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  1. codymobley

    New Rod Olsen Ruggles patent underhammer fowler

    The simplicity of the action is one of the beauties of the Ruggles patent. The hammer has a spur on it that acts as the tumbler, with a trigger guard in place the hammer couldn't function. With a sub-halfstock on it, this gun is very light weight even with a 42" barrel on it. Too late...
  2. codymobley

    New Rod Olsen Ruggles patent underhammer fowler

    Just rec'd a very nice underhammer fowler based on the one on p. 70 in Nicholas Chandler's book on underhammers. ca. 1833 20 bore fowler, 42" barrel on it....a pleasure to shoot.
  3. codymobley

    Ever try to reload one using just one hand?

    Loading from a flask and with loose balls would have been difficult, but combustible paper/intestine cartridges were available from the mid-1850s. With these they would have been able to just slip the entire powder and ball into the cylinder at once and then just have to figure out how to use...
  4. codymobley

    How do you carry your pistols?

    It depends on the pistol. For the Paterson's, I use a set of enamelled holsters that I copied off of one used during the Mexican War: or one copied off of a holster carried by a Texas Ranger in the early 1840s: For the '51 Navy I use a matched enamelled holster and cap box with fail...
  5. codymobley

    Dulling stainless steel

    I've had good results with white vinegar. Wipe it down good with the vinegar and set it in the sun to dry, apply several times and then wipe down with distilled water.
  6. codymobley

    Possibles bags

    Here's one that I made. It's 3 oz veg tan kitted with beef tallow, codliver oil, and beeswax lined in silveret (cotton/silk mix) with a bear hide flap that is pieced from two legs. The flap is trimmed out with Moroccan leather. I use it mostly for 1830s-50s impressions.
  7. codymobley

    .36 Ruggles patent underhammer

    I like the historical aspect of it all. The Ruggles action was the first patented percussion action in the United States (there were other's before with conversions, etc. but his was the first to be patented). I also like the simplistic nature of the action: two moving parts (trigger and...
  8. codymobley

    .36 Ruggles patent underhammer

    I got my underhammer in yesterday from Rod Olsen and it didn't disappoint. I asked for it to be stocked in maple and have the earlier semi-circle hammer and from the day he started to the day it shipped was only 9 days! Here's some pics: .36 calibre with a 6" barrel
  9. codymobley

    Custom 50 Cal. Underhammer

    He shot me an email last night letting me know that it's finished. Here's the photo of the finished product: .36 cal, 6 in barrel. I requested maple grips and the earlier 1826 patent style hammer. He didn't disappoint!
  10. codymobley

    Custom 50 Cal. Underhammer

    Looks good! He's currently working on a .36 one for me and then I'm going to try to talk him into making me a copy of an early Ruggles 20 bore fowler that I have some photos of.
  11. codymobley

    Center seam knife sheath

    I found a photo that will work: The awl closest to the split sheath is the closer's awl (I have it in a pegging awl haft). This photo also shows the method of construction.
  12. codymobley

    Center seam knife sheath

    Wick it is closer to the stoat stitch in cloth. Yes, it is a butt joint with the thread going through the center of the thickness of the leather with no thread shown on the inside and two stitch lines running parallel to the seam on either side of it. The closer's awl is shaped like a 7 with a...
  13. codymobley

    Center seam knife sheath

    Wick, Thanks for sharing the link to your process. It's always interested to see how other people are making items. On the centerseam scabbards I make I use a closing stitch and make a flat seam on the back of the scabbard using the closers awl. To do this I start with a rectangle of leather...
  14. codymobley

    ca. 1844 hunt in Texas Hill Country

    We are privileged to have several sections of land in the Texas Hill Country available for period hunts. This past weekend a couple of us went and scouted the land and spent the weekend experimenting with historic waddings in our shotguns and made a weekend of it. Here are some photos of our...
  15. codymobley

    New UH Pistol

    Mark, I believe he sent me a photo of yours while we were first brokering the deal. I went with maple like most of the early Ruggles I have looked at, but he didn't have any .32 barrel length in stock so I'm getting a .36. Cody
  16. codymobley

    New UH Pistol

    Thank you Mark, and others, who sent me his contact info. We're in communication and I hope to have one soon! Cody
  17. codymobley

    Earlier pattern Shot snake

    Thanks for those photos.
  18. codymobley

    Tobacco Pipes

    The pipe I posted photos of is walnut. It smokes fine and doesn't get hot.
  19. codymobley

    New UH Pistol

    Can you share his contact info? I've been wanting one of these Ruggles for a while.
  20. codymobley

    Earlier pattern Shot snake

    What would the earliest appearance of the English or Irish brass heads on these shot snakes be? I've looked at a couple of originals that don't show any evidence of having brass heads, though there is a William Sydney Mount painting from 1835 with an Irish head and measure. Thanks for the kind...
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