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  1. J

    Loyalist announces a new wheel lock pistol!!!

    *OMFG* Maybe they'll do a snaphaunce next....? /does jig of joy
  2. J

    English Lock

    Source on that? I've been looking at the same weapon, but I'm doing the Elizabethan sea-dog thing, meaning my cutoff date is 1605....
  3. J

    Sighting in Snaphaunce

    Ah, good. Thank you.
  4. J

    Sighting in Snaphaunce

    /barges into the middle of the thread Random question, gents, because I freely admit I do not know: Do snaphaunce locks have a half-cock? Does the one from TRS? I've been looking at it for a long, long time now....
  5. J

    Powder Flask

    God that's beautiful. What is it, wood covered with some sort of silk?
  6. J

    Leonard Day

    Does the gent have a catalog? and if so, how much is it? I feel a bit ill at ease just cold-calling him without having any clear idea of what his offerings are... I'd feel like I was wasting his time...
  7. J

    Earliest English lock?

    (/heavy sigh) That's what I kinda figured, but I wanted to consult the gurus here and make sure. Looks like it's Albion Arms and/or the Rifle Shoppe for me.
  8. J

    Earliest English lock?

    I'm looking at the 'English Lock Fishtail Fowler' offered by MVTC for $595.... http://www.middlesexvillagetrading.com/MEL.shtml ...and I'm just wondering how far back those things can be documented. Every reference I've seen dates them to the very early 17th century -- even before doglocks --...
  9. J

    Cold Steel trail hawk

    I got one off Ebay brand new, looked OK in the photo, no fault to the seller... and it actually looks and hefts okay, but... it has this STUPID LITTLE HOLLOW RIVET holding the head to the handle. And the handle doesn't quite fit the head, so it just wiggles around and I can't fix it. For some...
  10. J

    12 or 20?

    Now this whole thread is interesting to me, for I am looking at the very same two guns and am torn about the same way. I am leaning towards the 12-bore fowler. I would be using it with a round ball to hunt deer, wild hogs, and the occasional bear. My sole concern is recoil. Sorry to say but I...
  11. J

    MVTC Fowler first impressions

    Here's a question I'd not thought of until now, when I went to the MTV site and looked at the thing again: How exactly does a doglock *work*? Is it simply an external halfcock? Or do you need to engage or disengage the dog with your thumb at any point, like the safety on a old Mauser?
  12. J

    flintlock shooting tips?

    Don't have my own (yet), but the first time I ever shot off a flintlock was with a family heirloom at a family reunion in Michigan. I must have been about twelve, and I thought -- and still think -- that the pyrotechnics going off in front of your nose was part of the attraction. Moving parts...
  13. J

    Baroque-era firearms

    What did they look like & who sells a good kit for one? Those are my questions. The vast majority of the print and online material for firearms seems to stop mid-1600's with the English Civil War, then pick right up again at the time of the F&I War. In between lies this infuriating gap. So I...
  14. J

    MVTC Fowler first impressions

    What is the drop on the stock like? From the pics on their web site it looks pretty extreme, as befits a fowler I guess... just raise it up and get your sight picture and BOOM! I like to be able to cheek my guns though. Can you do that with yours? Also do follow up on the shooting report -- I...
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