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  1. jbwilliams3

    First build. Would like PC/HC advice

    Then perhaps you shouldn’t comment on a thread in which someone has specifically asked about making their gun look like its antique counterparts. 99% of people won’t notice and won’t care, you say? Then why don’t we all just carry plastic stocked centerfire guns. And all living history should...
  2. jbwilliams3

    To rust brown a new barrel or leave it in the white.

    I’ve got a supply of 18th and 19th century bricks I’ve picked up over the years. I see them at historic sites all the time, but I wouldn't feel right taking even a small piece from those places. I have friends though with family homesteads that had no problem with me taking a few pieces from an...
  3. jbwilliams3

    To rust brown a new barrel or leave it in the white.

    What Dave Person said...
  4. jbwilliams3

    Working up a 38 cal (rifle) load

    That actually makes quite a bit of sense.
  5. jbwilliams3

    Working up a 38 cal (rifle) load

    I wouldn’t disparage FCI barrels in any way – too good a reputation and Charles Burton seems like a man who will do what it takes to get something right. However, I have a similar experience with a .54 FCI barrel. I’m quite sure it’s not the crown since the muzzle is coned. My patches are...
  6. jbwilliams3

    Lubing chewed balls

    I'm with you there. I like to shoot bare ball with tow or wasp nest or green leaves, etc. When I try a PRB it doesn't seem to improve anything. I also allow that I'm not a crack shot but I generally hit what I aim at.
  7. jbwilliams3

    Recreating a Flintlock Rifle

    Yikes, I'm imagining a beautiful rifle that's torn apart and remade into a zombie. Hopefully, it was a hack job to begin with and for the OPs sake, he gets the fantasy rifle he wants.
  8. jbwilliams3

    SOLD Red Painted Type G Trade Gun

    Sold Pending Funds. I can't seem to figure out how to change the status in the subject...
  9. jbwilliams3

    SOLD Red Painted Type G Trade Gun

    For Sale - Type G trade gun made by John Ruby - $1,200 shipped and insured CONUS. It is red-painted walnut stocked with a (just shy of) 47" 28 gauge (.55 caliber) octagon to round smoothbore barrel. Davis English trade lock with engraving. The barrel was custom made by the late JR Salvo who...
  10. jbwilliams3

    Any American style rifle kits similar to an English Sporting Rifle?

    I'm partial to English sporting rifles and Chamber's kit is a good one. I'm not aware of anyone making any Jeager rifle kits that are as high quality as Chamber's English rifle kit, though a Germanic style is another good option for a short rifle. Chamber's Little Feller Kit is like a...
  11. jbwilliams3

    WANTED Looking for .680 bag mold

    Found one...
  12. jbwilliams3

    WANTED Looking for .680 bag mold

    Looking for a .680 bag mold. Track of the wolf have been sold out for a while and Larry Callahan doesn't make that size standard (trying not to pay more for a custom size). I know I can get modern-style Lee, etc. molds but this is for living history, hence the traditional style. Please send PM...
  13. jbwilliams3

    Anyone here using a bag mould

    I have several and have casted thousands of balls with them. The vast majority of those balls were cast using an electric pot, though I have cast some over the fire. The fire is fun and a good practice for living history, but not very practical compared to an electric pot. As others have said...
  14. jbwilliams3

    The Old and the New

    I would love to see more pictures of that rifle. I love English sporting rifles and I see so few of them, much less fantastic examples!
  15. jbwilliams3

    Mink Oil

    Track’s Mink Oil is pretty good and I like it for cold weather shooting (My friend never offered me any of his supply of bear fat, so it’s my cold weather grease!) I’m sure there are additives to Track’s Mink Oil, but it’s clearly not silicone petroleum-based and is specifically intended for...
  16. jbwilliams3

    Where to get the best flint

    Perhaps he holds acquaintance with a bunch of dummies in the “flint crowd” who say that sort of thing. I’ve only heard guys say this sort of thing theoretically. As in in the scenario where one must choose percussion vs flint in a survival situation, a flint would theoretically be a better...
  17. jbwilliams3

    Alcohol in bore maintenance

    I think for most folks who do that, the main focus is on removing petroleum-based oil from their bore. The concern is that the petroleum product creates a nasty mess in the bore as opposed to natural lubes we all use for shooting. I've used natural grease for short-term storage before but I...
  18. jbwilliams3

    Cleaning jag & threaded Ramrod Tip

    Nice early quote, Spence, though I’m fairly certain the author’s reference to a worm is exactly like the worms we think of when we think tow worm. Not something with which you would push down a patched ball. Dave, where did you hear/read about jags in the 18th century? I’ve only ever seen and...
  19. jbwilliams3

    Had a chance to go play with my Kibler .32 cal squirrel rifle

    That'll kill a squirrel! That is one sweet rifle. I can almost feel how great that rifle handles just looking at the pics. Did you finish her up yourself? It looks fantastic!
  20. jbwilliams3

    UNAMERICAN

    There are dozens of full-time muzzleloading gunmakers in the U.S. today, amongst the many amateurs (many of whom rival the best of the best). Mike Brooks, Mike Miller, David Price, Ed Wenger, Jim Kibler, Roy Stroh, Mike Gahagan, Nathan Stephenson, Tim Williams, Chris Immel, Dave Person, Jack...
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