percussion

Howdy, I am an aspiring traditional hunter and a huge enjoyer of history with a recent love for the 17th and 18th centuries. I am in search of an heirloom quality percussion muzzleloader that can with practice be used to take up to Black Bear sized game but will mainly be used for target...

Hello Everyone, I’ve been an avid gun collector for years that is now just taking a leap of faith into a subject matter I do not know much about. I’m looking to make my first purchase as I have found a really nice set of dueling pistols with barrels that are rifled and unscrew. The barrels also...

(PICTURES ATTACHED BELOW) Hey guys, I was referred to your subforum from another one, they said I could probably find more information here. Recently, I bought what was advertised as a Second Model Brown Bess from a small dealer up in New England. He said he picked it up at an estate sale in...

Hi Hope you’re all well, I have this 1800s percussion rifle that needs identification, there are no markings other than some numbers on the stock, I have included some pictures of the lock when I was servicing it. (Excuse all the mess) Any ideas would be appreciated Thanks

Have you been looking for a handy brush gun to go trekking through the bush? A short, lightweight, hard hitting front stuffer to really put the smackdown on some critters? If you have, well look no further. What we have here is a Traditions "Buckskinner" percussion carbine. Before those sleek...

Help guys. A prominent family in my area has possession of an antique percussion rifle. Unusually long and heavy octagon barrel (will get length later), possibly .38 to.45 caliber. Top of barrel is marked “J C Phillips”, lock is marked “M M Maslin”…If anyone recognizes these names I would be...

My grandfather in law gave me this old gun of his for my birthday. Said he bought it years ago when he lived in Kentucky intending to mount it over his fireplace. As history goes he never did and the house burned down ages ago. He always had a liking for the blonde finished rifles but I...

Sold, thank you for your interest Rifle style,29" barrel, clean bore, no rust. Breach plate moves and seals as required. Tang sight and sniper style crosshair front as well as ladder sight and front post. Very accurate rifle, used very little

Hi there, I’m selling my GPH in 54 cal as the title says. I bought it maybe a decade ago and never got used to the crescent buttplate. I’ve put two boxes of conicals through it at maybe 24 per box? Always cleaned with a shotgun mop and a rubber tube in clean water through the nipple. Gun is...

Could you help me to identify this percussion pistol? Thank you

Hi, thanks for letting me join the Forum. I inherited my dad's rifle it was hanging on his wall my whole life. I can't seem to find any information on it whatsoever. The only markings are a couple of stamps and on the top of the barrels and gold is something in Spanish I think it's someone's...

Hello, I bought this piece a few months back at Dixons in an unfired state and it remains that way currently. Fully functional. No issues with timing or function as of this moment. Aside from a small scratch on the grip that is hardly visible and a small bit of wear from the cylinder stop(and...

Hello, About 2 years ago I wa watching cap'n ball's videos on youtube and I bought a Pedersoli shotgun at the local gun show with dreams of taking it on a waterfowl hunt. I shot it a few times but it was sat in the safe since then. I'm moving on to new projects and I wanted to offer it here...

I am brand new to the forum and black powder in general. This probably isn't the best thread for my post but I know of no other. I've always been insanely preoccupied with the civil war Era firearms ...particularly percussion revolvers of the time and various "cowboy single action revolvers" ...

I've been trying to research and find out why someone would put these gold metal dots on an old 1863 springfield musket. So far I can't seem to find any information on it, so I thought I would try here and see if anyone knows why someone would have done that.

This cool hooked breech percussion tang is part of a collection of parts assembled by a member here, who sold me his rifle “kit”. Because I’m going to make his gun into flintlock and not percussion, I’m looking for the flint version of this tang. If such a thing was ever made historically, or...

Hello, new member here. I have owned a Traditions full stock flintlock since the mid 90's, and fired it irregularly. After moving from the PNW (largely due to firearms regulation) to West Virginia, I was looking to do a build of a traditional early Pennsylvania rifle. I spent COVID de-Bubba-ing...

Gents and Gals, Up for your consideration is my Pedersoli 10 gauge percussion shotgun w/screw-in chokes. I picked this beauty up late last year on a whim. I previously built a 20 gauge Fusil smoothy and that is what I always take with me. This gun hangs on my wall, which is an utter shame. I do...

Hey Muzzleloading forum! I have just bought a PH Enfield rather cheap for 400 dollars. Specs: Barrel Length: 840 mm Total Length: 1250 mm S/N: 7923 Marked "BP" on top with a crown and have some questions about the firearm How many rifles did Parker Hale reproduce (serial number wise) from...

I'm looking for help on my next purchase. I've long been into the idea of hunting small game with a muzzleloader but I'm stuck on what I should spend my hard earned money on. Additionally, I'm unsure if a flintlock or percussion would suit me better. Smoothbore is a must, but other than that I...