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    double barreled rifle?

    Yes :) i wanted to know, did hunters in US use them in the past, apart from i.e. Hawken rifles. Thank You all, gentlemen for information :hatsoff: batek
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    double barreled rifle?

    Have You some information about an American double barreled rifles with percussion lock? If they were used in US off course. I seen one specimen of Polish capslock rifle with two barrels. I know in central and eastern Europe they were used for hunting bears, boars and wolfs. best regards...
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    Jim Chambers locks

    And they constantly are !!! :hatsoff: Thank You all for help :) bartek
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    Jim Chambers locks

    There are many locks to get in TOTW, which are made by Jim Chambers : - Siler large lock - Deluxe Siler lock - Golden Era lock - American Classic lock - American Early Classic - and KITs off course :) Experienced Members of the Forum will be indignant :) , but my question is : what is...
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    Blued or Browned ?

    I'm asking here, to not make a new short topic :) Sir, if browning is "nothing more in fact as the controled process of rusting", as i read in few books :), will the barrel rust more after browning, under the brown coat ? mest wishes bartek :hatsoff:
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    Eastern Indian Ear "Mutilation"

    Sir, what was the social denotation of that practis? I beleve there was some. I found these two pictures. First made in Borneo and second in Kenya. In both cases ear "mulitation" :) has concrete meaning for rest of community. Among Masai women make holes in ears like that after wedding and...
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    Leather vs. Lead setting flints

    This is the picture of the collection of original balls and the flint from "Silesian Wars" (1740-1763); all found on the battlefield. You can see the flint in the lead. Many flints from that period are found in lead, so it had to bee popular practice to use it. regards :hatsoff:
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    -Pewter Spoons

    Hi, Claypipe :hatsoff: Thats right, middle of XVI century. I don't remember from what i have them (pictures off course), but i supose it's the work of craftsmen from Gdansk or Elblag, so Hansa's towns.
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    RIFLE TWISTS

    I have Armi Sport's "Kentucky-Hunter" : barrel cal..44, 38" long, flintlock, but with twist 1/34, so specially for conicals as You all know, gentlmen. I tried last week how will work patched round balls with this barrel, next maxi-balls, and last Minies. I used every time 60 grains of black...
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    -Pewter Spoons

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    revolving matchlock musket

    It's one guy in Warsaw. He's proffesional gunsmith, not a hobby gunmaker. He makes replicas of XVI-XVII fire-arms for most reenactors here. I have his e-mail, if You wish. :hatsoff:
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    revolving matchlock musket

    It is revolving matchlock musket, whish i found by one of our gunsmiths. It's beauty :bow: Dos someone of You know any example of original specimen of a musket like this (books, articles, museum collections) :hmm: ? :
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    Monks and cannons

    entry :) : 1655 Swedes attacked Poland and captured almost all country. The last bastion was the monastery in Czestochowa. Swedes tryed to capture the monastery too, but without enthusiasm. It was for them only the next little way-point to total victory. But there was very bitter surprise...
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    First try at relief carving

    :applause: :thumbsup: :hatsoff:
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    On the problem of Wolves

    Poland is the country (following Russia and Romania), where is now most wolfs in Europe and i never heard about any human attacked by them :) Wolfs everywhere have very bad opinion :) Most people are affraid of them but i supouse only few can say something closer about wolfs :) People knows...
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    On the problem of Wolves

    Poland is the country (following Russia and Romania), where is now most wolfs in Europe and i never heard about any human attacked by them :) Wolfs everywhere have very bad opinion :) Most people are affraid of them but i supouse only few can say something closer about wolfs :) People knows...
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    When did muzzleloaders fade out in the old days?

    Flint knappers in Brandon, England (world's flint making center) made in 1935 flints for Abissinia's army (Etiopia today), and in 1950's about 2000 flints a day were made for African countrys :shocked2: In Kongo for example, former Belgian colony, all fire weapon were forbiden exept...
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    Cherry Stock?

    Cherry (and another fruit trees) was one of favorite woods for gun stocks in central Europe in XVI-XVIII centurys. The reason was - fruit woods take good stain. In XIX century in Germany, France and Poland many furniturs was made from pear wood for example. It was very easy to stain it and make...
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    Hog hunting/Russian Boar

    Boar (Sus scrofta)is the most dangerous wild animal in Poland, following wolfs and bears. Every little child knows, if you meet a boar in the forrest go fast on the closest tree :) Specilly female boar with group of little boars (4-5) are very dangerous. She attaks in amok every one, she meets...
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    Blowing down the barrel?

    No problem Don :hatsoff: It is amaizing, how "down-to-earth" (do i write it correct? :) ) were old timers about using their guns. One example: it was obligatory for every one musketer to take 8 balls (not 7 or 9) in the mouth and keep them in the mouth direct befor the battle. Experienced...
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