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HA! Will Romberg that one!

As Zonie said, Celebrate the ones you can not hide. Drilled a hole for a butt plate screw off center, very badly. Cursed a lot, thought about a new butt plate, then made the hole an oval, nicely centered on the width of the butt plate, countersunk it on both sides and poured some pewter I had...

Have both. A Bridger Hawken and a Chambers York. Like comparing an M1 to a Ferrari. Want a tough, heavy, big balls (that just comes out wrong) chunk gun - go Hawken. Want a slim, elegant, perfectly balanced, off hand gun, go longrifle. Different optimal designs for different circumstances.

Nice report on the subject, with data: https://www.blackpowdermag.com/touch-hole-ignition-timing/

G. Schroyer for one.

Ditto on the patch box. I have never seen a 2 piece, full skirted, side opening patchbox. That must have been a horrendous cut and fit! Inside pictures please! Latch in particular.

Oh, as to the pins, yea the Hawken has escutchens that hide the pins. There was so little wood left I was afraid to pin the keys, but again, Schroyer did pin his keys. I got scared as to where that pin would wind up.

The caliber is .45 - and it is dainty. I have a ToTW Bridger with a tapered barrel that is 1&1/8" at the breech. Looks like a tank next to the A Weight. Balance with that dainty barrel is amazing - but yea, bit scary to pull the breech plug. Took a lot of wood off the forearm to make it look...

Patch box was a copy of a G, Schroyer patchbox, as shown in Rifles of Colonial America (RCA) rifle #91, plates c, d, e. Copied the plate, sized the copy (ain’t technology great!) to match the depicted rifle size and transferred it to my rifle. Came across nicely, original errors and all! The...

This is a Jim Chambers Early York kit that occupied a lot of my time during the current COVID19 mess, so I named it Plague Rider. This is my fourth build, but my first Longrifle. I have a Jim Bridger Hawken (ToTW kit) that I did 10 years ago and while the Hawken has scary clean lines (like an...

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Pecatonica River Long Rifle Supply - English Rigby Sporting rifle kit, Lee Shaver Soule and Distant Thunder Globe.

Have a "more or less" Gibbs Target rifle done from a Pecatonica River Long Rifle Supply kit. Lee Shaver Soule rear and Distant Thunder Globe in the front. Sights cost 1/2 the rifle parts. Worth the money though. Short of a scope, best iron sights you can get. Correct for the period too...

Heel of the hand sore? Solution: get a wood short starter and drill a socket hole in it for the ramrod to fit into. Drive her home by putting the rod end into the socket and save the heel of your hand. I went one better and just made a range rod (hickory) with a big handle on the end. I leave...

Try this: - Snap a cap first thing. - Pour powder - Drive a hard card over the powder (see ToTW for cards) - Drive patched ball. The card over the powder keeps the breech dry and runs the crud in the barrel down to the powder when you load it. I suppose if you shoot all day, it could cause an...

I shoot a Hawken mounting a 60 cal. Goodoien match barrel at 100 yards. I use only 75 grains of Goex 2F, a card and a .010 oxyoke lubed patch. My 100 yard accuracy is a 6 inch circle - which has more to do with my old eyes than the rifle. 185 grains would kick like a mule and probably throw...

Been there, done that. My case was caused by trying to clean to the bottom of the barrel when I finally cleaned after 10 to 15 shots. I got exactly what you saw, a plugged cross hole to the patent breech. Had to pipe clean it out to get the shot out. Solved the issue when I started loading...

Well you can all stop laughing now. Got my parts and refitted the ram rod to the gun. :v Good reason for a range rod with a big handle. Took a couple of hours to refit the dress rod to the gun(iron fittings, tapered rod), .....well ... one of those things I won't do twice. :blah:

Well last Sunday was going great. I had not shot my Jim Bridger Hawken in a while. I benched it up and started lobbing 60 cal. round balls at a 100 yard target. Gee, I was doing good. Smacking a 6 inch target on all shots, the gun would do better, but the targets are fuzzy at 100. I was...

Grease my Gibbs (kit made) .45 cal target rifle's 530 grain bullet with a bees wax / soap mix by packing the grooves and then sizing. I use a card under the bullet over the powder. Good results. Just can not let the "grease" harden - pack it the day I shoot, don't bring any back. Mike F