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Thanks Eric for the info. We had 2 huge chestnut trees in our yard going up. We played a kind of dodgeball with the green chestnuts. It hurt if hit. You learned to be a good and quiet when hiding.

I was wondering if anyone has seen any Long rifles built using chestnut. I was reading a story about the vast amount of chestnut trees harvested in 18-19 and early 20th centuries The article stated that there was an estimated 4 billion tress in the colonies. It was assumed that more chestnut was...

I have a bunch also. But I do buy more every time I go to town. Last month it was $25.40 per pound. Last week it was $37.00 per pound of Schuetzen.

I own a sawmill company and I advise my customers to use anchor seal on the ends if they are not going to saw in the near future. It still lets the ends lose some moisture along with the log itself and keeps the ends from checkering as bad.

After reading all the reviews I decided I would order one in 45 cal. Everything went flawlessly from ordering one from Joe to completion of the barrel. I’ve really never seen such helpful instructions. In todays world it was refreshing to see the information Joe include. One more 45 to do...

My son came home from college the day before. We loaded up our shooting gear and went to the range. Me with my flintlocks him with his inline. After a few volleys he packed his in-line away and used one of my rifles. And I’ll be he enjoyed the flintlock better than his, he also shot better than...

I just found his video’s the other day. He does do awesome work.

Welcome from N MI

Welcome from N Mich

Welcome from N Michigan

Welcome from N Michigan

If the wood that your stock came from was kiln dried it will be okay. Once the moisture comes down to 6-9% the heat in the kiln is turned up to close the cells and kill any bugs and larvae.

Welcome from another northern Michigander