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UPS insured ($50,000 is their limit). Display Antique or Display Antique Replica. Never a problem.

If I may make a suggestion. Before unsoldering the sight, or bending the barrel again, or filing on the muzzle, let someone else (who is a decent black powder marksman) fire a half dozen shots and see if they experience the same points of impact as you.

This winter I'm spending a great deal of time amassing and reading all the books I can find relating to the fur trade. Currently have about 60 of which I've read around 20. It dawned on me that others might be interested in what I think about the books I'm reading, as I am interested in what...

The barrels are not choked.

Got it today. Haven't had a chance to use it yet but it looks perfect and the beavertail sheath is great as well. Thanks much Two Feathers.

Interesting, thanks.

The ring does give one something to grab to pull the wedge without any tools. And it looks OEM to the gun. I'm betting originally there probably was some tool in the case to assist, something with a hook end maybe.

Okay that's the best of the redneck solutions I think. And I've actually got a speed limit warning sign out on the highway that I plan on removing this winter, pole and all. Give me most of what I need, and my property came with a ton of 18 wheeler tires at the far end so maybe I've got the tire...

I love sourdough that when you bite into it, it bites you back. And let's see that would be how many store bought loaves of sourdough? Oh yea, zero. Best 'slap your mama' sourdough I've ever had comes out of California, but neither bakery will ship to Alaska, I guess since we are another...

Ahhhh, I was under the assumption that English proof laws didn't exist before 1813. Great information guys, I can't thank you enough!!!

Thanks guys. I was looking at this resource for proof marks which is I guess maybe from the same source. Proof mark dates for British Guns

Thought I'd add something else I spotted. I already determined that one pistol, the one holstered on the strong or dominant side, was fired much more than the other based on the wear and tear of both. Now that they are back in my hands I noticed at the bottom of each barrel a triangle shape is...

Okay, played around with the camera settings and came up with these. Definitely a crown over what looks like maybe a shield or roman numeral III with something under it.

Photo s with my iphone, the best I've got. And the marks are a bit blurred themselves. Here are some closeups, one with a "photoshop" filter applied to tray and sharpen the image.

Thank you so much Cutfinger for that information! Yes there are some marks, one on each barrel.

It sure looks like a sling attachment to me. But, if the sling was only attached to the key the first time you shouldered it the key would come out. I have zero knowledge of slings from this time period but seems to me that attachment point, if that's what it is, could only be used to keep the...

They had the benefit of knowing anatomy, and not being in pain and about to bleed out and/or pass out, and with two hands the ability to place the tourniquet and then loosen and move it if necessary and retighten it. Not to mention Quick-Clot and all the bandages to work with. Had you a CAT...

I'm currently working on the Zen in the Art of Shooting. You know, be the ball. To paraphrase Eugen Herrigel "The shooter ceases to be conscious of himself as the one who is engaged in hitting the bull's-eye which confronts him. This state of unconscious is realized only when, completely empty...

Gus, that's actually only true above the equator, so just Northern Africa. In Southern Africa, or Australia, with your shooting hand you push the rifle forward while pulling it back toward you with your non-shooting hand. I learned this first hand hunting in Argentina and Southern Africa. Never...

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