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Hot water does not go into my barrels either. And I don’t get leading.

I do not prefer using wax in any bore unless I can have a way to frequently remove any that remains to coat the bore and trap contaminates. Breachloaders sure, muzzleloaders nope.

Is this a gap between the lock pan and barrel? If so, you REALLY want to correct that. The last thing you want is for powder to trickle into your lock inlet area and do what powder does when ignited.

Depending on what era, the service charge could be over 150 grs under a .69-.71 ball

It certainly is a possibility. It could be just a throw together to sell to the public. I would not be uncomfortable with thinking it very well could be a state contracted militia musket.

If I am remembering correctly the source simply said ‘wool’ not whether it was raw, felted, woven or waste wool.

According to Mr Thumbledown, if they didn’t write it down, they didn’t do it. And if they did write it down he will split atoms trying to maintain his point.

No need to darken the wood. European walnut tends to be a bit more red than American walnut.

Parts gun. Reused P1809 Bess lock, early M1816 trigger guard and stock (pre 1819). Yeah that description you quoted is pure bunk. The US and various state governments had no qualms at all of reusing any and all serviceable musket parts. The US Government even bought at least 9,500 commercial...

They definitely were not just oiled.

The wood on English service arms usually have more of a reddish tint due to the nature of European walnut. Dave Persons has put up many a description of his method to make Juglans Negra more resemble Juglans Regia.

Daniel Boone was a bit more affluent than most.

Well, honestly they didn’t use tight combos like we do.

My virtue left the building about 3 decades back. I was a grunt, not a choirboy. 😂

I’ve seen so many conflicting opinions about the origins of the smooth rifle. Some say they were a thing along with the rifled versions originating about the same time. Some say there were originally rifles that were freshed out smooth when larger game became less common in settled areas. Some...

Yeah, wiscoaster is bit of a virtue signaler.

Yes, that was a common practice to keep the right parts with the right gun. Even the arsenals used the same system (later they used regular numbers and symbols).

Yikes

That bayonet seems to be one of those that used a spring tab that protruded from the muzzle end of the stock to lock it in place. I’ve seen French and English examples of such. It wouldn’t surprise me if other Europeans copied the idea.

You might be in custom build territory here.