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I used to roll tubes for reenactment loads while watching tv. Then I stopped watching tv. 🤣

Well. That’s gonna make it hard for him to answer. Reckon I’ll just imagine that it came out nice. Good for him. Jay

I can remember getting a big bag of hemp for $10… 🤣

Everything they said about grizzlies as quoted in DeVoto’s book: MONDAY APRIL 29TH 1805 [Lewis] I walked on shore with one man. about 8. A.M. we fell in with two brown or yellow bear; both of which we wounded; one of them made his escape, the other after my firing on him pursued me seventy or...

Any further updates? I’m curious to see how the project is coming along! No pressure, though- it once took me 6 years to get around to finishing a hand sewn 18th century shirt. 😳 Jay

He posted a link to a book written in 1791 by W. Cleator, called An Essay on Shooting: Containing the Various Methods of Forging, Boring, and Dressing Gun Barrels… Remarks on the Properties and Action of Gunpowder… the Methods of Training Pointers- - and a Short Description of the Game of this...

I just remember how Merriwether Lewis’s first account of a grizzly bear was his description of killing one and saying that it was no wonder the Indians were afraid ‘armed, as they are, with bows or indifferent fusils… but a competent rifleman has nothing to fear…” And how his second account came...

Dave, I think that photo is from the Ethnographic Arms and Armour page. You’re right on the attribution- late 16th or early 17th century. We use similar flasks at Jamestown for calivers, and bandoliers with wooden chargers (bottles) for muskets. Jay

Osage can be a little abrasive, but if you burnish it you should be fine- the rod shouldn’t touch the bore much, anyway. Just something to be aware of. Jay

I have one of those! ‘99?

FFg is all I use in my .45 Hawken, and it’s been good enough for every deer I’ve ever killed on purpose! (To kill them accidentally, I prefer a 6 cylinder.) Jay

I’m not seeing any evidence of that- if it was, we should see a more-or-less circular mark indicating the two separate pieces of metal. The first picture here is a locust-handled butcher knife I made in the late 90s. It has brass pins. The second is an antique I got from a friend- it had been in...

Yeah, definitely pins, not rivets. Mine often get the same cracking from not being annealed quite enough. 😳 There’s a real beauty in the simple, clean lines of this little knife. A lot of modern makers- myself included- could learn a lot from studying these older pieces. Like how to not stress...

Those aren’t cutlers rivets, they’re solid brass pins that have been peened over, and they’re documented to the Bronze Age.

Did you buy a gun? Shoot the darn thing. If you bought it as an investment, stick it under your mattress or whatever, but a gun is meant to be used. I won’t buy a gun I won’t fire. “It will lose a hundred dollars or so in value.” For me, I don’t care one bit. The resale value of my guns is my...

Welcome aboard, Andy. I’m down between Richmond and Williamsburg. The Olde Virginia Primitive Riflemen are having our 40th anniversary fall rendezvous in October- be a good time to meet some fellow shooters and maybe put that rifle through her paces. Jay

Just because you think “patch knives” weren’t a thing doesn’t mean THAT knife isn’t original. There have been knives in all kinds of shapes and sizes since before we were making blades out of metal. It’s hard to tell from the picture, but the styling and patina seem to be consistent with a 19th...

I pretty much only hunt deer with my muzzleloaders. Well, and I just started bowhunting on Tuesday. One of the main reasons we bought a house and land in Charles City was that it was a rifle county. Until the year after we moved in. 🤬 We can use unmentionables up to and including .50 BMG for...

I mean, it does specifically say in the item details that the materials are “wooden, bois, fer” (wooden, wood, iron) and “But make no mistake, this rifle is more than just a work of art, it is a formidable weapon designed for precision and reliability. The barrel, cleverly striped for maximum...