Historically Correct Builds

[roundball]

How many people on this forum build historicaly correct muzzleloaders?

Meaning...building true / no modern made short cut / watered down muzzleloaders and "calling them historically correct"...but actually building a historically correct muzzleloader?

For example:
Using all hand powered tools
No electricity
Candle & kerosene lighting
Historically correct hand made parts
Historically correct iron barrels forged around a mandrel.
etc
etc
etc

How many builders here truly build historically correct muzzleloaders?

 

[bnail]

How many people on this forum build historicaly correct muzzleloaders?

Meaning...building true / no modern made short cut / watered down muzzleloaders and "calling them historically correct"...but actually building a historically correct muzzleloader?

For example:
Using all hand powered tools
No electricity
Candle & kerosene lighting
Historically correct hand made parts
Historically correct iron barrels forged around a mandrel.
etc
etc
etc

How many builders here truly build historically correct muzzleloaders?

:shake: :stir:

 

[Zoar]

What about using an OUTHOUSE?

 

[user 922]

Why would anyone want to do that?

 

[rich pierce]

Games are the most fun when we can make our own rules. :surrender:

Do I build guns based on specific originals? yeah. And kerosene is not historically correct, BTW.

 

[user 922]

Right ya are, Rich. I guess we would need to have some cattle in order to render tallow for the candles. And some horses to plow the fields for hay for the cattle. The list goes on.

 

[RC]

historically built? or historically correct?

 

[rabjr]

He forgot using Aquafortis too to make red maple pop not the new stains used today!

 

[lonehorseman]

Even the Woodbury crew here in KY buys their barrels. The only true "originally made" gun I have seen lately is the one Martin's Station is giving away in May. All handforged, handmade, with original tools and methods. There is a nice story on the building on their website. Being as lucky as I am...I am sure I have the winning ticket. Yeah, right!

I'm not trying to sell tickets, but the gun and story can be found at http://www.historicmartinsstation.com/riflemain.html

 

[Mike Brooks]

I'd answer but you have me in a lead box.... :idunno:

 

[bnail]

I'd answer but you have me in a lead box.... :idunno:

shut up Mike, we're talking about you, not to you! :wink:

 

[Stophel]

:shake: :stir:

Exactly. :wink:

There are only a bare handful of shops that are even capable of such a task.

:wink:

 

[Zoar]

Are builders supposed to wear wooden dentures too to be "correct"?

Oh yes and Whale oil Lamps, Kerosene would be so not correct.

 

[KHickam]

doesn't it also depend on the period we are talking because I remember reading that locks and barrels and furniture were mass produced at some point in the early 19th century so those smiths would be correctly called gun stockers right?

 

[Mike Brooks]

doesn't it also depend on the period we are talking because I remember reading that locks and barrels and furniture were mass produced at some point in the early 19th century so those smiths would be correctly called gun stockers right?

The same is true for the 18th century too. Locks, barrels and brass mounts were commonly imports.

 

[rabjr]

Most locks were imported back then, don't see many imported today...

 

[wulf]

Clay Smith at Williamsberg comes pretty close..
Wulf

 

[Robby]

I enjoy using my hand tools while making as many parts as I can, and thinking about what it must have like, lighting, heat, etc.. :grin:
Robby
Does this make me a bad person? :rotf:

 

Kit Ravenshear in PA use to build everything when still able, Jack Brooks in Denver and Bob Lieneman in KC (Jack Brooks student) do the same and several others I have run across will build from scratch. In some cases the $$$ price can be higher than buying an original in good condition and having it restored may be cheaper. I have had Lieneman build several for me and love the one I still have.

 

[Va.Manuf.06]

How many people on this forum build historicaly correct muzzleloaders?

Meaning...building true / no modern made short cut / watered down muzzleloaders and "calling them historically correct"...but actually building a historically correct muzzleloader?

For example:
Using all hand powered tools
No electricity
Candle & kerosene lighting
Historically correct hand made parts
Historically correct iron barrels forged around a mandrel.
etc
etc
etc

How many builders here truly build historically correct muzzleloaders?

:shake: Where in the world did this question come from? :idunno: You might say it is ff