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    Rosie the .62" Jaeger speaks at last.

    My .62 Jeager is made with Rifle Shoppe parts for the T.W.Pistor Jeager Rifle. It has a 28 1/2 in.Colrain barrel and a Jeager lock made from old aquired parts and assembled by Larry Zornes of the Mold and Gun Shop. I received most of the lock parts from Bob Roller who said he had them for...
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    Barrel and Lock on a smoothbore

    All of the smoothbores I have built, around 7, have all been French Model C or D which have a time period of 1680 to 1753 or so. All have been left bright but they only stay that way a short time and then they develop a gray patina that gets better with age. Sunlight on them is no worse than...
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    Where can I find two or three leaf express sights?

    The Rifle Shoppe catalog has casting for such a sight for the T.W.Pistor Jaeger (510). The parts are 510 RS, 510 1L, 510 2L I have built this rifle and have the sight on it. It is not difficult to assemble. Rob Brandt San Diego
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    Stain Question

    My copy of Kentucky Rifles and Pistols 1750 to 1850 shows York Rifles of your time period and none of the patchboxes of that time period have any piercings. From Muzzleloaders Building Supply catalog, 11005 comes closest to the ones illustrated. It is my opinion that the color of the wood was...
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    1750's Blue or Brown- Which fits the period?

    Of the seven or so smoothbores I have built, Model C and Model D (per T.M. Hamilton's designation) they were of the 1680 to 1750 time period. Most of the models of that time period were left bright, neither browned or blued. A patina would develop and they would gray. The last time I saw my...
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