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  1. Loyalist Dave

    Boot Pistols?

    Here is a 2012 article on the underhammer pistol Underhammer History - A Short Version LD
  2. Loyalist Dave

    Pictures of my recieved bess carbine.

    Did it happen to come with a choice between that side plate and the Bess 2nd Model sideplate? I ask as Dixie Gun Works offers a kit and you get both the trade gun sideplate like yours, and this sideplate: LD
  3. Loyalist Dave

    Polygonal Rifling

    Sorry, :doh: You meant round nosed bullets..., I see that now 🤐 LD
  4. Loyalist Dave

    Is this a Beaumont-Adams or a Deane and Adams Revolver? And a few other questions

    OK Guys so HOW does one load this? A separate device and then the cylinder is returned to the revolver? LD
  5. Loyalist Dave

    New guy looking to make flintlock smoke happen near St Clair Missouri.

    NAH No Worries. Happens a lot. LD
  6. Loyalist Dave

    Polygonal Rifling

    It's been pretty well established that patched round ball does not obturate larger in the bore when fired. It has to do with the round surface of the sphere where the expanding gasses apply pressure. LD
  7. Loyalist Dave

    New guy looking to make flintlock smoke happen near St Clair Missouri.

    Welcome Folks that can help our new member please reach out with a PM. I've deleted his personal phone number as we try not to share that info in the "open", and to reduce the chance of scams and spam on his phone LD
  8. Loyalist Dave

    Hickock 45 Dry Balls It

    Just TAKE EVERYTHING from Hickock45 with a LARGE grain of salt when it comes to black powder ESPECIALLY when he posts about flintlocks. Granted it was 15 years ago, but this video of his is still up shooting a Pedersoli Bess Carbine. He first shoots with an open can of powder, albeit with a...
  9. Loyalist Dave

    Am I the only one who doesn’t really care for carving on a rifle stock?

    Agreed! Unfortunately, I've seen too many "carved" stocks on rifles for sale for a pretty penny where the lock wasn't inlet in a correct manner because in my opinion the builder was in a hurry to get to the carving and rushed the basics. I've also seen carving that appeared to be in my opinion...
  10. Loyalist Dave

    Caps found online

    Good on ya Thanks for the heads up! LD
  11. Loyalist Dave

    Mango Wood For Pistol, Rifle, or Musket Stocks?

    So what I would do is remove the bark from the tree pieces, and PAINT the ends of the pieces with oil based paint. I was taught that when self drying harvested wood, that to prevent cracks from forming lengthwise due to drying, one paints the ends of the log(s) with oil based paint, or latex if...
  12. Loyalist Dave

    What has more effect on POI, muzzle velocity or recoil.

    WAY too much modern stuff here folks. LD
  13. Loyalist Dave

    FOR SALE Veteran Arms Brown Bess Flintlock Musket

    Click on the sellers Avatar (some folks call it an Icon) A menu will appear and in the lower corner is a spot that reads "start conversation" Click on "start conversation", and it starts a private conversation. We don't recommend posting private phone numbers or addresses in the public...
  14. Loyalist Dave

    .36 Colt Navy that powerful??????

    And with that observation, there has been quite enough discussion, and perhaps way too much involving modern, cartridge performance from handguns. LD
  15. Loyalist Dave

    Ducks Unlimited Thompson Center

    Hello, and welcome. Sorry to write, that such a commemorative marking on the rifle doesn't add to its resale value. The rifle appears as a Thompson Center New Englander. The value on that from what may be seen from the single photo, depending on external rust and bore condition, will be from...
  16. Loyalist Dave

    Who among us are PIPE smokers?

    I certainly hope this thread doesn't go down an off the topic rabbit hole... I need to step outside and fire up my Churchwarden with some Virginia Flake.... LD
  17. Loyalist Dave

    Who among us are PIPE smokers?

    Not sure how the op's thread beginning about which members of this forum are pipe smokers invited opinions about the act of smoking a pipe? AND since pipe smokers do not take the smoke into their lungs as a cigarette smoker does, I will leave this comment be.... LD
  18. Loyalist Dave

    An introduction to Flintlock guns, advice needed.

    So just understand that ALL flintlocks have a quirk or two. Something odd in the way that they reliably function. No two are quite alike, even if they have sequential serial numbers from a factory, or were made together by a builder. When it arrives and you try it out, I'm sure the numerous...
  19. Loyalist Dave

    What is my new dog lock musket, or doglock musket, supposed to be? And who made it?

    I'm thinking it's Rifle Shoppe parts as the lock is most definitely NOT India made, and the barrel was made by Ed Rayl. LD
  20. Loyalist Dave

    I have to rethink the spare cylinder idea

    This is a good point, BUT nobody has showed evidence the reason for the spare cylinder was, and only was, a "quick reload". The problem with this is "damaged" from what? How? So you don't get the revolver repaired OR it was so badly damaged that it cannot be BUT the cylinder survived...
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