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Whatever I've done, wherever I've gone with the re-enacting hobby, one of the lessons I've learned is that simplicity transcends time & place. A simple D or square shaped bag can be used with any impression from 1750 to the eve of the Civil War. Same goes for powder horns.

Much depends on whether or not you want something that looks of the period, or is purely functional. For purely functional purposes, take a paperclip and straighten it out a bit. That works magnificently as a vent pick. A screwdriver can be ground or filed down to fit the cock jaw screw and...

I carry mine folded up in my waistcoat, or jeans pocket.

"Good thing we didn't step in it."

Right size, right shape, still has the modern hinges on it, so it seems. That's the detail I'd have changed if I could work my will.

How much does the book cost? Where is it sold? Amazon, perhaps? Unless it is outrageously priced, or out of print, it might be worth it to add it to your library. Books are an underrated resource in this digital age we live in. Looks like it was self-published. I looked up the Lulu site, and...

Sorry, never have seen or heard of it until now. Tell us about it.

Welcome from Lawrence, KS. If you ever plan to come up this way, I'd like to extend an invitation to visit the First Santa Fe Trail Plainsmen Muzzle Loading Rifle Club. We shoot every third Sunday of the month near Overbrook.

Best of luck, Jim.:thumb:

When I was a kid, we had amid all the trees in our yard one English walnut tree. This was in Oregon, USA. So yeah, I suppose the species can be grown almost anywhere if the conditions are right. My goal is someday to take an English walnut (J. regia) plank and build a bog standard contract...

Where in the wide, wide world of sports did you find that wood? I must be looking in all the wrong places.

Did they beat yer socks off? I'll bet they got good, right?

Yeah....muzzleloading porn. Gotta get our fix. I get it.:D

You've seen one gun sock, you've seen 'em all. Here you go.

Sounds eerily like the joke we tell here in Kansas about Oklahoma, and Nebraska...depending on the season, don't ya know.:D

I spent the morning cutting out a gun sock from a military surplus blanket for my fusil de chasse. I had it sewed up by suppertime, deciding to sew it by hand rather than mess with setting up the sewing machine.

It doesn't take much to make me homesick. And your photos are doing a splendid job of it.

Now that would be a video worth watching! Keep 'em coming, Mark.

I'm not sure I understand the problem. Can you remove the lock without first extracting the ram rod? The forward lock bolt may be the culprit. If this is the case, remove the ram rod first, then you'd be able to remove the pins.

I'll swap ya Lawrence, KS for Salem, OR.