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And I imagine NO Katooey's for you, eh? Gus

Offhand shooting of any firearm depends on establishing your natural point of aim before each and every shot you fire. Once you have established it, you DON'T want to move your feet, so when you check each time before you fire, you should still be on your natural point of aim. Now I realize...

It looks like a tobacco or corn knife to me. The style of the guard dates it to the 19th century or later. Gus

Thank you for the kind words. Hope some of the info helps you and others. Gus

OK, here is a style of the end of the pouch flap that was very much in style in the FIW and well into the AWI. This is not something that has to be done on a Militia Pouch flap, but is something that could easily have been done. Full disclosure; this is a real favorite of mine because I think...

Hi Mark, I fired a Brown Bess Carbine a lot in competition in the mid to late 1970's, but did not think of taking what you propose along the next step until I began doing a Private Soldier in the Major's Coy of the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, the Black Watch, reenactment group around 2000...

You are most welcome. Gus

Not sure if I still have a NOS one in inventory. However, you might try Peter Dyson & Son, if all else fails. They don't list one, though they may have some in stock. https://www.peterdyson.co.uk/acatalog/PARTS_FOR_ROGERS_AND_SPENCER_revolvers.html Gus

This is one thing I learned from BrownBear on this forum and that was to keep an eye out on Tandy's website for sales on their veg tan shoulders. Every two or three months, they have sales on them. Then actually GO to the store and go through each pile of whatever oz weight you want to check...

You are most welcome, sir. Gus

Ah, now I understand. OK, I am now going to sheepishly admit I only learned of Vinegaroon about 15 -20 years ago and still am not that good with it. The reason they only dyed/stained the outer edges of the leather in the period was partly to save money on the dye, but more importantly so...

With respect to them, I believe they clearly were mistaken, due in no small measure to the fact that deerskin is not thick enough leather nor had the right temper for those articles, but also because of what deerskins from North America were primarily used for in Europe at the time. The primary...

I completely understand, but there are two additional problems when using 3/4" holes. I've run into problems with both and that's how I know. The first problem is trying to use holes that size with cartridges loaded with powder and ball and sometimes to often won't fit in a 3/4" hole, but...

TR, For your first cartouche pouch, you did a fine job, indeed. Saddle stitch the pouch in 30 minutes? WOW, you are faster than I ever was. Good for you. Though they commonly used pine or to a lesser degree birch for the blocks, I'm impressed you used beech. NICE touch. May I ask what...

Like this one? I just went back through the entire slide show and it seems to me that most, if not all of the pouches made like this for three row block pouches had larger pieces of leather in the front, because the back piece does not come to a more or less equal spot to the front piece...

TR, So as not to do typing of info you don't need, may I ask some questions? Do you need info on the various parts of a cowhide? Do you need info on what part/s of the cowhide to buy? Do you need info on different types of stitching to make a cartridge pouch? Gus

Maybe it's best to take one pic at a time. I admit I'm not sure if this is two-piece construction for the body of the pouch or if it was made of one long piece and the sides sewn together, then turned inside out. Either way, I think it is pretty safe to say they used belly leather to make the...

A P.S. to LT and others regarding the Cartouche Box made into a Cartouche Pouch above. For years, I did AWI reenacting as a Private Soldier in the Major's Coy of the 42nd Royal Highland Infantry, the Black Watch. Most Highland Soldiers in the FIW and AWI were never issued Cartouche Pouches...

Well, I messed up loading the pic to add text, so let me just add the following info. I THINK this Cartouche Pouch was originally a Cartouche Box and someone added a Buff Leather Musket Sling for a strap to make it a Cartouche Pouch. We have plenty of documentation British Light Infantry did...

OK, in this post, I'm going to use some pics from the link I provided earlier to show some things. I have to add a caveat that since I've had cataract surgery done to both eyes, sometimes I get things wrong on such pics. So if that happens, I apologize ahead of time. This first one is a neat...