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  1. Steve Martin

    Muzzle filing to adjust POI

    I had a very similar issue last year with my Fusil de Chasse. Turns out it was a combination of TWO issues. My barrel was actually bent but I was able to correct it a good bit myself using a large drill press I rigged up. That took three careful bending sessions (with a long trip out to the...
  2. Steve Martin

    Who says gun shows are bad?

    I have been going to gun shows for over 40 years and they certainly are not as rich in old stuff or cool stuff as they once were. I used to like to go to antique shows a lot also and they too have changed a lot but, I think one of the reasons (that we overlook often), is due to the internet. I...
  3. Steve Martin

    Newbie looking for advice

    Others have already covered the basic information you asked about so I'll add just a couple of things I had to learn the hard way...DO BUY a good solid "range rod" something like a Creedmore rod for loading and cleaning. A wood ram rod (like what comes with the rifle) is just for looks! DO BUY...
  4. Steve Martin

    Beware the “S N E K” Powder Measure

    How COOL! Love it, you are a real artist.
  5. Steve Martin

    Stupid, stupid, stupid

    I can't say what shooting a double charge feels like since I have never done that (yet), but I have once double balled a single charge. My "friends" both walked well away from me as I got ready to shoot the double balls out...Didn't hurt the rifle a bit but I did have a nice bruise for a couple...
  6. Steve Martin

    NMLRA members

    I'm a member, good organization. TDM summed it up for me, I love Muzzleloader magazine as well.
  7. Steve Martin

    Boat anchor material!

    You say it works correctly when it's OUT of the stock? IF so, you MUST be having some sort of wood interference. Another idea is to loosen the lock plate retaining screw(s) and try it. I once had a similar situation and it turns out I was tightening the lock into the stock inlet so much it...
  8. Steve Martin

    Howdy from Old Hickory TN

    Welcome from NE Florida!
  9. Steve Martin

    Round Balls

    I have used them several times myself. Great company to do business with.
  10. Steve Martin

    Trade gun vent position

    Do what Pathfinder says - I have actually done it to one of my flintlocks, it works well. DO NOT try shimming up the barrel.
  11. Steve Martin

    Show your Muzzleloading gems.

    Here are a few of mine....75 caliber Brown Bess, nice .45 caliber Colonial style (maker unknown), Sitting Fox .62 caliber Trade gun, Centermark .62 caliber Fusil de Chasse and my TVM made .50 caliber Tennessee style rifle. I also have a .54 caliber Hawken that's a cap lock.
  12. Steve Martin

    Range Report Veterans Arms 1740 Long Land Brown Bess

    Blueliner67, a follow-up post if you will forgive me this after thought...Whatever you do, don't get frustrated by the process involved with getting good results from your flintlocks. For me at least, it was the learning and the discovering how to shoot these great historical firearms that has...
  13. Steve Martin

    Range Report Veterans Arms 1740 Long Land Brown Bess

    Blueliner67 - I have been shooting flintlocks for several years now and like you, I went through quite a learning curve. The result of that experience causes me to offer you a few loading rules for flintlocks...ALWAYS prick the vent after loading and BEFORE you prime. ALWAYS wipe clean the...
  14. Steve Martin

    Classic muzzleloader photos.

    Great photos - each and every one. Thanks to everyone that contributed, would like to see more of this on this site!
  15. Steve Martin

    Definition of "defarb"

    Yep, that about tells the tale. For what this might be worth to the O.P. - A few years back, I spent two weeks completely removing ALL the roll engraving and stamped information, mfg. name, caliber EVERYTHING from the barrel of a Great Plains Hawken replica I had just bought. Then, I did a very...
  16. Steve Martin

    Definition of "defarb"

    BritJoe is correct. I always understood it started back in the 1960's and was short for "far be it from me to judge" when speaking of another's attempt ta a historically accurate gun or tent or any such items.
  17. Steve Martin

    Midsouth Shooters Supply

    I have used them several times and always gotten first class service.
  18. Steve Martin

    Need help please

    Eric and Rawhide have given you very good advice. I was wanting to buy two "estate finds" that I thought were the holy grail until I examined them in person. My offer for them went from $1,000. each to $300. each! The seller was convinced he had antique gold and passed on my offer. Three...
  19. Steve Martin

    Loyalists

    A great number of them left for England with the British troops and a large number immigrated north to Nova Scotia and Canada.
  20. Steve Martin

    Pedersoli Brown Bess

    I can't say how many ended up as "civilian" owned later but, we "Rebels" sure did pick-up a few of them at Cowpens and Kings Mountain!
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