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I was in the teflon tape/loctite camp until the pictures. Those are pretty rough looking. Drill and tap to the next size vent. Good chance to install a genuine Chambers white lightnin liner. They work!

On the RH side of the barrel at the breech they say: William Briggs Norristown, PA Patented Aug 13, 1859 XX (serial #) There were about 50 of these solid iron underhammers made by him. He used surplus musket barrels purchased from the govt. The barrel has a breechplug with a square tang that...

Today I traded for this Wm Chance & Co 8 bore percussion double. It has 33" barrels. The marked importer is Trimble of Baltimore. It needs a pair of hammers, and the RH lock needs a couple internal parts. I think it has really good bones and should make a shooter without much trouble. Flying...

Panfish! Yum!

Their best use is as bream bait.

Those transform into bore slickum when the load is seated.

Excellent work!

Yeah, it’s got some use on it. Someone cleaned the metal back to white, but the stock seems to have remained untouched. The touchhole has been filled and redrilled. I see a suspicious crescent shaped line on the outside of the breech where a nipple would have been. I’m wondering if the...

Totally unexpected find yesterday at the local gun show. Matching 1839 date springfield M1816 Type III. I had been looking for an 1816, and never expected to see one at a gun show here. Glad I went.

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I had one, but it was a 12g. It had a 25.75" barrel. It was a flintlock It was very handy and worked well for rabbits and close-in vermin. I never had any luck with squirrels that were several limbs up. I also had zero luck with roundball. Like unscathed target luck. BUT, it was a lot of...

Well that was a fun rabbit hole. I am no cannonist, but as Bill mentioned, and from what I read, rifled artillery didn't start appearing until the middle of the 19c. ::someone in the 1850's handling a minie ball:: "This upgrade has been fantastic. Heyyyyy waitaminute. What if we made it bigger?"

Moses was using all of his brain. Too cool!

Awesome. PM inbound.

Surely I'm not the only one here who wants to know more about this. 😄

Conicals/slugs work better in barrels with shallower grooves. Size the bullet down to where it just "kisses the bore" when loaded. When fired it will obturate and fill the grooves. For plain base bullets use an op wad. Leather or felt. This will help with gas cutting. For hollow base...

What is the bore size?

When I went to Philmont, one of the camps had a soccer ball filled with dirt, and two short stumps about 4-5 feet away from each other. To play the game, we stood on the stumps and would throw and catch the ball back and forth. The man that fell or got knocked off his stump first was the loser...