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    Change Zoave sights ?

    My friend bought an Enfield and we couldnt print in the black at 25m on a 6 o'clock hold on the pistol card. I made a higher foresight like this: 1) Cut a bar down to the same size as the foresight base 2) make a saddle on the end to go over the original foresight 3) cut the bar down to...
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    Roman Wheellocks

    Thanks for dropping in and letting us know! I will keep an eye out for anything about these pieces.
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    1860 Army Cylinder Jamming

    I note it was the first time shooting that revolver. I had that also. As I dont know what your technique is like, please forgive if you did everything I say already. 1) Make sure you butter the front of the chambers with a good amount of lube, it softens the fouling and helps the thing keep...
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    Accidents and ML'ers

    +3 I have done parent helping at scouts, and my main shooting fun is taking groups of kids and giving the history lesson, safety and operation and letting them shoot whatever I show. My flint pistol demands the teacher's readiness to deal with misfires and much higher likelihood of the loaded...
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    Convert Target revolver to fixed sights?

    Darn straight - I ruined it already! :v But as there are some borders and law changes from your place to mine, it was easier to do it my way. Thanks very much for the offer though!
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    Convert Target revolver to fixed sights?

    I think so... I want to shoot with the people doing it for real, by the the rules and not con myself that I am doing it better by taking advantage of additional technology.
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    Convert Target revolver to fixed sights?

    Finally shot the revolver (in a match) and the group is about 4" (100mm) left and 3" (75mm) high from a normal 6 o'clock target sighting hold. Calculating it with the sight radius I get 1.1mm right rearsight move, and 0.76mm file the rearsight down. This leaves the sight groove at the extreme...
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    Loading from flask to barrel

    There have been a number of kabooms, some resulting in damaged hands and others in fatalities. One class of incident is caused by not embers, but this: David Sargeant photo Open containers of powder go whump when those sparks blow into the powder; but in Europe at an indoor range the...
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    Loading from flask to barrel

    I have seen potential embers in a revolver cylinder, when a guy made paper cartridges with cigarette papers and rammed them whole into his cylinder. The little twist on the end stayed in the back of the cylinder, all charred. I found it blocking the nipple when trying to figure why the...
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    Making A Front Sight For An 1860 Army Repro

    Mine is a Navy Arms/Armi San Paulo 1860. The foresight is set in a circular trough, like a Woodruff key. Punching down on the tail of the bead therefore rocks it in the trough, lifting out the front of the sight where a chisel can pick it the rest of the way out. Cut a piece of sheet brass with...
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    Convert Target revolver to fixed sights?

    SO... finally got most of it done. I got possession of the revolver after Christmas, and have been pottering away on the project bit by bit. My plan was to put a Remington style pillar foresight on a dovetail, and have a rearsight slot milled along the top strap; then either dovetail a...
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    Finished Wheellock #2

    I am guessing the reason the photobucket link isnt working is I need to get an account? Pictures of wheellock builds are very very popular in the pre-flintlock forum. When you get some into this post I will be very keen to see!
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    Info on CVA?

    As people say, there were quite a few models. I have owned 2 and like them a lot. However there is a danger point: the front of the trigger plate can compress the wood supporting it and gradualy over time the triggers dont let the sear engage the full **** notch properly. Result: negligent...
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    japanese brass/bronze springs

    Ironmaking in Japan was advanced but small scale and high cost. The ironsand was magnetite sand, probably washed out of river-sand with sluice boxes - ie water-borne density separation. These days such material is separated magnetically. Great chapter on ironmaking in Yoshindo Yoshihara 'The...
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    Welders

    I b ought my son an Oxy-LP Gas set. It uses BBQ gas bottles as fuel, and halves the cylinder rental expense of oxy-acetylene. Here it costs $150 per year in cylinder rental for the Oxy and another $150 for acetylene. For a torch I used maybe once a year and maybe not, when I had $50 a month...
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    Stock shape help

    Alternatively, post a pic or link or reference to a later version that has some characteristics of your intended piece.
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    Matchlocks in action at Australian M/L Championships

    Keep the match separate while loading, and load pre-measured charges instead of keeping a horn or open tub of powder (and no mat filled with spilled powder) - it should be quite safe if you handle it carefully.
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    Matchlocks in action at Australian M/L Championships

    The dangling string does need to be managed. The matchlock users at the range keep the match separated from the gun during loading, with the buring end inside a perforated can at the other end of the bay, on a table to the rear, or on the deck. Once loaded primed, cocked, pan cover closed and...
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    Matchlocks in action at Australian M/L Championships

    These Japanese type snap-matchlock pistols shot very good scores in the Australian Nationals. Some camera club members came and took photos which got the firelocks between sparks and discharge. Photos by David Sargeant - I grabbed this photo on my phone of a matchlock in the racks. I...
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    lee perfect powder measure???

    I use mine for Black and I like it a lot. Make sure to follow the instructions - where it says to run graphite powder through the measure before use. This ensures that the plastic has a conductive surface, so static charges cannot build up on it. I got my graphite at the local hardware in the...
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