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  1. dave_person

    Building a British Pattern 1800 Rifle (Baker)

    Hi Mike, The "Art of Making the Pennsylvania Longrifle" by Dixon and "Recreating the American Longrifle" by Buchele et al. are the best step by step books for the basic tasks of building muzzleloading guns. The "Gunsmith of Grenville County" is also good but it is a compilation of different...
  2. dave_person

    Making a Rev War Period British Carbine

    Hi, I am finishing up the lock. I still have to even out the cast wavy edge of the bevel around the front of the plate. That has been a pain in the butt. Anyway, I will get rid of it before case hardening the plate. I did the lock engraving, which for these castings involved getting rid of all...
  3. dave_person

    Bucks County Transitional rifle

    Hi, According to George Shumay, Verner moved around between Marlborough, Upper Hanover Twp. and Richland Twp. All communities that are near Quakerstown, PA. dave
  4. dave_person

    Making and early Peter Berry rifle

    Hi Brian, I've built 24 since the end of 2020 and I am a bit tired. I finished 4 between April and October this year and that does not include all the repair and restoration work done at the same time. I cannot keep on like this. I am too old. dave
  5. dave_person

    Making a Rev War Period British Carbine

    Hi, I am no fan of cast in engraving. I have to remove most of it on the lock so I can engrave the proper markings. The cast in marks must be from a pattern 1799 Elliot in which the borders and marks are stamped like on India pattern Brown Besses. For a pattern 1773 Elliot, the marks must be...
  6. dave_person

    Trade gun

    Hi, Rice Barrel Company can make rifled fowler barrels for some profiles. Here is one on an English fowler style gun. https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/new-work-rifled-english-fowler-stocked-in-maple.179793/ It will soon be out in New Mexico hunting elk. dave
  7. dave_person

    Making and early Peter Berry rifle

    Hi, No. But I haven't had any time in 3 years to finish the rifle. It needs all the carving done. I've had too much work for others and have not had any time for my own projects for several years now. That changes next year. I am not taking any new commissions for the next couple of years...
  8. dave_person

    Making a Rev War Period British Carbine

    Hi Rudyard, Here is a pattern 1760 Elliot. I've done my homework. dave
  9. dave_person

    Making a Rev War Period British Carbine

    Hi Rudyard, Here are photos of 2 original Royal Forester's carbines with Rev War provenance. One was assembled by the Tower and the other at Dublin Castle. Note the Tower gun has a pinned barrel and the Irish gun has barrel keys and different stock. There is no carving around the barrel tangs...
  10. dave_person

    Making a Rev War Period British Carbine

    Hi Rudyard, My research, which included looking at several Rev War provenance Royal Forrester's and two Elliots with a strong claim to Rev War issue shows the ramrod catch was standard by the early 1770s. The challenge during my research is that most surviving Elliots were from the end of the...
  11. dave_person

    Building a British Pattern 1800 Rifle (Baker)

    Hi TFoley, The sear is fully engaged in the tumbler notches, which is why the trigger rattles a little at full ****. The pull is largely the result of how I positioned and pinned the trigger. I cocked the gun and smacked the butt against the ground pretty hard multiple times and it did not...
  12. dave_person

    Building a British Pattern 1800 Rifle (Baker)

    Hi, The Rifle Shoppe (www.therifleshoppe.com) sells plan for the Baker. dave
  13. dave_person

    Making a Rev War Period British Carbine

    Hi Guys, A lot of work done but little that is of photographic interest. I am final shaping the stock but in the process I decided the brass side plate was too thin. It was made from 5/64" thick brass and was on the margin for being too thin to prevent dimpling from screws, lock bolts, and...
  14. dave_person

    Asking for help with a Rifle Shoppe Baker Rifle: groups at 50 yards have become dreadful.

    Hi, As Mike wrote, check your patches after shooting. Are they torn or burned up? I had a Getz barrel that was terrible at first because the edges of the lands were too sharp and they cut up the patches during loading. The solution was lapping the bore many times with Scotch Bright pads and...
  15. dave_person

    Making a Rev War Period British Carbine

    Hi, Got a lot done. I am starting the final wood shaping and finishing and then it is stain and finish. I don't like building plain guns because they are all grunt work and no fun. The exceptions are flintlock military guns. They have their own challenges with trying to research the...
  16. dave_person

    How to polish this sideplate

    Hi Guys, Dremels are great tools if you are careful and spend a little time practicing. For polishing side plates, I use needle files, sanding sticks, stones, and pencil sticks with rottenstone abrasive. Nonetheless, a Dremel with 3-M bristle burrs (also called radial abrasive discs) is...
  17. dave_person

    How to polish this sideplate

    Hi Sam, Sure my friend. It was originally a flat chip carving knife. I ground the back away to create the tapered blade. Then I shaped the tip as you see it. Since that photo, I made the tip a little less skewed so that it stabs in better. However, I still kept some skew, which creates the...
  18. dave_person

    Who charcoal blues Fowler barrels

    Hi, Often Spanish gun barrels were tempered blued but they were usually held to the stock by barrel bands rather than lugs. Even English makers often used inlet barrel bands when stocking up Spanish barrels. dave
  19. dave_person

    Making a Rev War Period British Carbine

    Hi, I went south to an event at Washington's Crossing State Park in NJ where we demonstrated cannon, musket, and rifle firing. At the event, I met up with a gentleman who had an original dragoon carbine that he thought was an Elliot of Rev War vintage. It was actually a pattern 1776 Royal...
  20. dave_person

    How to polish this sideplate

    Hi, With that side plate, you don't have to glue it to a block of wood, just use 2 wood screws in the lock bolt holes. dave
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