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    Spanish 1757 Replica Musket

    The Kneale and Lavin books are very good, but they focus on civilian weapons, not military ones. In the 18th century, both Madrid and Ripoll and Barceolona made very good flintlock shotguns. What you call "fowler". The most famous, beautiful and best finished were those of the Madrid school, of...
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    Spanish 1757 Replica Musket

    Hello. Let me know, all muzzleloaders bear the marks of the Eibar test bench. That same Dikar shotgun (imported by CVA in the United States) I have had it, and it had the test marks (700 Kp / cm2), as well as a stamp indicating the year of manufacture and testing. I do not know if yours will be...
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    Spanish 1757 Replica Musket

    Hello. Yes, Mendi, later called Dikar (and now Bergara Barrels), made a copy of the Spanish musket, model 1757, and also of the French Charleville, model 1728, with a "cow's foot" butt. I believe that this model was commissioned for Canada, although some were sold in Spain in 1980, when these...
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    Spanish 1757 Replica Musket

    Yes, it means that the weapon has been tested and approved for use with black powder, it already supports up to 700 Klgms/cm2. That pressure for a .72 caliber musket is achieved with a test load of 200 grains of gunpowder 3 FFFg and 864 grains of shot weight. As you can see, it is a much higher...
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    Spanish 1757 Replica Musket

    Hello partners. This musket was manufactured by Ardesa in tested in 1983 (this is known by the letter C*2) which corresponds to all weapons manufactured and tested in Spain that year. Ardesa assembled it, but it is possible that the barrel and especially the lock were already manufactured by...
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    Spanish 1757 Replica Musket

    Hello. As I live in Spain, if you put the photographs of the manufacturer's stamps and the Official Test Bank of Eibar (Spain) I can tell you in which year that 1757 model musket was manufactured and tested. Mendi manufactured it first than Ardesa and that of Mendi had a very good finish. Its...
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    JB shotgun

    Hello. I'm glad the shotgun works. A charge of 55 grains 2ff Swiss black powder and one ounce of pellet (28 grams) can work well for hunting. Kind regards from Spain.
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    JB shotgun

    Hello. This 20 gauge muzzleloading shotgun is manufactured in Spain, in the city of Eibar, and is tested in 1962 (corresponding to the letters "H1") at 700 klgms/cm2. If the barrels are not rusted and the thread on the nipples is not rusted it may be usable. But you have to check that the...
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    Ardesa Mountain Rifle

    Hello. As I live in Spain I can give you some information about that Ardesa replica of the Hawken. That model and also in caliber 50 was the first rifle that I bought in 1988, when I was 25 years old. If it is a 50 caliber, it has a 66" twist. Therefore, it is a good rifle to shoot with a round...
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    Dikar (CVA) Flintlock Frontier rifle.

    Hi. The starter is finished off with an empty shell of the 9 parabellum and it got stuck in the patch, because I cut the patches too wide for the 0, 440 ball. Greetings from Spain.
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    Dikar (CVA) Flintlock Frontier rifle.

    Hi. This morning I was at my shooting club (in Asturias, in the North of Spain), adjusting the sights on my Frontier rifle from Dikar (CVA). I have transformed it from percussion to flint-lock and it works great with the new Ardesa lock. I have used the following load: 45 grains of German black...
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    Can anyone give me some information on a flintlock I have owned for about 20 years pictures below

    To use it, just to make noise with 10 grains of 3 fff.
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    Can anyone give me some information on a flintlock I have owned for about 20 years pictures below

    Hi. Yes, it is a copy made in Eibar (Spain), of a Deringer percussion pistol. Branded "Mendi". Cheap and decorative gun, manufactured in the early seventies. Previous to what was later Jukar and Dikar (CVA for the USA market). It sure is smoothbore. It can be polished and personalized, but only...
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    Jukar Spain Rifle Pawn Shop Rescue

    Hi. Since I live in Spain, if you put a photo showing the entire weapon and another of the test bench stamps that are stamped on the barrel of the rifle, I can give you the information you need, such as the year it was manufactured. These marks are usually on one of the side faces of the barrel...
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    Help with Identifying gun CVA .54 Cal

    Hi. I have a Dikar advertising brochure from when the Mountain rifles were made. It is published in Spanish and English by Dikar. According to the information, the calibers 45, 50 and 54 in the Mountain rifles all have a twist at 66 ", and the caliber 58 (which is the one I have), at 72". At...
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    Help with Identifying gun CVA .54 Cal

    A friend of mine, now deceased, who if he lived would be 90 years old, bought here in Asturias (North of Spain), and in 1980, a kit of the Mountain rifle in caliber 50. On the barrel it said made in the USA and the famous advertisement "black powder only ", but the weapon was made in Spain, by...
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    Help with Identifying gun CVA .54 Cal

    Yes, there may be more information about the barrel that is on the faces hidden by the wood. If it has the stamps of the Eibar Test Bench, it must be seen below or on one side of the faces of the octagonal barrel. If you can, photograph them and upload them here. Another question: the wood...
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    Help with Identifying gun CVA .54 Cal

    Hi. As you know, those Mountain rifles were manufactured in Spain by Dikar, and marketed in the USA by CVA. If you tell me what brands the barrel has, and I mean the stamps from the Eibar test bench and the letters that are next to the numbering, I can tell you the exact year of manufacture. The...
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    .530 or .535 round ball

    Hi. On my 54 Pedersoli Hawken Rocky Mountain, I use 0.530 and 0.535 equally. With the first with a 0.015" patch and with the second with a 0.010" patch. At 50 meters the accuracy is almost the same, using 55 grains of Swiss No. 3 black powder (2 FFg). At 100 meters if I think that the 0.535 ball...
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    Traditions hawken

    Hi. I live in Spain and I have had an Ardesa Hawken like that, and also a 54 caliber. It is a very accurate weapon with small charges of powder. The barrel groove is not very deep, so it is better to use low loads. I used just 54 grains of 2 FFg and at 55 yards I mounted one shot on top of...
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