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cannonball1, nice sketch, a perfect illustration of the question. The slight bevel on the mouth of the chamber makes good sense. One thing to be careful of is to keep the outside edge of the bevel a little inside of the top of the lands. If you make the outside edge of the bevel to wide you...

Thanks again Larry. Looking at the rear sight, would it meet the rules if you were to install one of these and remove the adjusting screw? https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/882/1/rs-la

Thanks Larry. I did wonder about the "plowhandle" rule. It seems that some people remove the hump from these anyway. I also may remove the extra hook on the bottom of the trigger guard that looks odd to me as well. Thinking about getting the kit vs. the finished gun, problem is you can get...

Looking at picking up a flintlock pistol and looking at the Traditions Trapper. Mostly just for fun shooting, but would also like to possibly use it in NMLRA Kentucky pistol matches. Looking at the rules it looks like the set trigger is ok and the only thing I would have to do is replace the...

I have a Cabelas (Investarms) Hawken that I did the same thing as Chuck using Birchwood Casey's Brass Black. The brass came out looking kind of like fire blued steel.

I have removed my own and others tight patched roundballs with powder in the vent/nipple and with ball puller. In this case I think a ball puller would actually be the easiest. The minie ball is undersized and the only thing holding it in place is probably the fouling. I would think it would...

The copper flash guard on the side of the pan is kinda neat. One thing I noticed, the vent hole seems to be pretty low, near the bottom of the pan. When you put powder in the pan you might want to try and keep it towards the outside of the pan, maybe even tip the rifle towards the lock side...

Rifle got here today! Lonestar, I think I got the twin of your rifle as this one is marked Navy Arms as well. Rifle is in very good used condition. A couple small wood chips around the sideplate and a few other very small blemishes. Bore is very good. Overall a well taken care of used gun...

Man I was just looking at the map. I could have driven there in 4 1/2 hours and the Log Cabin Shop in Lodi is only 45 minutes from there and I wouldn't have even had to go out of my way as it would be on the way!

Thanks for all the info. guys. I was hoping to shoot it this weekend, but it appears to have disappeared into the USPS "network". Tracking originally showed it with an expected delivery date of Oct. 4 by 9:00 pm. Well that came and went and now just says "your package will be delivered later...

Thanks Hammond79! I should have the rifle in the next couple days. Doing a little more looking and the barrel has a XXX stamp at the breech end. Doing some more searching here I think this is the date code for 1974. The photo in the 1979 add page you posted looks exactly like it...

New to the forum, but I have built a couple flintlocks and done repairs/modification on several others. +1 to everything ronald posted. You need to figure out where the barrel or tang is contacting the wood so you can remove wood in the correct spot to get the barrel to sit down in the channel...

I just won one of these on GunBroker in .45 cal. It will be a week or two before I receive it, but I thought I would jump on here and see if I could get some feedback on it from any of you here who have one. What loads it likes, any quirks or issues, etc. The one thing that seems a little odd...

Just getting back into muzzleloaders after about a 20 year break. Used to go to muzzleloader shoots and rendezvous with my dad in Iowa. Moved to Michigan in my late 30's 20 years ago and got distracted with life, family other hobbies, etc. My dad continued with building muzzleloaders, going...