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    Ball butt wheellock dag

    Some were screwed on, some were glued with hide or horn glue. That stuff is STRONG!
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    New Horn in progress

    Boy that's purdy! Can't wait to see the finished product!
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    How much should I pay for an Enfield Tower?

    Good advice and thanks very much. I'm going to visit him tonight to talk about it and two other firarms he wants to sell. I'll bring a camera and take some close-ups.
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    How much should I pay for an Enfield Tower?

    I should have given more info. Unfortunately that's pretty much all I have. It's a flintlock. Marked Tower and then a date of 17 something something (it's hard to make out I think the third digit is an 8 or a 0 but not sure) and the letters GR on it too. I'll try and take a rubbing and see if...
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    What a jerk!!!

    Tnlonghunter, you're lucky it was the DIRT you shot, and not something else down there. Otherwise you might have ended up with a different nickname... :winking:
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    How much should I pay for an Enfield Tower?

    Someone I know has one and wants to sell it to me, cheap. But I don't want to cheat them. Any idea what one of these is worth? It's in quite good condition. The stock shows some wear and tear but nothing major. The lock is in good shape and the springs all feel good and strong to me. Even the...
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    Tannenberg Gonne

    PM Sent! :peace:
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    Tannenberg Gonne

    Those are gorgeous Gonnes! Do you sell them? If so how much? I've always loved that little gonne.
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    Scouring Stick vs. Wiping Stick vs. Ramrod

    During the English Civil War they referred to the "scouring stick" as the ramrod. Very few musketeers ever cleaned their muskets at all. In fact, the problem got so bad that many muskets were simply painted black, lock, stock and barrel to combat rust. It worked to a point but when the soldiers...
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    Question about slow match.

    Macrame cord! Now why did'nt I think of that? Good tip, thanks man! I'll get on that asap! :redthumb:
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    Question about slow match.

    What do you guys use for slowmatch? I haven't been able to find anything good for a while now. Most of the cotton woven cord I've found has a nylon core. I don't want to use that three strand twisted because it will come apart instead of making a nice point where the coal is. So, do you guys buy...
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    Has anyone bought a set of wheellock castings...

    volatpluvia, Thanks I appreciate it. I'm guessing that by 535 you mean the engraved german wheellock. That was my first choice followed by the dutch wheellock as a second choice. Do they sell a finished lock in either of these two patterns? It doesn't say. Personally I can deal with the castings...
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    Scouring Stick vs. Wiping Stick vs. Ramrod

    Robin, yes indeed. One replica has a scouring stick that has two "scrapers" and a screw between them to remove a stuck ball (I can't imagine the damage those scrapers did int here...) and the other end was the "rammer". This system was used up until the 1600's.
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    Who hunts with there match lock?

    I hunt with my Matchlock though I must confess I do cheat a bit. Instead of using the matchcord, I use an electric ignition system not unlike the ones that kids use to launch model rockets. 9v battery, solar igniter, small button. Works like a charm and I don't have to keep moving the matchcord...
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    Has anyone bought a set of wheellock castings...

    Ok I checked but it really doesn't help me much. I know that TRS can be slow to deliver and that if they don't have the item in stock I should pick something else. What I really want to know is this; Are they worth it? Are they difficult to finish? Is the price-to-labor ratio worth it? Thanks in...
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    Historic Qusetion

    The answer is yes. There is a famous one built for Charles when he was emperor. Here is the link to the photo, it's a gorgeous piece! http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/08/euwc/ho_14.25.1425.htm And this was not the only example either. There is one rifle with two locks and two charges but only...
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    Hello from Canada!

    Hey everyone! I just thought I'd say hello. I live in Manitoba up here in Canada (Winnipeg to be precise). I currently own a Matchlock, a Flintlock (a belgian smoothbore that was destined for the Zulu trade around 1840's ish apparently, I bought it for the barrel) and a copy of an 1853 Enfield...
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    Has anyone bought a set of wheellock castings...

    Thank you very much!
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    Has anyone bought a set of wheellock castings...

    From the rifleshoppe.com? If so, what were they like? Were they easy to assemble? Were the springs pre-tempered? I'm looking to make a wheellock this winter and was thinking of getting the German Wheellock set of castings to complete it (I already have the barrel and the wood for the stock)...
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