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100% agree with the advice about not stoning down the top surface of the bent to shorten the trigger pull. I have had to repair a number of locks that have had this done, and which invariably end up catching the sear in the half cock notch.. I would also be very wary of reducing the height of...

It would appear so, yes....!

The red deposit is condensed sulphur vapour from the sulphur in the black powder. It only occurs when there is a lack of oxygen and moisture in the air. It very quickly oxidises to sulphur dixoide which almost immediatly dissolves in any moisture present. You see it quite often with paper...

I have done a few of these by TIG welding, shaping and then case hardening....

Yes, well you can encounter some quite savage Haggis around these parts, so a bayonet can be quite a handy backup strategy! Very impressive checkering there Dave...!

I got chewed commenting on this before as you see it quite often with "other types of ignition"! It is sulphur residue... if you breathe on it is usually turns black.

Indupitably! I keep dropping hints to the curator that we should really take it out and give it a go...! We may get there some day!

I use Swiss OB Special for priming, which I suspect may be even finer than 4F! It does come in 1/2lb containers, and a little goes a long way. I keep it in a little plastic puffer bottle that I think was orgininally supposed to be for icing cakes.. anyway it is brilliant for "encouraging"...

The Land Pattern musket (Bess) has its barrel pinned to the stock. There is an opinion that this is less accurate than later designs that use barrel bands. The logic is that a barrel will heat up and lenghten on firing and if pinned to the stock, may warp. Bands allow the barrel to expand...

Just a quick post for all you Fergie Fans out there.. This is an original Durs Egg Ferguson that is in Edinburgh Castle, and which caught my attention as a small boy... Ignore the L shaped piece in the trigger guard, this is the bracket holding the gun to the wall! This is clearly a...

Just finished my Baker, which is now on it's way down to the Proof House! Quite pleased at how the lock came out of the case hardening process...

My 46" Long Pattern Musket is proved for 7 Drams, which was the original full military load, but I would not want to shoot that much! I generally keep it to about 80-90gn FFg. I take my Long and Carbine Muskets to a game show near Inverness each year and shoot around 300 rounds over a couple...

Excellent build Dave! My Ferguson did leak from the bottom of the plug and I had to spend some time filing and scraping the plug base so that the trigger guard closed tight on the bottom of the barrel extension. It still leaks a bit, but at least I don't get a black streak on my hand and sparks...

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Well, To be honest, I am trying to understand Zonie's position..! I am aware that this is a muzzle loading forum and that the focus of discussion should be about these firearms, however I do question the tone and intention of the policing style I have encountered from the moderators. It...

I was aware, and I did take pains to point out that I was referring to the sulphur deposition rather than the firearm and that although it is a rare phenomenon in a muzzle loader, it is readily observable in a needle gun, and that its nature and cause was well known. My reason for describing the...

I occasionally shoot my Chassepot needle gun which uses a paper cartridge which gets blown out of the gun with each shot. It is a bolt action breech loader (Yes I know... Unclean, Unclean, but I am trying to make a point...) with a rubber sealing washer at the end of the bolt. The bolt face has...

Yes.. you know that, I know that, but the future is full of people who don't....! My suggestion for a "First Amendment to the First Rule" is.. "NEVER LET A LOADED GUN GET OUT OF YOUR POSSESSION"

Be careful with your charges with this.. mortar (..which is what you have) ballistics are a bit odd and looking at recommended loads for long guns will send you off piste! You should be looking at small loads of fine(ish) powder. Most of the burn will take place in the chamber and not in the...

I have dealt with gunpowder filled artillery shell that has laid underwater for over 150 years. On removal of the fuze, the gunpowder was as good as the day it was made.. Gunpowder is not a chemical compound, it is a mechanical mixture of simple elements and chemicals and, provided the charge...