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  1. plmeek

    .69 vs .75 out of a military musket - any difference in accuracy?

    Is that because of the size of the ball or something inherent in how the muskets were made, like the barrels and/or locks?
  2. plmeek

    Long Gone Classics

    I agree with your assessment of the Ithaca Hawken. As you probably know, Ithaca bought the Cherry Corners molds and tooling and used the Cherry Corners breech & tang, lock, and mountings on their Hawken rifles. They came up with their own stock design and used an aluminum alloy nose cap. I...
  3. plmeek

    Long Gone Classics

    The entry pipe and nose cap on your rifle was an extra cost option shown in their catalogs and price sheets. See the "Extras on finished rifles" in the 1979 Price List below. Not very many customers ordered that option even though it was more correct for a Leman half stock rifle. The...
  4. plmeek

    How accurate are printed pics from TOTW online?

    ' I'm not recommending using the jpeg images on the pages where you order the part, but go to the pdf versions of the catalog at this link. Track's Catalog 18, Out of Print Please use our FREE on-line catalog and web site. - Track of the Wolf My TOTW Catalog #18 is just under 8½ x 11 inches so...
  5. plmeek

    How accurate are printed pics from TOTW online?

    vintovka, Acrobat Reader pdf's of Track's last catalog are available to down load from their website. You can find it here under the Downloads tab. Find the page with the part you are interested in, download it, print it out as "actual" size.
  6. plmeek

    was there a "transitional Rifle"

    I don't know of a source that would specifically answer your question. I don't know of any Germanic rifle that is known to have been imported into the Colonies and dates to that critical period of 1730s and 1740s. Shumway's Rifles of Colonial America has a section on Germanic rifles and...
  7. plmeek

    was there a "transitional Rifle"

    I agree. I'm always skeptical of auction houses and their descriptions. I posted it because I too thought it "very likely an excellent example of the type of pieces exported here prior to the Rev War." As well as to point out how similar it looks to what we think were early colonial rifles and...
  8. plmeek

    was there a "transitional Rifle"

    The way I read this passage from Lienenmann's Moravian Gunmaking II, Caspar Wistar was importing rifles and rifle barrels as early as the 1730s: This question is much harder to answer because of the difficulty in accurately dating these early rifles. Assuming the early colonial gun stockers...
  9. plmeek

    Long Gone Classics

    The GRRW barrel making equipment went from Roosevelt to Duchesne, Utah, then to Grand Junction and on to Las Vegas, NV. None of it ended up with H&H Barrel Company that I'm aware of. In June of 2013, I traveled to Roosevelt, Utah to meet and interview some of the old GRRW hands. During our...
  10. plmeek

    Long Gone Classics

    Urban Coyote, Maybe you've already seen my website and this page -- The Heyday of the Hawken -- as you pretty much list all the makers I covered, but in case you or others haven't, I've include links that might be of interest. I noticed that I still haven't upload the section on Ozark Mountain...
  11. plmeek

    Swamped barrels...common?

    Cannon maybe...blunderbuss I doubt. The bore of the blunderbuss flares out also such that the muzzle has a funnel shape. Totally unlike a rifle muzzle. The flare and rings or bands at the muzzle of cannon could have aided in aiming like Rich Pierce mentioned in Post #19.
  12. plmeek

    was there a "transitional Rifle"

    If you are a member of NMLRA, you can go to their website, log in or create an account if you don't have one, and view all the past issues of Muzzle Blasts in pdf form.
  13. plmeek

    1792 Contract Rifle in Original Flintlock

    I apologize to Kansas_volunteer and others for not posting this sooner. I've been busy helping a friend with a project the last two days and didn't notice the email in my inbox.
  14. plmeek

    was there a "transitional Rifle"

    The idea of a "transitional rifle" has been around for a long time. Early writers such as Henry Kauffman and Joe Kindig, Jr. both wrote about it in 1960. The concept was that there was an evolution or linear progression from the short barrel Jaeger (30" or less) to the American long rifle...
  15. plmeek

    1792 Contract Rifle in Original Flintlock

    Ok. I got 'cha now. That's the way I see it, too.
  16. plmeek

    1792 Contract Rifle in Original Flintlock

    I'm not sure what you are trying to say with the passage I quoted above, and I may be taking the quote out of context, but isn't this exactly what Lewis did based on the letters he wrote to Jefferson and others. Didn't he concentrate his time and attention on the portable boat and leave the...
  17. plmeek

    1792 Contract Rifle in Original Flintlock

    It would be interesting to know more about the proposals made to Dearborn on the half stock design if you can remember those sources. It was such a radical departure for a military arm at that time. Half stock fowlers had been common in England and Europe in the late 18th century and half...
  18. plmeek

    1792 Contract Rifle in Original Flintlock

    I posted this earlier in the thread. Jake Hawken likely worked on the second run of the M1803 when they were made from 1814 to 1816, but he wasn't there during the initial development of the rifle. Speaking of "mud", seems like a lot is being thrown against the wall to see what sticks. What...
  19. plmeek

    1792 Contract Rifle in Original Flintlock

    kansas_volunteer was kind enough to send me a scan of the Frank Tait article from Man At Arms that kicked off the discussion on the 1792 Contract Rifle and Lewis & Clark. I am attaching two pdf files of it for those that would like to read it. I had to upload as two separate files, part 1 and...
  20. plmeek

    English Flintlock Information needed

    Two marks of crown over crossed scepters are early private Tower of London proofs if they do not have the BPC on one and the V on the other. Are they like these. We would probably need to see more pictures of the gun to be able to tell you more.
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