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Sounds like a good explanation. I'm more thinking about a wheellock vs flintlock ignition. I am thinking a good wheellock might be slightly quicker.

I've shot flintlocks since the mid 70's but lately I have also been toying with my wheellock. My flinters are fast, generally, but it would be interesting to test a wheellock this way. The wheellock just seems to be faster than the flintlock and maybe in the same range as the percussion.

I've been trying to get a copy from the New York Historical Society. https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/nyhs/ms670_25_caspar_trepp/ It is listed in Wiley swords book as well. I have not fired any of them. I have a couple Shilohs that I shoot, but I'm a little paranoid about damaging the...

Thanks! The top one, with the single trigger, is actually listed by number in Col. Trepps ledger as one having been repaired. Now if I can only figure out why someone put the weird star inlay on it.

Great points. I have been very lucky in finding mine.

Me too. I did pay really well for the first one I found and then more or less lucked into the other two.

That is definately a Berdan configuration Sharps. You are very lucky. I've managed to pick up three of them through 30+ years of collecting. Yours looks really nice.

Very nice!

I would take those. PM sent.

In the late 70's my dad had an H&R Huntsman (?). It was one of those type that broke open at the back for the cap. The ramrod was a brass one that had to be screwed out to use and then screwed back in to put it in the thimbles. We were at a shoot and he had just finished loading, collapsed the...

I would take that! PM sent

Right off the top of my head I would say that they were about $80.

Here is one of his slings on a Baker. This sling is several years old and is showing a little wear.

Wow, you should have bought a lottery ticket. I am still waiting for parts years on backorder.

This guy builds exact Baker sling repos. I have bought them for two original Bakers and two repos. I don't know if he has a site, but his FB page is Shedtime Handcrafted Leatherwork.

When I was in the army someone had got the bright idea to use carb cleaner on our M16s because of an early inspection. It worked. So well in fact that it removed all of the finish from the lower receiver and other parts. Oh yes, they were indeed clean!

Thanks for posting the pics Rick. I have been wanting to build a pair of pistols, so these will be great. Your pics give me something to shoot for!

I would take those. PM sent.

Have you shot yours yet? I am looking forward to shooting this one. Those Bakers should be dream hunting guns!

Thanks! It was a TRS kit, more or less. It came with an 1823 lock kit, and I wanted to build the earlier 1805 version. So I waited for about 2 1/2 years and finally got a lock. The patchbox and lower ramrod pipe are originals.