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That's neat! I sure understand that. For quite a few years at the NSSA Spring and Fall National Championships and while I was still collecting the tools, I was allowed to check the threads per inch and diameters on a number of original rifles and muskets. Though one can never be 100 percent...

Impressive collection indeed. I collected 18th and 19th century Gun tools in the 80's, though my UnCivil War accoutrements were not nearly as diverse as yours. Are the three "J" shaped turn screws original or reproductions? This style goes back to the M1814 Common Rifle and possibly earlier...

This brings up a question I admit I have not thought about much. How were British citizens on the home islands taxed during the 18th century? Were there separate taxes for local government and additional taxes paid to the crown? Or were all taxes paid to the Royal Tax Collectors and they...

Welcome aboard and Semper Fi, I spent 26 years in the Corps and wanted to do 30, but I blew out my right leg for the third time during year 25, so I had to call it quits. I've reenacted a little in the FIW, AWI as a Private Soldier in the Major's Coy of the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, War...

Hi Dusty, The first thing you have to TRY to do is determine what the "most recently applied" finish is, because a bubbled surface may indicate bad technique when applying a finish too much and too quickly OR it may indicate the firearm was around too much heat. The bubbling might also have...

Absolutely right. Modern BLO barely waves as water or water vapor goes through it, in or out. Hi Richard, I've been studying U.S. military finishes for wood stocks for many years, as an active duty Armorer and NM armorer and as a collector. BLO of the 18th and 19th centuries was very much...

Actually, I have seen "screw barrell gonne" or "screw barrel gun" in original documentation. ARRRGGHH. Now this is going to drive me nuts until I figure out where I read it. Gus

What a great period illustration! Wish I had that many years ago. Gus

When I was barely a teenager, I trained my English Springer Spaniel to hunt from a book and learned to teach him how not to be gun shy by firing a blank pistol on time about 30 feet away from him while he ate. Yes, he jumped and then went right back to eating. Over the course of the next few...

David, Some further questions, if I may? Do you have the weight of this rifle? I'll bet it is very fast handling. Do you know at what ranges the solid rear sight notch and ladder were to be used? When I think of Plymouth, I admit I first think of the Royal Navy Yards and the British Board...

Well said. Glass bedding a gun for International ML competition is forbidden. Gus

While I agree what we would call dangerous game rifles during the period were much larger bore, there plenty of game animals this rifle could easily take in Africa. Gus

Wow. Again my reconstructed eyeballs failed me. Grin. Though I very much admire the doubles you posted, I have a special thing for single barrel sporting guns. Thank you for the additional information. Gus

Hi Feltwad, Does pics 1 and 3, plus 2 and 4 depict the same guns? Also, does the styling on the gun in the last pic go back further than 1780? Absolutely lovely BTW and thanks for posting them. Gus

Would that rifle have been made primarily for the India and African Sporting trades? Gus

The early Wogdon Pistols described in the second video around 3:32 appear to me to be just a fine pair of gentleman's pistols, especially with their shorter size that could be for home defense or when traveling. Gus

Something I'm a bit confused from the second video where he talked about British Military Pistols in the 1770's time period still being roughly "carbine" bore of .66 cal or slightly less to accept the .62 caliber size ball cartridges. Though cavalry pistols were still made in that size to go...

Though it must have been grueling for Morgan, I believe the time he spent as a prisoner awaiting exchange in Quebec caused him to think and re-think the disastrous use of Riflemen there as regular infantry. I also believe in the one year plus in prison, he used that time to come up with and...

Hi Earl, Do you remember the time period and where the British Troops were stationed from where you read that? The reason I ask is because lists of tools and spare parts to America during the FIW and AWI don't bear that out. They didn't send near that many spare frizzens in either time...

Sue Hawkins was first in charge of Euroarms and after banging her head against Italian "Louie" so often and of course doing so much for the Euroarms brand, she started Taylor's with many lessons learned. She has been WELL known by many of the Italian Manufacturers for years and has done a fine...