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The terms you use are roughly interchangeable.. they all refer to barrels which were made from laminated, folded steel hammer welded around a mandrel. The original term "Damascus" was used to describe wrought iron and steel coming into Europe from the middle east, usually via Damascus. This...

I shoot a 16 bore Bland and a 12 Bore Armstrong damascus breechloaders.. both are nitro proofed and, provided you stick to light 1oz loads are fine. I was out last Saturday and dropped twenty pheasants with the 16, which, for a 150 year old gun is not bad I think! One of the problems with...

Rather than use beeswax, which can be acid or contain sugars, I would tend to use a proper museum grade conservation wax such as Renaissance for preservation. This wax was manufactured specifically to protect wood and metal and to produce a finish that will not attract dust, which is a real...

Pure lead impacts with total plastic deformation. To get reflection (bounce back) you need elasticity.. basic mechanics. You might be interested that the standard bullet stop in UK for 25yd ranges is a plain steel plate mounted rigidly to the back wall at 90 degrees to the line of fire. This...

Flint is a form of quartzite chert and, as I said, is found in Chalk or limestone deposits.. Flints are very hard and were used to face the outside walls of the Napoleonic forts on the south coast of England as protection against cannon shot. Here is a clip of a flint knapper from the early...

I had a double Jukar percussion ML shotgun until recently. It worked fine, but the balance was all wrong and the locks were very rattly. The barrels were ok, but did not take browning/blueing well..

True flint is only found on chalk. It seems to be produced by calcined water running through channels in the rock and depositing material. The flint appears as nodules in the chalk and is either mined or found on beaches where the chalk has weathered away. Flint has been mined in the South of...

I take my Bess to a game fair every year and man a "have a go" stall for the public. Although the gun laws in UK are fierce, a musket is classed as a shotgun and does not need to be used on a purpose built range. I go through around 300 rounds over the weekend using prepared paper cartridges...

Hi Folks, Sorry to drag this thread back from the February! I am starting out on a Ferguson Carbine build and have been looking around for background.. TRS seems to have moved with uncustomary speed and I have received my bits in less than three months! I have a bit of figuring out to do with...