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Fascinating project you are taking on, Mr. Quigley. Sure a variety of bronze stock to choose from here, if you have a lathe or access to a machinist. https://www.atlasbronze.com/C90500-Product-Sheet-s/1905.htm

Plan to -- for the .735 balls for the hand gonne ... 😄

Did anyone else buy a copy of this wonderful little booklet on making rawhide ball bags from Ray Ferree up in Thermopolis when he was offering them here some years ago? Every time I run across my copy I scold myself for not having actually made one, as I have the raw materials and am out of...

Nice lathe work!

David, what does your Veterans matchlock weigh?

There was a wonderful introductory article on the history and manufacture of trade beads in one of the early Books of Buckskinning published by Oran Scurlock. I gave my set away or would look it up. I remember being astonished that in a Venice beadmaker's shop, boys would be employed to run as...

Good to see you here, Cory, and congratulations on choosing a traditional muzzleloader. Lived most of my life in the Willamette and Rogue Valleys, plus a stint near Redmond. Beautiful state.

Hmmm. I guess I could supply an X-Ray of four fused vertebra, but confess I have never done a screw and plate count. David, thank you once again for sharing your MLAGB experiences with us -- and providing the photos that help to "put us at Bisley." You've been wonderfully loyal to the LRML...

They're so darned much fun.

Beautiful job. T.C.'s book is a continuing inspiration.

I am already figuring on having the touchhole about 20 degrees to the right to keep the fuse out of the line of aim. Kinda thought that rotating the barrel to point higher rather than lower might reduce aiming error. I'll probably try it that way. Still not sure how to affix the barrel socket to...

In the initial tiller mounting attempt, I seem to have gotten the axis of the socket end off by a few degrees. I can correct this of course, but it got me to wondering if there might be some advantage in orienting the gonne to point either slightly up or slight down to bring either the aiming...

I spotted that one too, Moleman. If it wasn't too late for the period -- and $57 .... It fits well with a Facebook group I enjoy: Early 20th Century Sportsmen, 1890-1930.

Liking the look of that little Campaigner Lantern. Thanks for the research, Calum.

Thank you Rudyard. Your opinion carries considerable weight in this section.

Rick, as far as I can tell there is no smaller powder chamber down past the touchhole -- just the blunt taper of the drill bit.

Might just ask Peter. He does some truly instructive and thoughtful Youtubes.

Purpleheart is beautiful stuff, but I would guess that tillers used on European gonnes were fashioned from the more familiar oak, ash, beech and possibly some conifer woods. For those that have made their own tillers, are you using a friction fit to secure it to your gonne?

You're turning into a highly skilled "gonner," mister. :cool: I'm guessing your .715s are a better choice than the .735s I have at hand. With any sort of fouling buildup I can see the .735s with their large sprues getting to be a chore to seat.