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    Snaphaunce Lock problems??

    Hello to everyone . back to the original post / The 'anderson' snaphance is NOT one of mine! Brian Anderson
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    Need help identifying this shotgun

    looks like it only wants to be used / spent a good part of my youth using those effectively the nipples appear to need attention and the lock internals need checking out Enjoy
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    The "backward" powder horn

    Here is one l made -- Along with some other types your first picture example is later and the lever handle is bent - but there are examples from the mid 16th century with lever closed spouts
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    How old are ya?

    thought l'd join in / 85, been shooting muzzleloaders since l was 11. if l remember right, my first subscription to 'muzzle blasts' expired in 1951
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    Landsknecht Arquebus and Petronel

    concerning the pushbutton gun / l hadn't seen an example with the button spring on the off side - curious. The button forward of the dog works well with the lefthand second finger and l find it enables a steadier hold. l found two examples of the 'primer-spanner-dagger' and was curious whether...
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    Landsknecht Arquebus and Petronel

    aside but related / have been having some fun making period related flasks
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    Matchlock with sliding pan cover

    l'm sure 'not always' -- perhaps only in my experience (the notch and its alignment are fairly pervasive) l also am curious concerning ' try your match'
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    Matchlock with sliding pan cover

    ?? Testing the match?? There is a reason for the forehead to nose depression in the face on the 'serpent/dog/cock' . lf you press the match into it with 1/2" or so to the coal, it will line up with the pan. Try it.
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    Matchlock with sliding pan cover

    Normally they don't. On most, only the 'serpent is released
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    Matchlock with sliding pan cover

    Here are pictures of a snapping matchlock l made some years ago. Both the pan cover and the match holder are spring loaded and released consecutively as the trigger is pulled. Mechanism inspired by german strongbox latches of the period.
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    Matchlock barrels

    Go ahead and use the round barrel --- There is a broad enough range of precedents that one needn't quibble
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    Thinking about buying this Flinter

    l bought one of these locks around 40 years ago as a kit from DGW - turned out to be a good lock - still in use.
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    My wheellock finished!

    everyone seems impressed - why do l not have a picture ??
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    French Wheellocks

    Thank you all for the pictures! they have answered all my questions but one. what keeps the chain from jumping out of the hook when it is fired? l would guess that function is filled by the plate on the underside (the pistol photos show an elaborate two piece plate surrounding the base of the...
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    Possible discovery of Black Powder & a Fire Lance in Iceland - Independent of China

    l would like to see a copy of the original presentation / lf someone could steer me to it / lt does sound like fun
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    How old are ya?

    l'm 84 / have been shooting muzzleloaders since l was eleven Brian Andeson
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    Proposed NY-VT Border Shoot

    lnterested / [email protected]
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    Jager Projectiles

    lf l remember right, l experimented with round balls in cartridge barrels and found they dropped faster with the increase in twist. the yeagers were essentially a close quarters hunting gun , large bore, large charge, and the faster twist should increase the velocity. ???
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    Places to get a matchlock?

    This was actually a common alternative pushbutton tinderlock mechanism. The button trigger is activated with the left middle finger quite comfortably and without causing drift to the hold There is a flat spring behind the wood which extends back toward the breech from the button and releases...
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    Small caliber smoothbores?

    some years back l built a smoothbore around a piece of quarry drill shaft. 1/4" bore using single buckshot. Effective on rabbits and squirrels and in smoothbore competitions. l'll see if l can dig up a picture
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