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  1. Fitzhugh Williams

    A pair of biguns

    But the lock says "A Tulle".
  2. Fitzhugh Williams

    Original Trade Gun/Fowler barrel profile?

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  3. Fitzhugh Williams

    Original Trade Gun/Fowler barrel profile?

    I bought the Fusil Fin kit years ago, but found it to be a heavy gun. The barrel of the original that it is based on is 51" instead of 48" (because it is 4 French feet (pieds) instead of US feet). It is a nice enough gun, but just too heavy for an old guy. I feel that with a properly profiled...
  4. Fitzhugh Williams

    2F For Everything?

    I use a priming horn fitted with a spout that you tap in the pan and it delivers a few grains of powder. The larger the grains just don't work as well. I use 4f in it, and whatever else I have in the barrel. Other than that, I doubt it would matter.
  5. Fitzhugh Williams

    Loading With Tow

    All you need is a properly sized ball and something to keep it seated on the powder. That would take a lot of tow. Once there is some fouling in the barrel that will usually be enough. But just to be on the safe side I will roll up a leaf and place in on top of the ball. Just powder, ball...
  6. Fitzhugh Williams

    Question about Revolutionary US rifle

    IMHO, the best option is to build a gun from a Riffle Shoppe kit. That is what I did after looking at the available options for a 1728 French fusil. However, it takes a while and is still not much more than 90% accurate. For instance, the barrel the kit uses is a Colerain that is slightly...
  7. Fitzhugh Williams

    Carolina Gun / Iron mounted

    A question please. The barrel flats, are they tapered?
  8. Fitzhugh Williams

    Frequent Long Rifle Barrel Removal?....NO!

    I like to coat the bottom of a barrel by rubbing a block of bee's wax on it. It makes a thick coating and last very well. And bee's wax comes in handy for a number of other things as well.
  9. Fitzhugh Williams

    Kibler's Longrifles new product announcement tomorrow

    This is incised carving and not raised, right? At least that's what it looks like on my old screen.
  10. Fitzhugh Williams

    Flintlock Kit

    If you are looking for a particular style of gun, many times the Rifle Shoppe is the only place a kit can be found. But be prepared for a little work and, at least in my opinion, get the lock in parts and assemble it yourself.
  11. Fitzhugh Williams

    Bullet stuck in barrel - with a twist

    Why not simply pull the breech plug and push the ball out?
  12. Fitzhugh Williams

    Rogers rangers musket photos please?

    There were pieces of musket barrel found on Rogers Island leading to the conclusion that the Rangers muskets were cut down. The pieces found were from 2" to 4" in length and probably removed due to damage to the end of the barrel. The muskets were originally 46" in length so a "cut down"...
  13. Fitzhugh Williams

    Barry Lyndon movie fakery.

    It seems that the French in the video above have trouble pronouncing the command for "feu". But then most reenactors do too, but in a different way.
  14. Fitzhugh Williams

    "Silk....... another 40 yards."

    The silk thing was just something made up by Michael Mann because he thought it sounded good, and made Hawkeye sound more knowledgeable. Also, he commissioned a much more correct rifle for Hawkeye, then didn't like it, thought the other later design looked better, and replaced it. And when...
  15. Fitzhugh Williams

    Fusil de chasse question

    I was thinking that the shorter length was 3 1/2 pieds which would be about 44 1/2 English inches.
  16. Fitzhugh Williams

    Fusil de chasse question

    Also, make sure the octagon part of the barrel is tapered as well as the round part. Many suppliers don't bother to taper the flats. Track, for instance, sells barrels that are tapered and some that are not.
  17. Fitzhugh Williams

    Should I reach out to builder or adjust at home? Gap between lock and barrel

    It is difficult to impossible to assess the quality of a build from pictures alone. The gun needs to be handled to determine to profile of the wood in most cases. But in your case the pictures speak for themselves and show that the builder, not necessarily the company owner, does not have an...
  18. Fitzhugh Williams

    Why not a Kukri

    Some years ago a collector friend came by two tomahawk heads with provenance to the Braddock's Defeat battlefield. They were not pretty at all. Small, plain and light. No good at all for chopping wood or the like, but when properly fitted with a suitable handle it makes a very quick weapon...
  19. Fitzhugh Williams

    Why not a Kukri

    I have heard that same story about North Africa in WWII. Makes me wonder if it's true or just a "good old story" that was passed down and altered to fit the times.
  20. Fitzhugh Williams

    Duelist1954 Lecture on 18th Century Smoothbore Shooting

    I watched the video yesterday in it's entirety. Seems like a lot of good information for a beginner, which probably who the video was designed for in the first place. I don't necessarily agree with everything he said, but then that is not unusual for me either.
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