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Welcome from Gray Georgia about 20 minutes east of Macon

I stripped off the old finish and then put on a thin coat of flat black followed by a thin coat of acetone to get the color I wanted it seems to have worked

Yes 58 caliber from Navy arms my brother sent it to me from New Hampshire he goes to amoskeag auction we were able to get it for 2 and 1/4

Thanks Dave for keeping it civil I hope I didn't ruffle too many feathers although I do get riled when people go after India made flintlocks! As I said my brother and I have a bunch of them that we received from military heritage in Ottawa! They are pretty rough some of them but I enjoy working...

There's a great video on YouTube of a Native American I believe his handle is bad hands and he does a great job of explaining loading a Flintlock on horseback and the subject comes up about holding lead balls in the mouth so as to reduce the time of a Reload. Title of video is Plains Indian guns

don't think I have built a musket during the last 8 years for which I charged much more than parts and I've made about 12 of them in that time, maybe a few more. No, I inform folks who. I live on a fixed income because of a disability and enjoy shooting black powder therefore it is...

Not rude or self-serving! I don't think my offer was out of line that is the going rate for an India made Flintlock and he said he could produce a custom gun for the same price so I took him up on his offer! Show me where that's rude or out of line and I will be glad to apologize if I misread...

Tractor Supply has 4 ft fiberglass rods that they sell as electric fencing they're great for my brown bess and with a little work they can be made to suit a lot of muskets I think they are five or $6

Thank you for posting and being so honest! I would like to add a brown bess to my collection I am willing to send you $550 for the completed project please let me know when it's ready

To be a little more non-biased would mean the people that generally wholeheartedly support expensive Out Of Reach custom-made flintlocks are the same ones who tell newbies not to waste their time on a serviceable India made gun that needs tuning in order to be usable the choice should be up to...

My latest acquisition a Navy arms Remington zouave from the '70s! I just finished redoing the stock to give it a more authentic look.

I agree I have six India flintlocks ranging from blunderbuss, pistol ,and ,musket all have needed a tune-up on the lock but none have been unserviceable. I just reduce the thickness of the main spring clean up any burrs on the lock plate and tumbler give it a good cleaning then use Grease on...

Indian fry bread was awesome it was much smaller than 2 years ago before the illegal Democratic lockdown but it was a great first start to the fall festivals Ben Kirkland was there to explain what's going on at Cheahaw for the frontier days in Albany Georgia

Good looking gun

Works out to about a dollar a piece I don't think that's overpriced! I've seen some websites sell Amber French flints for $4 a piece

Please see the laboratory results from HP white at the beginning of this thread! They found without a doubt the metal used in the India guns through microscopic photography as well as crystalline structure is the same metal used in gun making in Europe and the US have a good day

International military antiques out of New Jersey they sell a lot of original Surplus equipment years ago they recovered millions of flints from the British Empire the majority are black English flints but they do come with a bunch of gray and French Amber as well

I get mine for free by ordering a couple of pounds from Ima pulling out what I want which is the French Amber and then selling the rest on eBay

As far as I know only smooth boys however one very popular model is the baker rifle which was the star of the show on Michael Bean's Sharps rifles years ago on PBS I know British muzzleloader bought one and I've heard they can be rifled after the fact