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Guessing aside, histoircal accuracy aside. I don’t think they really cared.. they used what they had on hand is a better guess. They didn’t go to their neighbors house that was 40-50 miles down the dirt road to ask for some spare wool, if they didn’t have they didn’t use it, if they had it...

For dry weather i use cooking parchment or waxed paper as wadding, cooking parchment is made to fire retardant as it is baked on in a cooking oven. Original paper from the 18th century was naturally fire retardant as it was made from linens, and parchments. I woudl’t call using modern day...

Wool is ok… but the smell of burning wool is not fun. You may not be liked at the range.

Kit ravensheers booklets are a good guide. There are many ways to accomplish it, one of which is to weld on a new frizzen face. other methods are brazing on, riveting on or silver soldering on a frizzen face. some really good lock makers can dovetail on a frizzen face to the old frizzen face.

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A lot of guns I’ve refinished that used true oil applied in thick heavy coats and the excess was not wiped off, this resulted in heavy area’s and surface distortions, my reference to the look of maple syrup. People get carried away with using tru-oil when they see it dry so quick. The concept of...

There are two formulas acra glass gel and the regular formula which is tinner

Do you want to work on the gun ? Here is a used Japanese one these bid pretty low, might need a tune. These were sold by navy arms and Dixie Gun works in the 1990’s SAR 1807 Harpers Ferry Style Flintlock Black Powder Pistol NOFFL Look it up at live auction.com

I dont’ think they weighed 15 lbs. possibly close to 13 with the bayonet. The heaviest reproduction long land bess I’ve handled was a 1742 model brown Bess with a steel rammer, it was just over 12 lbs. The 1755 from the rifle shoppe is slightly lighter because of smaller hardware and a slimmer...

There were a few small outfits making them, they were the 1756 patterns. Coach and Harness, and I believe a company in NY was making them. They were ok the coach and harness ones were hit or miss.

Pen makers use very thin crazy glue as a varnish on teak and brittle woods, just a thought. It’s rubbed in with something like a rubber glove. Dries in under a minute

I sometimes suspect that Indian gun stock wood is from old wood sitting around or pulled from something like an old dock or barn, why it’s so dry and brittle with tight grains. Trying to get moisture into them is futile. I’ve actually seen some Indian made gun stocks with termite tunnels in...

Very true stands here too

I can always tell when someone hasn’t seen many originals … have a blast with the books

Henry rifle? …. I’ve heard enough … peace out…. 1770s ? And you’re telling me to read ?

Seriously man his wife? You e taken this very sideways and shame on you.

What was their physical evidence? Sporting guns ? High end guns ? As many have stated, the evidence is just not there to say it was a common practice. The other fact is what some considering browning today is not what some consider browning in the 18th century. Same concept with stock...

For years people said the brown Bess was called a brown Bess because the barrel was browned… this was even written into some journals and articles. But the fact is 99.89% of brown Bess muskets were not browned. Be careful with what you’re reading.

In the white, patinas developed into a grey, dark or brown color with use and time. Agree with Rich and Dave on the topic. Be careful with what you read too and view as many originals as possible.

Great job on the bands, that’s the hardest part. FYI dont’ be fooled about the bands being robust and heavy, originals were not. Thick heavy bands is a reproduction thing. I recommend looking at orignal 1728s as much as possible, the bands were ‘Paper thin’. So thin you could bend them with...