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  1. satwel

    Best Period Military Musket

    I believe the English Fowler/Officer's Fusil that Jim Chambers sells is correct for F&IW. I'm finishing one right now. It's a great kit. http://www.flintlocks.com/rifles05.htm
  2. satwel

    Anyone use Choke Tube Lube?

    Not a waste of time at all. I've always used choke tube lube,from Birchwood Casey, on the nipple threads of my two Enfields and my Sharps New Model 1863. Why risk getting them stuck from BP fouling or stripping the threads?
  3. satwel

    New to flintlocks

    When you say misfire, do you mean the pan did not ignite due to insufficient sparks? If the pan ignites does the main charge in the barrel go off? Is your flint long enough to almost touch the frizzen when the lock is at half ****? Is the flint wrapped in a piece of leather or lead? Many...
  4. satwel

    Fiberglass ramrod for Pedersoli Jaeger

    Please do not use a fiberglass ramrod. They trap and hold abrasive particles and will ruin the rifling in your bore. Years ago the Bevel Brothers in Muzzleblasts magazine conducted experiments with a variety of ramrods using scrap lengths of barrels to see which would produce the most wear. The...
  5. satwel

    Installing new bayonet lug

    As the previous poster said, low temp silver solder works well. But the lug to barrel fit has to be very tight. I wrapped medium grit emery paper around my musket barrel where the lug was to be located and slid the lug back and forth on the emery paper until the bottom of the lug was concave...
  6. satwel

    Fusil DeChasse

    I haven't tried shot loads yet. For a patched .590 round ball, I shoot 70 grains of 2F.
  7. satwel

    62 fowler

    I shoot a .590 ball with 70 gr 2F using a .010 prelubed patch. If I do my job, it can deliver rifle-like accuracy out to 50 yards. I shot only rifles for years so when I built my first smoothbore, I started shooting patches that fit as tight as a rifle - requiring a short starter to load. After...
  8. satwel

    Pouch or shooting box?

    ArtBin Twin Top Storage Box that I bought at **** Blick is what I carry to the range. I used to have a small wooden tool chest that I bought at a garage sale, but 5 years ago I switched to this. With the removable tray and the two smaller compartments in the lid, I find it the perfect...
  9. satwel

    How Far Is “Musket-Shot”?

    Something in that linked article doesn't make sense. Based on personal experience competing at many NMLRA matches, I don't see how a ball fired from a Bess, point blank,can travel 300 yards. When we shoot from the firing line at 50 yard targets in a match, our flintlocks are pretty much level. I...
  10. satwel

    Long Land Pattern 1742

    Ike, I too noticed the lack of a screw head on the frizzen pivot. Also the finial of the frizzen spring is unusual. What I question most is the Tower 1742 on the lockplate. I'm not an expert but I believe in 1742 there should be a name of the lock maker instead of Tower. When the Brits did away...
  11. satwel

    1853 Harpers Ferry Help

    I have seen more than a few Model 1841s auction for between $1,000 and $2,000. Most of those were from Harper's Ferry. The one you are considering seems to be in better shape than the ones I've seen, with some of the original brown varnish remaining on the barrel. As a previous poster said...
  12. satwel

    Dimpled balls again

    When I started shooting a smoothbore, I experimented with textured balls that I rolled between two rasps. I didn't see any difference in the consistency of my groups. I wish I could remember where I once read that the US Ordnance Dept experimented with improving round ball accuracy somewhere...
  13. satwel

    Northstar west Officer musket?

    I don't have any personal experience, but I used to work with a guy who has been building musket kits for re-enactors for years. He was hired to put one together for a client and was very impressed with the overall quality of the parts-and he is hard to please. One day, he brought in the lock to...
  14. satwel

    Sling for 1st Model Brown Bess

    I have no experience with this company, but might be worth checking out. http://www.najecki.com/repro/Musket.html
  15. satwel

    Cleaning my Brown Bess

    Every chemical component of black powder is water soluable. Water is all you need to clean. I add one drop of dish detergent to break the surface tension. It makes the water "wetter".
  16. satwel

    Making and shooting military paper cartridges

    I have two comments about your nice video. I wonder which end of the cartridge went in the muzzle first after the powder is dumped down the barrel, the ball or the torn end. I asked the NPS historian at Springfield Armory National Park and he said the Americans put the cartridge in the muzzle...
  17. satwel

    Wooden Ramrod for Brown Bess

    If it hasn't been shortened, the Willets 1746 Bess made from the Track-of-the-Wolf kit, has a 46" barrel. The ramrod supplied with the kit is 48".
  18. satwel

    Patched RB?

    Yes, I always use a PRB in my 20 ga French trade gun. .590 ball with a .015 patch. Starts easily with just thumb pressure.
  19. satwel

    cleaning a smoothbore

    I used to use the Peroxide, Murphy's Oil Soap, Alcohol mix, but the peroxide caused flash rusting in the bore in a matter of minutes. Now I leave out the peroxide, it's not needed. Everything in BP is water soluable without the need of an oxidizer.
  20. satwel

    Wilson made Flint Musket at Valley Forge NPS

    If you have a copy of A soldier-Like Way. The Material Culture of the British Infantry 1751-1768 by R.R. Gale, look on page 115. There are photographs of a gorgeous Officer's Fusil made by Charles Pickfatt of London, c 1745. It uses those same bulbous ramrod pipes that you describe. Similar to...
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