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  1. Colonial Boy

    Need help with old double barreled gun identification

    Thats not patina that’s just plain old rust and it will destroy the gun and any value.
  2. Colonial Boy

    Hello from Louisiana

    Welcome from New England.
  3. Colonial Boy

    Howdy

    Welcome from New England.
  4. Colonial Boy

    New member

    Welcome from New England.
  5. Colonial Boy

    Working out of a traditional tool chest?

    The Armourer’s chests to which I referred were these type . Note the legs on the chest, these were stored inside. There was also a small vyce, with a back moving jaw that mounted on a block of wood at the front left corner. These are obviously WW II but WW I were much the same and no doubt...
  6. Colonial Boy

    Late English Ordnance Pattern matchlock

    Additionally, Victorian era looks were just the same except for the small round brass disc that marked the reign in which they were made.
  7. Colonial Boy

    Working out of a traditional tool chest?

    Having worked for years out of an Armourer’s Tool Chest, I am a firm believer in benches and lots of shelving. For cultural reasons I won’t show my workshop.😡😡
  8. Colonial Boy

    Late English Ordnance Pattern matchlock

    I’d believe that obsolete barrels and other bits were also shipped to the colonies or imported by gunmakers. I know that door locks from the Georgian era were imported into NSW during the reign of Queen Victoria. I once owned a building that was built in 1872 and all the doors [6] were fitted...
  9. Colonial Boy

    English blunderbuss rifle

    Very interesting gun and a prize for any collection. I’ve seen the brass funnel addition before and the.hammer block safety is rare also, more usual is a pivoting block that the breast of the hammer rests on and that falls away upon cocking
  10. Colonial Boy

    Hello from Poland!

    Welcome from New England, I’ve got a few Polish ancestors
  11. Colonial Boy

    Poorly Assembled Brown Bess Lock

    ‘’North and south’’ of the screw slots is usually the first thing I look at on a gun and other things.
  12. Colonial Boy

    Offhand accuracy with flintlock pistols ?

    Like the photos and particularly the video and I noted that the gentleman firing kept the muzzle pointing upwards even though the pistol was empty. shows the right attitude to safety. Edit. Just noticed aa I was showing it to my wife, he hit the disc, now that’s not bad shooting.
  13. Colonial Boy

    Poorly Assembled Brown Bess Lock

    On Re-enactors and firearm cleanliness. They were banned as a group from a range that I used to attend because the neglect of their weapons was considered dangerous. This did not apply to individuals who had shown the right attitude. Shortly after re-enactor groups were banned at this...
  14. Colonial Boy

    repair broken hammer

    With Rigby’s reputation for really great gun work there is no way that he or his gunsmiths would even consider using a casting for a hammer. Colt, Remington et al used castings for grip frames and trigger guards but not for hammers. Of the many hundreds of period hammer blanks that I have...
  15. Colonial Boy

    Hello from Youngstown, OH.

    Welcome from New England.
  16. Colonial Boy

    Not new

    Welcome back, from New England.
  17. Colonial Boy

    Minie ball in a Smoothbore

    I tried 20 gauge shotgun slugs in my flint trade gun and they performed OK but not as well as round ball, of course they are not a minie, being mostly hollow which means they are front heavy and so stabilise better.
  18. Colonial Boy

    Bad Hammer Angle

    The hammer looks good, you could take a bit off the cup at the back [but keeping a straight edge till the front] then recut the bottom of the cup till at right angle to the nipple and a shorter nipple might also improve the appearance. Edit. Looking at an enlarged view, it looks as though there...
  19. Colonial Boy

    repair broken hammer

    There is no way in the world that Rigby would have made a cast hammer.
  20. Colonial Boy

    Hello from Mount Dora Florida

    Welcome from New England.
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