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    Barrel Swap

    I hope to have two swap-barrel sets any moment - a Pedersoli Charles Moore pistol with flint and percussion barrels/locks, and a Pedersoli Mortimer flint .54 rifle with 12G spare barrel. I haven't found that the pistols stay fixed one or the other. Cant say I am keen on the 12G, but it is...
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    .50 cal CVA

    Important safety information about your CVA rifle Read very carefully then test your setup. DO NOT TIGHTEN SIDE LOCK SCREWS OR TANG BOLT TIGHTLY. If there is any tendency to come off half ****, are to bump off full ****, check the trigger plate inletting support.
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    Carriage expense?

    Yep. :thumbsup:
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    Stretching gunflints

    That JB Weld bush would be bloody handy if they grow there though... :hmm:
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    Pedersoli Charles Moore pistol

    Photo by David Sargeant, taken at the National Champs at our Perth Muzzle Loaders Club range at Easter. He also took the amazing ones of Matchlocks firing in a post in the Pre-flintlock Forum Matchlocks at the Aussie National Champs
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    Cannon ID help needed

    Good idea. I know those processes can identify stress concentrators like cracks etc; can they also identify the material?
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    Pedersoli Charles Moore pistol

    I have one with two locks and barrels, tang not hook breeched. .44 smoothbore flintlock, and .45 rifled percussion. I am not good enough at driving flint yet to swear its accuracy, but the percussion is madman - aim at, hit it.
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    Cannon ID help needed

    Folks, I confess to some nervousness around guns that may or may not be cast iron. I have a cousin with a modern cast replica of one of Captain Cook's guns, on ships carriage, looking out from his gym down the driveway. His faux pas was load lightly, with a can of fuel as projectile. It took out...
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    matchlock's and modern world view

    Well, I am in PNG working, and all I can do is facilitate emails until I return home. Funny handshakes - are they what happen after the powder flask goes off while loading a matchlock? :headslap:
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    matchlock's and modern world view

    Squire Robin if you want I can put you in touch with the gentleman here in Australia. He speaks your lingua franca anyway. :stir:
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    Pedersoli Kentucky .50

    Congratulations! You sound like you got a good one. And as said above, if it needs parts Graeme Forbes can get them absolutely, the wait is a while but I find that the months fade from memory after a while. Regarding the wait, I bought my Pedersoli Mortimer Target flinter paid up in late July...
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    Wheellock (?) Photos

    Well, its impressive. They may have had half a gun when they started, but they didn't look at a pic of a real gun to build it from. The way the edge of the stock flat around the lockplate is rounded while the transition into the stock is sharp is pretty unique. The checkering and the...
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    matchlock's and modern world view

    The matchlocks used at my club give very high scores competing directly with flintlocks. They are snap-matchlocks and show fast locktime.
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    wheellock safety-how made?

    The safety on wheellock puffers pivots on the outside of the lockplate. It has a spike on the lever that goes into a loop made on the minor sear, which projects through a hole in the lockplate. There is often an external decorative part over the hole to protect the delicate parts from being...
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    Cannon ID help needed

    Well, its a good start seeing what a bunch of other guys think it is. I might be a newbie but there are smarter folk in the room. Those number stamps can be a bit of a signature; they are as recognisable as handwriting. They may be put on by the manufacturer or an owner eg for registration...
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    Japanese Matchlock -Sword combo

    Well, as someone with an interst in Japanese swords I think it would be regarded as an abomination. Guns were for peasants, and were dishonourable innovations. Swords represent the soul of the warrior and a thousand years of spiritual tradition. You would be nuts to hamper your sword...
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    Thirty Years War cannon, Ceske Krumlov

    I didnt pay attention to taper at the time but they look very close to parallel to me. I will get some more done on the photos later - my laptop just demanded a warranty claim and I cant do it at work here in the PNG Highlands.
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    Thirty Years War cannon, Ceske Krumlov

    Yes I have more, including some of those newfangled things that will never catch on (1850-1900 cast steel breechloaders). I got a lot of Ottoman and European cannon pics in Istanbul. I am a beginning cannon fan, and will appreciate the education from you all too. I can come up with a zip of...
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    Thirty Years War cannon, Ceske Krumlov

    House of Rosenberg owned Ceske Krumlov until 1611 and the five-petalled rose on the two older cannon is theirs. After that the House of Schwartzenberg owned it until 1947. They mostly didn't live there, so the town stagnated somewhat - so now it is the most amazing 500-year-old town isolated...
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    Thirty Years War cannon, Ceske Krumlov

    Eisenhammer asked for photos of cannon from this period, and I photographed some at Ceske Krumlov. These three bronze guns had two visible dates, two were the same at 1608 and the other 1644. You can see on the older two a five-petalled rose which is Rosenberg, the owners of the castle and town...
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