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I purchased a Sea Service pistol from them 20 plus years ago and have not had any failures. Recently purchased a Pattern 1853 barrel from them as I have an Enfield manufactured "mutiny musket" (Not IMA) as the original barrel Mr. Hoyt felt was too far gone to reline. The barrel is of excellent...

I built a DGW kit 1858 in 1969 or 1970 and it had (has) absolutely no markings.

Normally I would agree about the wood shrinkage around the butt plate, however I recently purchased a beat to heck and back Enfield pattern 1853 with lock dated 1864. It is not from Nepal but Enfield manufactured. The buttplate and trigger guard are as tight as the day it left England despite...

Captain Vane - MD law as I read it treats a concealed BP pistol the same as a cartridge pistol and you need a carry permit for both. I'd love it if I'm wrong but as a holder of an FFL for over 40 years I have to keep up with the regulations. Be very careful unless you want to share accomodations...

My answer depends on the motive of your question. If it was meant to learn more about it - then it was from my direct visual observation of the museum's display and the museum staffer's verbal details. I saw this approximately 25 years ago. If your question was meant to troll/cast doubt on my...

I do not know about this musket but a cannon was recovered from a ship wreck near Roanoke that sank earlier than this musket and when found it was still loaded and the powder was dry.

Lock screw appears to have been drilled into barrel

Welcome from Easton!

There are no absolutes. I have a Loyalist arms flintlock that I purchased in 2002. It functions flawlessly and outside of replacing flints it has served me well. On the other hand I have owned a pedersoli which was a piece of unsafe crap and they would not stand behind their warranty. Both of...

Soo... The Loyalist arms smoothie I bought in 2002 for the whopping price $260 and have NEVER had to replace a single part performing only regular maintenance that any would require would not at this point still get me at least $260 today????

I have a Loyalist Arms that I purchased 20 plus years ago. Still works fine and outside of flints have never had to replace a part. Most accurate of the smoothies I have owned to boot.

You are quite correct. I appologize for my part and responding to the manner in which the opposing view was presented.

If that is true then you would note that the one pathologist (kelso I believe but I am sure you will correct me right or wrong) that brought up the theory that death was quick said it COULD have severed the artery not did. You seem have left that word out. Interesting you seem not to have...

The wound showed evidence of infection that could not have existed if he bled to death. Of course I am relating what was said by the forensic pathologist and not first hand experience. Were you the forensic pathologist that examined the remains? Or were you going by second hand information? The...

At either Jamestown or Roanoke, archeologists uncovered a grave of a young man that was unfortunate enough to have been shot in the knee/or leg and died horribly from infection. They were able to identify and remove a ball and cut shot made from chisel or knife quartered round balls. You maybe...

We used them at work to do a lot of final fitting for prototype parts and the battery ones seem to live forever. They gave me the last one when the factory shut it's door and it is still going strong. You used to be able to buy every repair needed and i have rebuilt more than a few - it was...

My Pedersoli was bought new nearly 20 years ago and although it was a tack driver it's over all quality stank. The lock was unsafe as out of the box it would not reliably hold at full cock and the wood and finish were very poor although the fit was good. The barrel metal was very soft and...

Thanks for your input. Have found out a bit more on this thanks to our cousins across the pond and it may also apply to your carbine. This musket appears at this point to fall into a catagory refered to as "mutiny" muskets. After the Sepoy mutiny in India, The British did not want to arm their...

I received yesterday my latest project. I believe it is a P59 Enfield. The lock is Enfield marked and has the crown over VR markings indicating British military issue of some type. Lock appears to be original to the piece. I have not been able to read the date of the lock yet as iIam in the...

Neither CVA or Pedersoli had any interest in either replacing or repairing the firearms. I hardened the frizzen and polished the internals of the CVA - nothing I can do about the off center bore. I still have it. The Pedersoli - I had to deepen the half cock sear notch, reshape/widen the full...