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I've always found the Whitneys to be fascinating. I've been planning on getting one, but something else always seems to get in the way.

Made by Pietta, the London model has steel triggerguard and grip frame are the only differences.

It would be an1838-1865 seated liberty quarter, a ribbon with E PLURIBUS UNUM was added in 1866.

I've dealt with EMF and was very pleased. I'll surely be using them again.

The earlier TC locks were harder on flints than the later ones. They changed the shape of the hammer and frizzen a bit to improve the geometry. You can do an image search and see which yours is. If it's the early, you may be able to get some newer parts to upgrade.

It's a CVA Kentucky pistol.

Not a model 1842, it is a model 1840 made in 1842. They were originally flintlock, this one as most were, was converted to percussion. This one was done with the Belgian, cone in barrel conversion, this was the most common US conversion and officially done by US armorers.

I've been on it last night and this morning, no issues for me.

I may be wrong but weren't all the made in USA barrels made by Douglas?

You can get a few sizes of pin gauges from Amazon, you don't really need a whole set. To further muddy the waters, you can't count on a mold dropping the exact size ball that it is supposed to. The best way is to start with a bullet minutely larger and size them with a push through sizer so...

Even in a rifled barrel if the bullet is a little too small to grip the rifling they tumble.

The best way to improve these is not so much add to but to take away. Shaping the forend and lock panels are a must!

Might want to experiment with a little heavier charge to flatten the trajectory a bit.

It really depends on what kind of musket you are talking about, this is the percussion rifle section so you may mean Civil War era rifle muskets? If that is the case then no, the paper was discarded and the minie ball was loaded bare.

Interesting, but the Whitney frame shape is quite different from the Spiller and Burr, much more open in front of the cylinder.

The Traditions is actually made by Armisport, and is a decent repro. Probably one of the most authentic repros available. I would make the decision based on what unit you will be reenacting, check to see what they were armed with.

H&R was making trapdoor carbines and used some of the same parts to make muzzleloaders.

I believe all the Italian repros and Parker Hale used that type of breech.

I've had most of the the production brand guns over the last 50 years and if I wanted a halfstock plains type rifle I would get an Investarm rifle, no question about it. I still have two of the Investarm Hawken rifles and an Investarm made Lyman Trade rifle. All are fantastic shooters, best of...

You'll probably need new bands to fit the slimmed down stock. You may be able to use bands from the Rifle Shoppe.