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  1. dave_person

    Building a British Pattern 1800 Rifle (Baker)

    Hi Rudyard, Thank you so much for that information. It is very helpful. I breeched the barrel and mounted the standing breech. Installing the hook breech plug is really easy. You just paint the end with a Sharpie, screw it on and tighten until the black marks show it is seated in its...
  2. dave_person

    Building a British Pattern 1800 Rifle (Baker)

    Hi and thanks for looking, I love your stories Rudyard. It seems after the American War there was a lot of heated discussion in the British Army about rifles and riflemen. The war concerning the French Revolution began the ball game and then Napoleon came along and really upped the...
  3. dave_person

    Building a British Pattern 1800 Rifle (Baker)

    Hi, Thanks TFoley for that information and I'd love to see the video. Bob, they did copy from the German military jaeger rifles. Prior to developing the pattern 1800 they outfitted several companies with rifles purchased in Germany that look very much like the Baker. British gun makers...
  4. dave_person

    Building a British Pattern 1800 Rifle (Baker)

    Hi, Lots of work to do and it really helps to have a welder. Having a welder allows me to relax a bit because I can fix just about any mistake. The cast parts were pretty good but the plate was warped and after flattening the outside surface, much of the cast in stamping was gone. No matter, I...
  5. dave_person

    Building a British Pattern 1800 Rifle (Baker)

    Hi, I began this project months ago but did not take or post photos. We are so busy it is difficult to keep up with posting projects. Anyway, I am making a Baker rifle from a TRS parts set. It will be the first pattern 1800 rifle including the famous sword bayonet . I never handled and...
  6. dave_person

    NWTG in the Colonies?

    Hi, I think folks get confused about militia during the Rev War. Most militiamen had military pieces with relatively standard bores so they could be supplied by the colony with standard ammunition. Otherwise, logistics would be a nightmare. Perhaps it was a bit more freestyle in the South but...
  7. dave_person

    NWTG in the Colonies?

    Hi, An English fowler like the one Kibler makes or even higher quality was one of the most common guns in the American colonies, north, south, east, and west. These were not cheap "trade" guns, rather good quality English sporting guns and very affordable. Wilson, Bumford, and Turvey were...
  8. dave_person

    countersinking tang bolt head into tang

    Hi, The solution is to counterbore the hole. It is not always possible to drill the bolt hole perfectly perpendicular to the tang. I do what good British gun makers have done for centuries. There are special counterbore bits you can buy but I simply select a drill slightly smaller than the...
  9. dave_person

    Stain before carving... So what could go wrong ?

    Hi, Look at this thread. Best to read all of the parts about staining, carving, silver wire, and finishing. https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/kibler-kit-assembly-and-carving.133549/page-4 Doing just a little silver wire inlay is like playing "where's Waldo?" because the effect is so...
  10. dave_person

    Nickel silver

    Hi John, The discoloring takes time but can be avoided by periodic polishing. The yellowing is very subtle and you won't really notice it until you place the piece next to real silver that is not greatly tarnished. Here is an example of it on a fine English fowler from the 18th century. You...
  11. dave_person

    Nickel silver

    Hi, German silver or "nickel silver' is an alloy of nickel and copper. It is silvery all the way through but over time yields a yellowish tint because of the copper. Because of that, it is easily distinguishable from actual silver. dave
  12. dave_person

    New Work: Rifled English Fowler Stocked in Maple

    Hi, Done. It took a while for the finish to cure given the high humidity but it is well baked now. It has a Rice 54 cal, 42" octagon to round rifled barrel. The stock is red maple and the lock is Chambers colonial Virginia. The butt plate is a modified "Dubbs" long rifle plate and the...
  13. dave_person

    Kibler Carved Woodsrunner Wood Choice?

    Hi, I suggest using maple just not a piece with a lot of figure. Carving on most black walnut kind of gets lost in the cold dark recesses of the wood and cherry would look OK but maple would be stronger and more appropriate for the gun. When finishing around carving, particularly incised...
  14. dave_person

    Bow and arrow verses Flint Guns

    Hi, Good table. The African trade for slaves, gold, ivory and timber was a major consumer of cheap British guns. It kept many tradesmen in the British gun industry employed during lulls between government contracts for muskets and other guns. The British government encouraged it because it...
  15. dave_person

    Woodsrunner, Is this normal for walnut?

    Hi, Any water based yellow dye will work. I use simple dry yellow aniline dye from Brownells then mix it in water. With respect to concentration, it really depends on how purplish and cold the black walnut is. More intense yellow is needed if the wood is really like this light gray purplish...
  16. dave_person

    Kibler Woodsrunner Rookie Build ?

    Hi, Install all components, make sure they work and fit. My preference is to next decorate, sand, stain and finish the stock. While finish is drying, you can clean up and polish the hardware. When polishing the hardware, I urge you to always back sandpaper with wood or something that prevents...
  17. dave_person

    Bow and arrow verses Flint Guns

    Hi, For those wanting scientific documentation about the effects of introduced diseases on native Americans during early colonization, here is a link: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/2/09-0276_article Also Charles Mann's two books "1491", about the native Americans before Columbus and...
  18. dave_person

    Bow and arrow verses Flint Guns

    Hi, Disease was the number one killer of indigenous peoples and most of the eastern American tribes were destroyed by it before Jamestown or Plymouth happened. There were quite a number of early voyages to America before the English colonists to transmit disease to the natives. Basque fishermen...
  19. dave_person

    Bow and arrow verses Flint Guns

    Hi M.De land, Agincourt was won because the French knights fought dismounted and got stuck in the mud. Crecy was a better demonstration of the bow and they were ineffective at Poiters because the French locked shields and advanced rapidy on the archers. By the late 1400s, an arrow from a long...
  20. dave_person

    Bow and arrow verses Flint Guns

    Hi M Deland, What a wonderful question!!!! Oh boy, I love these. So, if bows and arrows were so effective against English and French colonists, why did native Americans desire firearms so aggressively? It was the same in Europe during the 16th century. If the English long bow was so...
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