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Primed at half cock when I leave the house.

For the sporting rifle the snake belt is not an option for you. Shoulder bag and flask would be my recommendation at the most. The bag doesn't have to be large. You can also keep a tool roll in a pocket for an extra flint or two and a turnscrew to install them as well as re-edge. You could also...

Thats a snake belt in the last picture that Pietro shared just the same as depicted in the first and not a powder horn in case anyone is wondering

Flask over horn

That is actually poorly formed Rupert or drop shot. Swan shot is cast shot of a specific size just like we have no.4 buck, 00, etc.

Swan shot is cast.

As I said if you can get a finger in there you can feel the relief an inch or so down. 1. That will only tell you that someone attempted to jug the bore. 2. If you mic the bore as I stated above that will tell you the intended degree of choking relative to the bore size. 3. Only at a pattern...

A jug is just a little behind the muzzle. If you can get a finger in there you should be able to feel relief no more than an an inch or two past the muzzle.

Mic the inside of the bore starting just inside the bore and keep checking down the bore in small increases to see if it opens up and then goes back to the bore size near the muzzle. If you can get a finger inside the bore ( if you do that sort of thing) you can probably feel the relief.

Here's one out of bark tanned deer. Killed the deer, tanned the hide and it has my first handmade buckle. The awl used was ground out of a concrete nail. Early 1990s.

Gus, just a personal preference. I can lean back against a tree and I don't have a buckle digging in my back. I have never felt it to be in my way nor have I had problems snagging my gun when I cradle it. I have also found it handy to wrap over a length of cloth when I was target shooting and...

Yes, because in a blink of an eye 52 is in the rearview and you are just amazed at yourself for thinking you had aches and pains at that age.

Jim Chambers Flintlocks

Always wanted to go but wont do Baltimore. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

When he was still actively taking orders, Mike Brooks offered quite a lot on a gun for the money in comparison to others. For a kit, the Kibler products are way ahead in the race as far as quality, value for money, architecture, etc.

Serpentine buttplates come from early French pattern books. The one on this gun is a very generic and plain style of that form. I also think this may be Dutch/lowland German

Actually a small bayonet was common on some guns for the coup de grace on game.

The originals used buttons yes?

Yes I agree and they are made the exact same way yet I've never seen an original trade gun or fowling piece that took a ramrod that size. Of course never say never. Most fowling pieces were no bigger than 5/16 at the entry pipe. Some were lucky to clear that. A very interesting set of pipes for...

Your assumption is fact