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In post #5, Pukka Sahib said the gun is sold so, I'm closing this ad.

The long barrel tang can be seen in this picture of the Tennessee I built. Notice it extends almost the full length of the wrist. What can't be seen is the trigger plate. Unlike the typical trigger plate used on Pennsylvania rifles, the trigger plate on this Tennessee extends completely down...

Really nice job of refinishing your CVA double. :thumb: If anyone is interested in what I did to my CVA double they can follow this link to the thread I wrote on the forum. https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/cva-12-guage-double-barrel.70939/ One of the hidden improvements I did when...

Folks. This is an advertisement to sell Orin's Sharps carbine. It is not a place to get into lengthy discussions about Sharps rifles and their priming systems, cartridges or anything other than buying and selling the gun. There is a thread in the Percussion section of the forum for those...

I strongly suggest that 3Fg powder should never be used in a muzzleloader that is firing a heavy bullet. It can create very high chamber pressures. As I just mentioned in another thread, in a .45 caliber muzzleloading rifle barrel a patched lead roundball over a 70 grain load of 2Fg powder had...

To all: Please stop talking about self contained cartridges and the guns that shoot them. This is a Traditional Muzzleloading forum so muzzleloaders are what we talk about.

I agree with M. De Land. Typically, the flash hole thru a percussion guns nipple is about .028" diameter. Most would agree that the minimum vent hole size for a flintlock is about 1/16 (.062") in diameter. Without going thru what I did to get the numbers, that 1/16" hole has almost 5 times...

If it was a moving piston rod, it would be made out of wrought steel. Castings generally do not have the strength for an application like that because of their random grain pattern of cast material. (Think of a rod shaped piece of wood made from tens of thousands of small pieces with the...

I haven't used Boric acid but it sounds interesting. I know I have a container of the dry acid powder around here some place. I know that most of our members don't have Angier's book, "Firearm Blueing and Browning"© December, 1936, but I do so I'll quote what he says about Boric acid on page...

Just a reminder. It is against the forum rules to make any offer to sell, trade or buy items outside the Classified Ad sections of the forum.

Riling's "THE POWDER FLASK BOOK" does not show it. I'm sure it is a modern flask made to sell to Texans, Here's a link that shows that flask in its brand new polished look for $60. IMO, someone went to a lot of work to age the one in the picture in the original post...

To measure the twist get tape measure, a cleaning rod with the proper cleaning jag on it, a cleaning patch, a little oil, a piece of masking tape and a pen or felt tip marker. Lightly oil the patch, place it on the jag and run the rod/jag down the barrel until it stops at the breech. Place the...

I don't think you really got pillow ticking. Pillow ticking is thick material meant to keep the sharp parts of bird feathers pillows used to be stuffed with from being able to stick thru it. It is usually .015-.020" thick. It almost always has blue or red stripes on it. As for the .006 thick...

Apparently, some people haven't read the forum rules. This caused me to have to delete or modify several posts in this thread. We do not talk about modern cartridge guns or the cartridges they use on the forum. The only cartridges we can talk about are those that do not have a primer or cap...

During the early part of the CV 19 panic my wife bought some toilet paper that would probably work very well for wads. I doubt that it would burn very easily and there is no doubt it would scour the bore, both while loading and as the gun was being fired. :D :D :ghostly:

It is impossible for another member to enter a post using someone else's name. The forum software will not allow it. In any event, as the lock is now sold, I'm closing this ad.

This is a traditional muzzleloading site. We talk about guns and reproductions of them that were made before 1866. Discussions about In-line guns are against the forum rules. It is also against the forum rules to make a post that offers to sell, trade or buy anything outside the Classified Ad...

I will change the title to something that tells people what the thread is all about.

No. To remove the barrel you must unscrew the tang screw and then drive out the barrel wedge. It is Belgian made with a E over LG in an oval proof mark. The bore measures .520" and has 12 very shallow rifling grooves. The bore is in lightly rusted condition and has one glowing flaw in it...

Sorry about that. Your right. It is not a Thompson Center barrel. I did check my references to American gun builders and it shows 6 different Thompson's. There was a George (Washington, Pa), Harry (Fremont, Ohio), John (Philadelphia) , John (Norwich, Conn.) , J.R. (Jackson, Mich) and Samuel...