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Hail friends, Black powder newbie here, designing a possibles bag which I will be putting together with my Uncle. I'd like to ask what 'features' you look for in a possibles bag, whether buying or making so that I might integrate some of them in my design. Pictured is a nice antique bag that...

No, but you can't outwardly tell the caliber. You CAN outwardly tell a French bayonet from a British bayonet though! This is very true, I would ideally like less work than that as I don't have a workspace to do any of that labor in with my current living situation.

I bought a Belgian clone of a Brown Bess and am trying to find an appropriately sized bayonet.> It's a .69 cal bore with a 0.86" outer diameter. A Charleville style bayonet would probably fit but wouldn't be technically correct for the musket.

(Edited -Whoops, double post)

If you could point me to any of those threads which had helped you along the way, I'd be interested in reading them to avoid any mistaked that have been made by those that went before ;)

Sounds very interesting - has anyone written a guide specifically for glass bedding a musket?

Interesting - Glass bedding the barrel ought not be too hard given there's no receiver or moving component other than the trigger. Would the improvements be great enough to merit the effort or would it be somewhat of an experiment?

So the grand question - Is there a way to improve the barrel harmonics of the Bess without changing the outward appearance?

Well well well - this is exactly my question. Is that anecdotal or based on any data? I am very interested.

Oh no I did the thing, I meant musket but transposed 'rifle' owing to the length. I do know the difference, I promise ;) These are all good observations. As I am looking at procuring a .69 I was curious if I was missing out or stepping up on accuracy or neither, it seems neither.

I understand the myriad of factors at play here (charge, wind, distance, etc) but lets say for a moment we have a Charleville (.69) and a Long Land Bess (.75). What sort of shooting performance would one 'expect' out of each in terms of accuracy? Would the smaller ball perform better or worse...

I hit it ;)

I think I first really caught the bug playing The Battlegrounds 1.0F, a revolutionary war game that was a free-to-play mod for Half-Life back in the early 2000s Here's some youtube footage (not mine). It was a real hoot. I also remember my first shot from a musket - my cousin put a lancaser 45...

I understood, just giving context. I am so excited for this - been waiting a decade (what's wrong with me!?)

I am sure by the end of my reenactment career I will have gone turncoat more than once! Being Canada located, geographically, it is 'easier' to find Canadian regiments ;)

Well met, friend. I am chatting with the 22nd, Glengarry Light Infantry and Royal Newfoundland Regiment – Bulgers Company & The Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada. Just have to work out rides to events as I am carless at the moment. Thankfully I have good friends who help me get to the range.

He said yes, additionally will be giving me a free sling and cleaning kit! In all likelihood I will be fighting for the crown in the war of 1812 by septembers end. Also at the range as an army of one 😂

I made him an offer of 500 for #2..... 🤔

I did some google research based on FlinterNick's post. Coach Harness produced a reproduction bess around the ~1970s which is apparently well regarded enough to fetch 1130 USD at present auction, so it's remembered well. What I was surmising is that since these came from a show, they might...

I think he's suggesting the lock might be from said gun, not the whole gun being the Coach Harness. Come to think of it, the OTHER musket I posted conforms to the general shape of the CH musket but has an unmarked lock. I wonder if these are all mixed and matched from being used at the show?