Hello!
This is my first post on this forum and I´m very glad that I have found a good muzzloloading forum that also takes interest in reenactment and antique weapons.
My name is Anders and I live in a town in Sweden called Norrköping. I work as a museumteacher at the city museum of Norrköping. I got a big interest in historical material culture and collect many kinds of things, like antique firearms. I´m also involved in a couple of reenactment societies, one company Albrechts bössor portray a late 14th C military company with handgonnes (www.albrechts.se). Other periods that I´m into is early 18th C as a civilian hunter and early 19th C farmer culture.
When it comes to reenactment I try to keep a high standard with clothing and equipment and I produce almost every bit myself handsewing, blacksmithing and sofort.
I also keep a modest collection of antique guns which also try to shoot with. Since I only work part time I cant afford the expensive stuff, Im 26 years old and have to maintain my house, dogs, wife....and stuff. But I only buy pre-1890 guns since I dont need license to keep them.
All in all I have:
-A swedish flintlock hunting rifle ca 1750
-Unknown european hunting flintlock rifle late 18th C
-Side by side belgian shotgun ca 1850
-Swedish early 19th C huntingrifle converted to percussion lock and fitted with a smoothbored swedish made license-made remington rolling block barrel (totally wierd, yes :hmm: )
I used to have a late 18th C brown bess and a M/1777 charleville musket fitted with a russian Tula flintlock. I traded them away since I dont collect military muskets.
If you want to please visit my blog www.kurage.wordpress.com
Its in swedish but can be translated through translators. Here you can read plenty of articles about reenactment, historical handcrafts and material culture. Lots of pics to! :grin:
That´s me with a the Charleville musket that has moved to russia by now.
This is my first post on this forum and I´m very glad that I have found a good muzzloloading forum that also takes interest in reenactment and antique weapons.
My name is Anders and I live in a town in Sweden called Norrköping. I work as a museumteacher at the city museum of Norrköping. I got a big interest in historical material culture and collect many kinds of things, like antique firearms. I´m also involved in a couple of reenactment societies, one company Albrechts bössor portray a late 14th C military company with handgonnes (www.albrechts.se). Other periods that I´m into is early 18th C as a civilian hunter and early 19th C farmer culture.
When it comes to reenactment I try to keep a high standard with clothing and equipment and I produce almost every bit myself handsewing, blacksmithing and sofort.
I also keep a modest collection of antique guns which also try to shoot with. Since I only work part time I cant afford the expensive stuff, Im 26 years old and have to maintain my house, dogs, wife....and stuff. But I only buy pre-1890 guns since I dont need license to keep them.
All in all I have:
-A swedish flintlock hunting rifle ca 1750
-Unknown european hunting flintlock rifle late 18th C
-Side by side belgian shotgun ca 1850
-Swedish early 19th C huntingrifle converted to percussion lock and fitted with a smoothbored swedish made license-made remington rolling block barrel (totally wierd, yes :hmm: )
I used to have a late 18th C brown bess and a M/1777 charleville musket fitted with a russian Tula flintlock. I traded them away since I dont collect military muskets.
If you want to please visit my blog www.kurage.wordpress.com
Its in swedish but can be translated through translators. Here you can read plenty of articles about reenactment, historical handcrafts and material culture. Lots of pics to! :grin:
That´s me with a the Charleville musket that has moved to russia by now.
