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@Cutfinger Yea I realized that AFTER I finished shooting. No different then shooting off shooting sticks. It was a long hot day. 65. I was burning up. ;-)

Finally got around to shooting it today for the first time. Six shots total. 60 grains of FFFg. Tried two different patch sizes, .010 and .015. Did four shots with the flintlocks and two with the percussion locks. 25 yards. Right barrel shoots to the left side of the target, left barrel to the...

Howdy from the Kenai Peninsula.

So last night I'm watching one of The Woodland Escape's videos and at the end the three guys are going to shoot and all three put their vent picks in the touch hole before loading. Theory being that a channel is left in the compressed powder in the barrel that aids in the flame from the pan...

Just received the silver version of the medallion my friend made. Wow! HOME RUN I'd say. This one goes to the squaw. Now I just got to convince him he can do one in gold for me.

Beautiful!!!

Thanks for a lot of great ideas folks. The toothpick idea would work for sure for just retaining the hand guard, but the hand guard retains the trigger assembly which, when cocked, is trying to push itself away from the wood so toothpicks alone may or may not be enough. Will definitely start...

300 Beaver (based on Mountain Man times when a beaver pelt was worth $5)

Rich thanks, here is the link. As I say later in my post it is not French but rather "Germanic" in origin. A Wheellock for me- resources please I need to fabricate three 8-32 screws that hold pieces of the lock together, that shouldn't be too difficult, and probably a very thin shim under the...

I've got two wood screws that hold the trigger guard on my 300+ year old wheellock that are stripped out. I could possibly fill the holes with something like plastic wood to give the screws some new purchase. But I'm guess there are probably better ways to deal with this. I'm not concerned about...

Excited to have located a Wheellock Wrench, and am told it is from the same region of Europe and the same time frame as my Wheellock. Fits the gun's wheel key and dog screw (two different sizes) perfectly. Also is an adjustable powder measure and has a screwdriver tip, plus a ring for attaching...

@Hammer1Down congrats! And thanks for the update. Share a bunch of pics and videos when you get back please.

I'm in need of a custom rig. Wanting to holster my two double barrel French pistols on a baldric, cross draw, near the belt so they won't interfere with my bear claw necklace (which has grown in length since I replaced the beads and added turquoise pieces as well). I also want to hang my French...

Sulphur is Class 9 Hazmat and would need proper packing, labeling and declaration. Potassium nitrate is Class 5 Hazmat and not permitted on passenger aircraft (except under particular rules). And proper packing, labeling and declaration of course. And what am I when I bring into a foreign...

@Hammer1Down I have hunted South Africa three times although not with a muzzle loader. A week or so ago I was asking a PH friend of mine about muzzleloaders in South Africa. He had one about ten years ago. But they are not popular in South Africa. There was a South Africa company, Camdix I...

With all respect that statement is too broad to hold water. In modern times there is everyone from me (probably 60ish rounds a year) to the range rats who shoot I don't know, maybe a thousand rounds a year or perhaps a little more. In historic times you have everyone from the farmer who uses a...

Next time I run balls we will see what happens. :) It will be a good learning experience since I've never done this before.

Thanks, and they are. The pistol that someone dropped in the past and dented the muzzle, which was swedged back open, shoots the person standing to the right of the person I want to shoot even close in, say 5 yards. The right side of that muzzle is a little shorter than the left side, I assume...

@Notchy Bob thanks for all the extra information, especially your take on the knife. I do really like the heft of it, and I agree with you that as sweet as knives are made by very talented artisans, equally sweet are knives made strictly for their utility that succeed at what they were made for.

Thanks for that info, sounds like an interesting book I need to check out.