pronounced "fuzee" in English in the 18th century. Since regularized spelling is largely a product of the late 19th and early 20th century, "fuzee" was often spelled phonetically in the 18th century. The word first appears in an...
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    J.H. Johnston

    Zonie is absolutely right... without much more information, placing a value is impossible. I'll add that values are very regional. My own experience (in New England) is that middle to late 19th century percussion rifles are about the least expensive genuine antiques out there. A surprising...
  3. J

    J.H. Johnston

    Its probably ok... J.H. Johnston ran the Great Western Gun Works, a middle to late 19th century version of Home Depot for the shooter. His guns were generally plain, well made and durable and were ordered from a catalog so they aren't unique.
  4. J

    J Dickert barrel

    I don't see any problem with using the barrel over either, provided it was left unmodified i.e. not "reconverted," shortened, lengthened etc. ... These are all things that are commonly done in the specious name of "restoration" and obscure the historical record any artifact leaves us when...
  5. J

    I Would Like a Scoped Muzzleloader!

    It would be pretty difficult to make a false muzzle by cutting a few inches off the muzzle because, in order to be correct, the rifling lines up perfectly. In period, the end was cut off first, clamped in place and everything was rifled together. Were you to try this, you'd have to turn the end...
  6. J

    Armory bright?

    Its a military finish... National Armory Brown and National Armory Bright. The terms date from the introduction of browned metal on military arms, I suspect with the Hall Rifles (but am not certain about that). 1817 Common Rifles were also brown or bright. Prior to this all military arms were...
  7. J

    Ned Robert's Book, the Muzzleloading Cap lock Rifle

    I just did a bookfinder.com search on "Ned Roberts" and came up with several copies ranging from 16.00 up. Interestingly, the cheap one is also a 1947 edition which should be printed on heavy coated paper and has much clearer illustrations than the later, soft paper offset reprints. Its probably...
  8. J

    De-Farbing Italian Bess Lock

    I appreciate your comment about the markings. In the last year I have seen at least 3 non-ordnance original guns that have been defaced with those fake stamps. These were all perfectly good, original arms made for the commercial trade but some ******/fraudster felt they could be improved with...
  9. J

    identifying rate of twist

    Put a well lubricated patch on a cleaning jag and push it into the barrel so that the whole rod rotates with the twist. When seated at the breech, mark the cleaning rod at the muzzle and put a small register mark on the rod opposite the front sight. Pull the rod out until the register mark faces...
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    single-barrel percussion

    Yes, I did see it but it looked to me as if you'd found whatever there was to be found - there certainly wasn't anything I could add. Good work. I'd be more inclined to last half... it could predate the CW but not by much. Belgian guns were coming in that early but they didn't really overwhelm...
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    single-barrel percussion

    I think its clearly a Belgian made barrel - probably the whole gun is. I strongly suspect that the crowned "V" and the other mark that looks English are Belgian fakes of English marks... a very common practice and one that was not illegal in Belgium. The "V" makes no sense because its a view...
  12. J

    Flintlock Pistol Information Requested

    I did not say your gun was junk... I said that there are so many junk examples out there that one like yours, which I think is the real thing, is still not particularly valuable... by that I mean something like $150 to $350 - that being very much a guess as I've never bought one and selling...
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    Flintlock Pistol Information Requested

    Balkan, Turkish, eastern Mediterranean or even North African. Very little is known about them and about 90% of what we see is junk made in recent for the tourist trade. I don't think that is... It has the look of a gun that was actually meant to be used which means it could have been locally...
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    Civil war muskets

    I'd buy an original with a poor bore and send the barrel to one of the people who reline and rifle them. I've seen M1861s in the 650-850 range, not pristine by any means but still presentable. I presume this would be more expensive than buying a repro but you'd have a much better rifle and...
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    Brunton pistol?

    Its extremely unlikely, at such a late date, that Mr. Brunton even stocked the pistols. One of the by-products of the percussion system was that the skills necessary to repair flintlocks (i.e. fitting and adjusting frizzen springs, re-hardening the frizzens etc.) were no longer in much demand...
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    Brunton pistol?

    Another thought... its also possible that the same lock maker supplied the locks on both of our guns... could you take a picture of the inside? My locks have a very unusual bridle arrangement that I have never seen elsewhere - though a friend of mine has also seen it so it can't be unique...
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    Brunton pistol?

    The wide profile flat hammer and the split nut retainer that holds it on. I have the identical features on a cased W. Ketland percussion DB which must have been made around or before 1831 because that is when they went out of business. Like your pistol, it would have been made in the B'ham trade...
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    Brunton pistol?

    Bailey and Nie have him listed as 1817-1820 in Doncaster and 1821 to 1830 in York (both in Yorkshire) There is also a Robert... in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1835-45. This later one seems more likely based on the directories but there is no reason to think that Richard wasn't still working in...
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    Gun Identification 3 Band Musket

    Pottsdam is in Prussia, not Belgium. Its impossible to say much more except that a large number of M1809 muskets, converted to percussion, were imported during the Civil War. Not many were actually used, and then mostly in the early years of the war. Their purchase was the result of the...
  20. J

    my little squirrel rifle

    If I remember correctly, it was Lester Smith who did the inlay and engraving work for Hacker Martin... since the name on the barrel is absolutely clear, I'd guess they were probably relatives and, as you say, they all knew each other. See if you can find a copy of Foxfire 5... it has a photo of...
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