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  1. Marplot

    Percussion Schuetzen Rifles?

    It is a ball starter for this gun.
  2. Marplot

    Percussion Schuetzen Rifles?

    won it today .36cal Fine California Percussion Halfstock Schuetzen Rifle by Bach
  3. Marplot

    Percussion Schuetzen Rifles?

    I am looking at buying a 40 cal Schuetzen Rifle. Anyone having experience with shooting these?
  4. Marplot

    Do You Actually Use Your Expensive Custom Guns or Keep Them as Safe Queens?

    If they can be shot, I shoot them! I have a couple that may not safe, otherwise let's go shooting. There is a joy carrying an old gun in the woods. It seems to like it and has a thirst for a kill. Even if only a squirrel! But I missed!
  5. Marplot

    Wood - Stunning

    I got it as well!
  6. Marplot

    Wood - Stunning

    I have a German unmentionable with very similar good wood. Gun was proofed in 1880.
  7. Marplot

    Wood - Stunning

    The burl is beyond fantastic! I think it is Circassia walnut. Possibly from the root of the tree. The carver really knew his business. Notice the grain straightens out at the wrist for strength.
  8. Marplot

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Making some Matchcord for my Tanegashima, matchlock. First soaked in Toilet bowl cleaner - Lye Then now soaking in Stump Killer - Potassium Nitrate
  9. Marplot

    Japanese Tanegashima Matchlock Arquebus

    The model for this gun happened was when a Chinese junk beached on a small Japanese island "shima." Two Portuguese sailors showed their guns to the Japanese. The king bought these guns and tried to get his swordsmith to make more. He was unable to do this until the Japanese king imported a...
  10. Marplot

    Japanese Tanegashima Matchlock Arquebus

    You had mentioned this book and I began an exhaustive search that finally paid off! Thanks for your help!
  11. Marplot

    Japanese Tanegashima Matchlock Arquebus

    I can't speak/read Japanese, but I found a first edition in english! Mint! It popped up on eBay and I made a lightning strike! Fastest mouse in creation! "THE JAPANESE MATCHLOCK A story of the Tanegashima - by Shigeo Sugawa"
  12. Marplot

    Japanese Tanegashima Matchlock Arquebus

    Finally got around to taking some pictures. It is just too blazing hot out there! But beat the heat and made a few pics
  13. Marplot

    What is Love?

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  14. Marplot

    Do you shoot old "Originals"?

    Thank you, Rudyard.
  15. Marplot

    Do you shoot old "Originals"?

    Tanegashima arquebuses, named after the island on which they were introduced by shipwrecked Portuguese explorers in the mid-16th century, were used into the late 19th century, long after matchlock firearms had been replaced by flintlock and percussion arms by Europeans and other western...
  16. Marplot

    Do you shoot old "Originals"?

    Silver Inlaid Japanese Tanegashima Matchlock Arquebus. Made somewhere between 1543 and 1850. Samurai. Silver dragon inlaid with smoke. 41" Octagon Barrel. .52 caliber Matchlock. Getting ready to try it out. Drying some homemade match cord.
  17. Marplot

    Need Help Identifying This Heavy Behemoth!

    Yes. The wing is to easily remove the sidelock. I have one on my Swiss Jaeger
  18. Marplot

    Burned!

    Just checked the sister forum MM, and he is not there anymore. But quite active still here.
  19. Marplot

    Need Help Identifying This Heavy Behemoth!

    Austrian, target, not a wall gun.
  20. Marplot

    Burned!

    The way he writes his posts has always made me suspicious. I never tried to buy from him. Red flags!
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