thought he was a vampire slayerit was president Lincoln's when he was out killing zombies!
thought he was a vampire slayerit was president Lincoln's when he was out killing zombies!
A trap many of us fall into when looking at old stuff is using a modern perspective about labor costs. In the era when this was likely cobbled together, labor was cheaper than the parts. No significant added cost to have a youth or woman worker cut in some rudimentary checkering, both were paid a good deal less than a man who didn’t make very much either.Amen to that!
I believe there is a species of imp that I call "the Patch Demon" that lives down in the breeches of neglected muzzleloaders. You push a jag with a patch on it down there and he'll grab it, and your rod, too. I have exercised the full extent of my expressive vocabulary in trying to pull out rods that were caught that way. It may be best to use a shotgun "loop" on your rod and put a patch in that, or use an undersized jag and secure the patch to it with a thread around the narrow neck of the jag. If you feel any resistance at all pushing it in a rusty bore, it's going to be hard to pull out.
Thanks for the additional photos and comments. I'm not sure what to make of your gun. I'm sort of leaning toward a gun put together our of odd parts, but the photo in post #13 shows checkering on the wrist. I would not expect to see that on a knocked-together frontier gun. I wonder if it might have been a pretty nice gun when first built, but then later repaired by a workman less skilled than the original builder. It's an enigma, but a lot of old guns are.
Best regards,
Notchy Bob
Straighten out a wire clothes hanger and use it as a probe in the bore. It should get through to any solid obstruction and won’t tend to get stuck.The barrel is completely filled with grease. I could only get the ramrod about 6" down the barrel!
I stand corrected. Vampires not zombies. Duh! This is why I came to the experts!thought he was a vampire slayer
I stand corrected. Vampires not zombies. Duh! This is why I came to the experts!
That is awesome, thanks!York businessmen P. A. and Samuel Small victimized twice ...
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Aug 10, 2010 — and Samuel Small victimized twice by Rebels. A modern aerial view of what was in the 19th century a grist mill owned by wealthy York, Pa.
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The butplate is brass, and the screws that held it on were hand cut and not really done well. The slot for the screwdriver is off center and the big screw is made on oval metal.
Is it worth running the parts through my hydrolysis tank to clean them up, or are they best left "in the rough?"
NO. Leave them as you found them.Is it worth running the parts through my hydrolysis tank to clean them up
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The butplate is brass, and the screws that held it on were hand cut and not really done well. The slot for the screwdriver is off center and the big screw is made on oval metal.
Is it worth running the parts through my hydrolysis tank to clean them up, or are they best left "in the rough?"
I’m still leaning towards an altered French fowler. I also think the original sideplate and inlet were done away with.This is not a low quality gun!
It’s middling or middle quality.
Sometimes you hear these referred to “buck and ball guns.
The lock is in no way related to this piece.
It looks like it was deliberately broken by smashing the butt on the ground.
Who knows?
Maybe the guy who tried to fit that later junky lock got mad?...
I would date this gun to around the first quarter of the 19th Century......
1800 ish......give or take
This gun is a candidate for restoration by someone that knows what they are doing.
A very interesting gun!
This gun is a candidate for restoration by someone that actually knows what they are doing.
It definitely had a sideplate. The wood is much lighter where it would have been.I’m still leaning towards an altered French fowler. I also think the original sideplate and inlet were done away with.
That is a tow worm. Loose fibers of tow would get twisted into the spiral arms of the worm to make a wad.Interesting ramrod!
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Yes, I'm really enjoying the education!Thank you, gentlemen, for a good education.
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