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  1. TobJohn

    Matchlock pan & cover

    Luckily, there are a few "masters" around that can be helpful. Unfortunately @Pukka Bundook is the busiest with his real life.
  2. TobJohn

    Matchlock pan & cover

    Historically, I wonder if the pan was heated and then "stamped" with a tool to create a shallow depression?
  3. TobJohn

    Early 1500s Snapping Matchlock carbine

    The museum added new photos of this gun to their collections database: https://royalarmouries.org/collection/object/object-15576
  4. TobJohn

    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Very true. I’m still mulling over my future muzzleloader purchases, anyway
  5. TobJohn

    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Thats unfortunate but not surprising
  6. TobJohn

    Caucasian Miquelet "Cossack" Pistol & Locks

    Are you able to ship rifled barrels or only smoothbores? Importing into the US, I do not think it matters, but I assume other countries probably do not allow them.
  7. TobJohn

    Hello From Barcelona - Catalonia

    Welcome from Virginia! Barcelona is a beautiful city and home to the superior Spanish football team, lol! I loved the architecture when I visited.
  8. TobJohn

    Capandball got himself a handgonne

    You need to send him your front sight idea and have him redo his shooting, lol!
  9. TobJohn

    Why did odd stocks die out?

    The tricorn also evolved from the musketeer/cavalier hat and further evolved into the bicorn, which in limited use made it all the way to WWI. An additional fun fact.
  10. TobJohn

    Capandball got himself a handgonne

  11. TobJohn

    Late English Ordnance Pattern matchlock

    The earlier style (like Bill posted) were certainly used during the earlier part of colonization, so some were probably refurbished. I also assume guns from the home country were refurbished and sold to the colonies with new fire locks. The Plymouth museum even claims an unusual Italian...
  12. TobJohn

    Late English Ordnance Pattern matchlock

    I was assuming this type: https://royalarmouries.org/collection/object/object-28795 They match this TRS Kit: http://www.therifleshoppe.com/catalog_pages/matchlocks/(571).htm
  13. TobJohn

    Late English Ordnance Pattern matchlock

    Outside of the previously shared information, this is a bit after my area of knowledge, but I wonder if any proper English military units served in North America, pre 1700? My understanding of the conflicts against the French and the natives were that they were fought by the colonies, but if...
  14. TobJohn

    Late English Ordnance Pattern matchlock

    Never say never, but towards the later part of the 17th century, both Virginia and Plymouth/New England heavily encouraged the use of fire locks over matchlocks, with Plymouth even banning matchlocks in their militia.
  15. TobJohn

    Skill - barrel making - where to learn

    I know a german gunsmith, who specializes in exact replicas of pre 1650 guns, that uses a seamless hot drawn blank and then hand grinds them into shape, which seems like an exhausting and miserable process.
  16. TobJohn

    Hi from UK

    Welcome from Virginia! There are some great museum collections of muzzleloaders in the UK.
  17. TobJohn

    Mid 17th century barrels project

    If you want, send a photo of the mark on your barrel and I can look up the entry for it
  18. TobJohn

    Mid 17th century barrels project

    From this book: Brescian Firearms from matchlock to flinlock. A compendium of names, marks and works together with an attempt at classification, the below entry is the closest I could find to match the maker’s mark. There is a huge variety of makers marks that are a variation on “lazarino...
  19. TobJohn

    Neat “Moroccan Lock” action - Snaphaunce?

    This looks like the pan cover, in the forward position
  20. TobJohn

    Ottoman Guns

    Here are some links to his videos. His landsknecht arquebus is not quite as cool as your work, though. No dragon!
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