Buiilding muzzleloader DVDs

[jweston]

Hello,
I just got the "Building Muzzleloaders" DVD by Tirpin. I was wondering how it stacked up with the others. I have the Gunsmith of Greenville and it is great, but it is always good to watch a particular proceedure.

Any thoughts, thumbs (up or down) will be well recieved.

BBurg

 

[silverfox]

The more ways to skin a cat that you can learn all helps. Read and view as much as you can and then each method gets easyier. Grenville is a good book but some of his methods can be done simpler and faster you just have to keep learning and getting better informed on how to do different styles of gunsmithing. Study as much as you can and then use the method that is best for you.
Fox :hatsoff:

 

[Fullstock58]

Building Kentuckey Rifles featuring Ron Ehlert are very good DVD's, it's about building a couple of Jim Chambers rifle kits, very informative much can be learned.

 

[RDavidP]

I have not built a gun yet like a Chambers kits, but I bought both the DVD you are talking about and Dixon's book. After watching the DVD, reading the book, and watching the DVD again while refering to the book, I am not scared to build a Chambers or Dunlap kit now.

 

[Shelby Skinner]

The Hershel House videos are worthwhile if you are so inclined to build from sratch. Even if you aren't I think they are worthwhile simply because you can watch a master build a gun with some pretty simple tools. Pay attention to his stock shaping since I feel that's where many of the kit built guns go wrong. Most can stand to have a substantial amount of wood removed especially on the lock panels and fore end.