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Welcome from the Piedmont of NC..

I moved my rear sight on a Douglas .45 caliber, straight barrel...Took a piece of coin silver and inlayed it into the previous dovetail...

Welcome from the Piedmont of North Carolina, where Flora McDonald sailed to!!

Not if you have a good strong mainspring, Vasoline also works ...

Welcome from the Piedmont of NC.

I love a .54 as well, nice job!

Don't know, been shooting flintlocks since 1977, never saw the need to use a percussion...Dry powder won't burn. so it's best to keep it dry...

Yep, long as you keep it covered and dry before you pull the trigger...

Land to land, I'd leave the muzzle alone until you see if it is cutting patches...Once you determine the bore and have a mold, load a ball with a strip of ticking about 12 inches long and then pull it out...Look at the ticking and see if it is cut...

Yep, working fine for me... Wonder if your wife has you blocked?? :ghostly:

Welcome from the Piedmont of NC!

No need to, put a toothpick in touch hole fill with water, pour out most of the fouling, run a couple of patches through, repeat as often as needed to get fouling out...I then run some rubbing alcohol down to finish drying, and lubricate with a good gun oil...

Welcome from the Piedmont of NC..

Pre 1800, seldom unless the breech was corroded or the barrel was damaged... I think we tend to look at what we like today vs what was used back in the day...Barrels from 40-48 inches were the "norm" back then..Of course we know Jaegers were made shorter in the Old Country but we think that was...

Welcome from the Piedmont of North Carolina!

Hated to hear about that...I guess I first read about him in Foxfire 5 and later purchased his DVD and instructional booklet on building a flintlock when I built my first in 1988..

Welcome from the Piedmont of NC..

I use SnoSeal for patches, a few drops of a good gun oil for protecting the barrel..The saying about petroleum creating a tar like substance in your barrel was invented by the companies peddling their product...Until these products came out it was a non issue...

Historically, grains of wheat were used as a measurement of weight, we have continued, with modifications to use the unit today... There are 437.5 grains in an ounce...There are 7,000 grains in a pound..

You can file the notch deeper or wider as well ...