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Is price the only criteria? Quality can be bottom of the barrel?

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Careful to not make a mess of something not needing a fix. Too many jack-legs with a shingle out there and most people wouldn't know if their Kibler lock had been up or down graded when they got it back.

Looks like the juried events are the things listed below "juried events". In other words it looks like those listed events will be judged by a jury..... Best camp, etc. If not the case, the flyer could use a re-write or expansion to clarify. With the wide range of dates the whole event can't be...

I can certainly understand this line of thought also if one has the money to spend on something that may end up a dog's dinner, they have access to a good instructor or maybe they may be a prodigy. I have always tended to be a little conservative knowing I had a one shot with my available cash...

I would not recommend standing hook breeches and sliding keys for a first build by any means. I would go with a Kibler Woodsrunner. High quality and a lot of work done for you correctly out of the box.

oil varnish made from linseed

Fit your ramrod to the pipes and hole.

Vegetable tanned leather (latigo is modern chrome tanned and then veg tanned) or some type of natural plant cordage as mentioned above.

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72" Rayl 12 ga

I put together a gun that had a 72" Ed Rayl barrel but I think his current setup is 66 IIRC

Yes, the Kibler Woodsrunner. It has a quality lock and barrel and the hard part is done as it comes to you. When and if the person moves to something else, they still have a best quality kit. The other flintlocks you mention come with more problems and frustrations and a much smaller sales...

Large holster pistols in pommel buckets for a saddle, small ones in the pocket. You see many pistols in pairs sur to their use and as the barrels were made together as one piece, breeches to the ends.

The hammer on a flintlock is the frizzen.

Ed Rayl has made me some barrels like that but hand file work still needs to be employed. Unless that is a Spanish pattern barrel, the bottom is round.

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I use a Starrett and also have some vernier tools which i.csn hardly see. Most all those calipers will be accurate enough for government work that calipers should be used for. For precision I go to my mics.

Not a defect