Christmas in April

[Swampman]

I got my Jack Hubbard Militia Musket yesterday. I had ordered it while still making good money. It has a Long Land pattern triggerguard and buttplate. The barrel is a 12 gauge 43 1/2" Getz that looks like it was meant for a French military musket. It sorta goes from 16 flats, to 8 flats, to round with no wedding band. The black walnut stock is cut back so a bayonet would fit, and it has a bayonet lug front sight. The pipes and square brass sideplate washers are homemade. The lock is an L&R Queen Ann. A .715 ball will fit down the barrel but it's too snug for a thick patch. I think I'll get a .690 bag mold. It is basically a light weight Brown Bess knock off. I also got the Wick Elerbe knife sheath for my Hershel House knife. I'll post some pics when I get the chance.

 

[Itegorm]

Sounds like a pretty cool looking gun. Concerning the square brass washers for the lock bolts, are they inlet into the wood out just on the surface?

 

[Swampman]

They are inlet into the wood. This gun shoulders perfectly. Jack's guns always do.

 

[trent/OH]

You call it a light weight Brown Bess. How much does it weigh?

 

[Swampman]

Eight pounds on the nose.

 

[Swampman]

Here are some original muskets, that inspired this one.
[url] http://www.jaegerkorps.org/neumanNRA.html[/url]