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    Bellybutton lint

    Been using it for years to start the backyard chiminea but I honestly thought this was going to be a thread about you using it for pistol wadding or somesuch.
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    Very Early Wheellock Pistol Plans

    I wonder who'll cheat and use a few bicycle chain links. :thumb:
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    WANTED WTB Civil War Arms

    https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/sharps-m1859-carbine-cal-54-52-updated-09mar23.158396/
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    Swivel Gun Mounting

    Think like you'd have to defend against the French and Iroquois crossing the Susquehanna. Period swivels had a yoke with a spike, much like the pintle of a modern machinegun tripod. That spike when into a mount on a boat's gunwale or a stump, either set in the ground or heavy enough to roll...
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    CLOSED 8in egg basket

    Just don't put all.... Obvious punchline is obvious. I'll be in town all day, folks. Try the chicken! [Get it? Chicken, egg basket? ]
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    SOLD - Pending funds WTS 1740 Potsdam Lock (TRS parts, assembled)

    Bump for all the Hessian and post-RevWar militia musket builders.
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    Brown Bess ID help please

    @Eaton54 - how long has your family been in Texas?
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    SOLD - Pending funds WTS 1740 Potsdam Lock (TRS parts, assembled)

    Been sitting on a shelf for 15 years gathering dust, The Rifle Shoppe parts assembled by someone else. Unfired, unmounted, in the white. Will require fine tuning to your build. TRS wants $400, $500 shipped USPS small priority with no waiting. The Rifle Shoppe, Inc. - German 1740 Prussian...
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    FOR SALE Parker Hale Musketoon barrel

    Have some inspiration.
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    WANTED destroyed stock wanted

    @Flintlock1640 Since it looks very very similar to period Springfield designs, why not expand your search to include those stocks? https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/ItemImages/000507/21110161_3_lg.jpeg After all, splicing as "close enough" piece is something that would have been done in the...
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    Cannon/Mortar for sale

    One would think here. https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/forums/firearms-for-sale-trade-wanted.92/ Neat Coehorn, btw. Bore diameter?
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    FOR SALE Sharps M1859 Carbine, cal .54/.52 (updated 14MAY23)

    Monthly floater. Anyone remember that scene in CADDYSHACK?
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    SOLD 1728 French Infantry Musket

    That'd cover a fair number of reenacting periods up your way. GLWTS.
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    FOR SALE Sharps M1859 Carbine, cal .54/.52 (updated 14MAY23)

    Same for all three pair of lands & grooves. Methodology - tapped projectile nose first into muzzle, to the depth of the first ring. Marked each of the three resulting 'flats' with a laundry pen and measured.
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    FOR SALE Parker Hale Musketoon barrel

    Took pics and plum forgot to post them. Thanks all for the interesting trade offers, but I'm reducing my piles of stuff. $300 + whatever USPS wants to get from me to you. Markings point to this being an Italian production barrel (on Parker Hale tooling). If you picked up the Musketoon 'kit'...
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    FOR SALE Sharps M1859 Carbine, cal .54/.52 (updated 14MAY23)

    1) Why not? :cool: 2) When I get a chance, I'll dig out a micrometer.
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    FOR SALE Sharps M1859 Carbine, cal .54/.52 (updated 14MAY23)

    Oh, it's clearly marked NEW MODEL 1859 behind the rear sight.
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