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I believe you may be right. I also, noticed the 1 of 1,000 has in the white rear sight.

Very true Columbus. I am perhaps wrong about it being 1 of 1,000. I've been wrong before don't ya know! (insert snarky remark from 8 bore here!) The crate itself is a lot fancier than pictures of 1 of 1,000 I have seen online. Zonie is correct the 1 of 1,000 muskets will have it engraved on...

It has Pedersoli parts, but as Zonie said, built/assembled, tuned, by Colt Black Powder Arms Company, with Colt quality control, and inspection. It is much nicer than a Pedersoli production piece, and that is saying a lot! It is also a 1 of 1,000 Colt Black Powder musket, again an upgrade from...

Cut the butt off, and shorten the barrel some more, and you'll have the world's only "Mare's Leg" muzzle loader. :eek: But, then you'd be wanted, dead or alive! :D

My book "Black Powder Long Arms & Pistols, Reproductions & Replicas" by Dennis Adler does in fact have the same info on the Colt Muskets that Zonie listed, but not the values, pages 134 & 135 if you have the book or can look at one. Has a nice picture of the 1st model. I thought I had drooled...

Thank you Zonie! A steal for sure. Blows my mind it is taking so long to sell it. It may be out of the price range for many, and re-enactors, may not want to use it, as it is truly collectible. But, the seller is more than likely taking a loss on this rare piece, and offering it at a more...

I can believe it. The pictures don’t do pieces like that justice. $1,600.00 is a steal for that beauty! I have been watching this thread, and can’t believe kit hasn’t sold. The accoutrements, bayonet, included and, the wood case are worth hundreds alone! I’d sure be proud to own it! I’m...

Very true, and a smooth, fast lock shaves those white hot sparks off cleanly, assuming sharp flint and good geometry! There is also a fine line between a heavy enough main spring to give good lock time and spark, and one that is so heavy, it causes lock jump, severe enough to affect accuracy...

Those hard Arkansas stones are gentle on the metal for sure, I learned early on to take care with them. Drop one, and it will break more times than not. The little nubbies do come in handy at times for work in very tight places like inside the frames on revolvers. I always liked those...

You are welcome Gus, every now and then even a blind hog finds an acorn! Love your detailed posts. You paint such a wonderful picture in my mind following them! I have found my most important tooL For sear work, sans your hard Arkansas stone, is excellent magnification and lighting! As long...

On my Pedersoli Charleville 1766, I got lucky on the frizzen/pan saddle screw. It would pinch the cam on frizzen if you tightened it. Common problem, as Gus points out. I ordered a replacement from DIXIE GUN WORKS, it was for a Pedersoli 1777 Charleville. Those have a brass pan that is...

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/experiments-with-a-properly-tuned-flintlock.114855/ Dave Person has a great thread on lock tuning. He also does that, and can take a lock that barely sparks, and turn it into a real fire breather!

Hum, Maybe my wing shooting hasn’t deteriorated as bad as I thought, yeah, that’s the ticket! Birds just getting the jump on me do to 5 minute lock time! Har, har, har! Funny though, Britsmoothy doesn’t seem to have any trouble nailing them on the wing. Man, he must really have those locks...

Looks like MI7 to me! LOL Opps, now I've really gone too far! I can't tell for sure, but I believe those are Queen Ann's he's holding! LOL

I had a beagle like that. She lived to be 17 years old, hunted up to 14 years, wanted to hunt even then. She was near blind, deaf, but still sweet as ever. Fond memories for sure!

Look at the forcing cone, is it rubbing the front of the cylinder, as you rotate it? If you put it on half cock does the cylinder rotate freely? Have you checked the main spring screw to see it hasn't worked loose? Does it have a short arbor? If so, installing the barrel wedge too much, can...

Why Brit, you ol’ Softie you! Thanks for sharing amazing pictures!

I have been using them for years on my unmentionable guns, I think I have three of them, I keep one in the range bag, SASS cart.

Thanks!

That is funny! I did four years in Uncle Sam’s canoe club myself. I still polish shoes and brass, but I don’t spit shine shoes. LOL