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    Uberti 1851 London Model

    As some of you may know, since the Fall I've been tied up with some issues at my main gun club. All that culminated in me buying land to set up my own range. Following that, I was elected to be the president of the club...which as been a lot of work. So, I've been off the boards for awhile...
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    Fort Roberdeau 18th Century Market Fair & Rifle Frolic

    Last week I attended the Fort Roberdeau 18th Century Market Fair and Rifle Frolic at a restored Revolutionary War frontier fort in the mountains north of Altoona, Pennsylvania. This is really two separate but coordinated events, with the Market Fair located at Fort Roberdeau. The camp at the...
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    Making and shooting military paper cartridges

    Alden and Artificer, Thanks for the great input. You provided me with lots of detail that I didn't know. As I said, I'm not a military reenactor. For what it is worth, My canard about line infantry not aiming comes from the book, "Wellington's Rifles; the origins, development, and battles of...
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    Making and shooting military paper cartridges

    I recently tried my hand at making paper cartridges. As will be obvious, I’m not a military reenactor, so this was a learning experience for me. But once I got a good batch of cartridges made, I filmed an extended firing sequence using a reproduction of a .69 caliber, 1766 Charleville musket...
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    Shooting a Charley

    The French Charleville musket was the principle battle weapon of the Continental Army during the American War of Independence. This .69 caliber smooth bore influenced American military arms design for the next 50 years. And after the war many veterans brought their old service arm with them to...
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    Sighting In

    This particular rifle is a TVM Early Virginia in .54 caliber. I've had it for about seven years, but I had to sight it in again because I was having trouble seeing the thin iron blade front sight. I installed a new silver blade front sight with a thick blade that I can see much better. So, I...
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    Sighting In

    At 15 yards, I can't recall ever shooting a group with any load that wasn't a single hole or a clover leaf. I usually work at 50 yards to find the best grouping charge. But I've gotten lazy over the years. I've never had a .50 caliber rifle that didn't shoot great with 75 grains of 3Fg or a...
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    Sighting In

    Sighting in a flintlock rifle isn’t an exact science. I’m pretty sure there are any number of ways to do it. This is what I do. I shoot from a bench rest starting at 13 yards. At 13 yards, I just want to get the windage dialed in. I leave elevation alone, unless it is so bad that I can’t...
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    striving for period correct 18th century shot loads

    It is a thumper, but how many shots will you make while Squirrel hunting? I can feel it, but It isn't 't awful
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    striving for period correct 18th century shot loads

    From Duro-felt http://www.durofelt.com/image_26.html
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    striving for period correct 18th century shot loads

    Here is part two of the video series using a 20-gauge, flintlock Tulle Fusil de Chasse to demonstrate period correct loading methods for civilian smooth bore guns. In this episode I’ll be showing various ways to load shot. As in part one, this video will contain both loading and shooting...
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    Period correct round ball loads

    Spence, can you post a picture of that ramrod end. I think I'd make one, but I want to be sure of what it needs to look like. Thanks, Mike
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    Period correct round ball loads

    Spence, I'll have to go digging to find it, but the context is this. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gage was writing about skirmishers being more accurate shooters when loading with loose powder and ball than when loading with prepared cartridges. However, that required them to be equipped with...
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    Period correct round ball loads

    I’ve been playing around with different, period correct loading methods for round balls. I included cloth-patched balls, even though there doesn’t seem to be any documentation for the practice, but I find it hard to believe that it wasn’t done, especially in areas where rifles were common. Here...
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    Lehigh County inspired flintlock rifle build - Update #6

    In this episode of the Lehigh County inspired flintlock rifle build series I'll inlet the lock plate into the stock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2KWhiVmeqM
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    Lehigh County inspired flintlock rifle build - Update #5

    This update was supposed to be about inletting the lock plate into the stock, but it was going to be so long that I had to divide it into two episodes. So this video will cover the steps needed to prepare the stock and also to prepare the lock so the lock plate can be inletted into the wood...
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    Lehigh County inspired flintlock rifle build - Update #4

    In this installment of the Lehigh County inspired flintlock rifle building project, I’ll inlet the barrel pinning tenons into the gun stock , and then drill the pin holes using a drill press and an R.E. Davis company point to point drilling fixture...
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    Lehigh County inspired flintlock rifle build - Update #3

    I just put Update #3 of the Lehigh County inspired flintlock rifle build up on YouTube. This update covers dovetailing the pinning tenons to the barrel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOSfzePo-eY If you missed Update #2, you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or072_dvNJU
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    Firing the LeMat revolver

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    Firing the LeMat revolver

    Here's the full video on the LeMat cap & ball revolver. This is the nineteenth century version of the Taurus Judge. Lots of shotgun barrel shooting in this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5M-QQIOc5k
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