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I have to admit, you might turn that thing into a silk purse after all 😁 You do have some skills. I bet you could hit a grand slam with a parts kit.

If you want to make a modern repop, TRS has some of the castings.

Minies aren’t solid base. Minies have to be hollow base just as Col. Minie designed them or they are just regular solid RN bullets.

OP got a nice piece of ash 🤣

I don’t think the US ever fully (officially) adopted any blunderbusses, but there are a few martial examples out there from about the time frame for the 1812 war, mostly with navy connections. So the pertinent documentation could have been destroyed if they were ordered. I forget where I read...

They say a cluttered work area is a sign of a brilliant mind. 😁

Nick, on the breech measurements that you list as 2 different numbers, is this from measuring on the round and on the small side flats?

And none of any responses he got prior were deserving of your attitude. A .650” ball with a .025” patch would even work in your .696” bore. Or you could get an appropriate sized minie to use in your rifled bore since that is what the original intent was. It has always amazed me just how much...

.650” or you could even go .648 or .652” 2 thou either way is not going to hurt anything.

nkBJ brought the attitude from another discussion. And I never proclaimed myself an expert. Just giving out free info from a lot of out of print expensive books. And we were having a good discussion about balls for a .69 before that. So what is your issue. You attack for no reason.

Did I say something against his Armisport? ……didn’t think so

To be honest. It’s not an incredibly interesting subject. .69 smoothbores were primarily used by the military. Some did get surplussed out and became family fowlers. There were 5 loads for the M1842, ball, buck & ball, buck shot, blank and when they came out there was a Minie load for the rifled...

Apples to oranges. I know you got your knickers in a wad, but keep it topical. He is talking about a smoothbore. It is after all in the smoothbore forum.

Shoots that idea right into the trash can 🤣

Everyone wants honest responses until they get them.

Why not give The Rifle Shoppe a call. They might have some in stock.

What does a hooked breech have to do with anything. No one mentioned that. It’s a poor copy of a Tulle, that you are trying to pass as a militia musket by calling in local made.

Balls should really not be patched to more than bore size.

Who ever engraved Jordan has never looked at an original Iordan lock.

Yeah….that is not a good copy of a Tulle. I don’t think I have ever seen pin escutcheons on a NE fowler either. And they certainly did not use wedges.