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Congratulations. Nice bird. Nice gun.

I fit up the tang and barrel and the lock. Getting better at this, but boy howdy, I appreciate those with true talent. Like the Bevel Brothers in Muzzleblasts, with a very timely article on polishing locks. Yep, this Chambers Queen Anne is getting a good polishing and will be left in the white...

Yes, the 4F under the nipple worked...twice. "Moment of truth" at the range this afternoon, and she went "Bang". And put the ball low and left in the 10-ring. Now I'm happy. Snapped a couple caps, no wiping this time, and loaded again. Nope! Pulled the nipple again, a couple shots from my...

Thanks for the advice. I'll get to the range next week, but this time I'll also take the Marshall for a shootoff (and a ball puller just in case). Here are both, 20 years apart by the way. Davis lock. I have a fiberglass range rod, but hopefully I won't need to pull the ball. I will report...

Thanks guys. I thought of 4F under the nipple, but I'm glad to see you endorse it. I once got a ball out of a fowler (as opposed to fouler) that somehow had no powder under it with a bit of 4F through the touchhole. Grumping aside, I was impressed by the lock time of this rifle. My flintlocks...

I completed a replica of a late Hawken some weeks ago. TOTW components and a Rice 58 caliber barrel with their patent breech. Finally got to the range today, snapped a couple caps, and loaded her up. Same load as I use in my Marshall rock lock: 85 gr FFg, 0.010 lubed pillow ticking, and a 0.570...

I attached a photo of my recent Hawken project with a 20 year old Chambers Marshall rifle. I really like how the rust blue came out on the Hawken, and I think I will do that to the pistol. It will certainly be easier to boil a 9" barrel. The next decision will be Laurel Mountain maple stain or...

Finished the Hawken. My best discovery in that project was Mark Lee's Slow Rust Blue #3. Lots of work: 5 apply, wait for the rust, and boil cycles, but it really puts a nice black finish on the barrel. I'll use that for this pistol barrel. The pieces have made it to the workbench, so ready to go.

No, but if you keep sniffing blackpowder smoke, it will! But you really won't give a....

True. I think I'll polish the lock and barrel and leave them, maybe a little light oil. BTW, I ended up with a 20 ga. smooth barrel. My mistake or theirs, can't say, but I'm going with it. Easier to load and clean, and the truth is I'm no pistoleer.

I laid my Marshall on the TOW Jaeger plan, and other than length, the stock is a very close match. Shumway's collection of Muzzle Blasts articles is great, and I think I found my model on page 116. Published in the July 1991 Muzzle Blasts, it's a rifle made by Johann Wagner at Kronach in 1722...

I received the TOW plan today, and Shumway's book is in transit. I'll lay out the full scale plan and do a comparison with my Marshall. My other inspiration, or fantasy, is going to be the firearms display at the Veste Coburg. My paternal grandad came from Coburg, and we still have family there...

I think you mean F=m*a. Or are you going nuclear?

I ordered the TOW drawing to get the "correct" dimensions. Just thinking...did the German smiths who came to America make any Jaegers? Or are the "transition" rifles (e.g. Edward Marshall) the earliest? Would a Jaeger in America likely have come from the Old World (it wasn't actually Germany...

Thanks. My Buchele and Shumway is worn and dogeared. I have ordered Shumway's collection on Jaegers. This may be a very long project!

I was asking about Chambers' jaeger lock on the Flintlocks Forum, and folks kindly filled me in. Looking at Rice Barrels website, I see they have a TOTW 31" barrel and a 32" Chambers barrel. I guess Chambers must be offering a jaeger parts set that is not on their website, but I am thinking of...

Thanks.

I am familiar with Chambers' Early Germanic lock, having one on my first flintlock (Chambers Edward Marshall). Their price list adds a "Jaeger" lock that is a few bucks more. No description on the website, though. Anyone familiar with this lock? Yes, I sent them an email, but they are in process...

And, once again, a question on finish. All of my projects to date have browned barrels. I am fixing to rust blue my Hawken project. While it's an "English" pistol, the maple makes it American. Brown, blue, or "in the white". Rust blue sure looks nice, but I'm reading that many, or most, mid-18th...

OK, we will go rust blue on the barrel. I just need to rig up a container to boil a 36" barrel. Shouldn't be too hard. Now, case hardening. I am going to test some Steel F/X from Bill Worden in St. George. Anyone else used this? If that does not work, it's buy a small heat treat furnace, a...