Italian brown bess parts

[thewallace]

I really need a frizzen spring and screw for an Italian bess. marked Grice 1762.probably purchased at least 35 years ago. any ideas where they can be purchased?

 

[Cheyenne]

Use Google...look up VTI Gun Parts....they do a lot with Italian gun parts......also look for Ackerman Arms, he does a lot with these for reenactors....and there is always Dixie Gun Works.

Your gun is a Pedersoli made musket.

 

[Many Klatch]

Mike Lea Gunsmith makes replacement springs and frizzens for Bess's. [email protected]

 

[Artificer]

Use Google...look up VTI Gun Parts....they do a lot with Italian gun parts......also look for Ackerman Arms, he does a lot with these for reenactors....and there is always Dixie Gun Works.

Your gun is a Pedersoli made musket.

Here is the link I have:
http://www.vtigunparts.com/store/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=55&cat=Pedersoli+Brown+Bess

Gus

 

[Alden]

......also look for Ackerman Arms, he does a lot with these for reenactors....

That's one of the funniest things I've ever read here. He's a guy who's at reenactments for a particular reason that got some business cards printed and borrowed a screwdriver and spring-vice. I assure you he does NOT do alot for reenactors.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Save some money and go to Dixie Gunworks as a new frizzen spring and screw should cost you less than $40, plus shipping.

While you're at it stock up and buy an aftermarket Bess Main Spring from Track of The Wolf for $20.

VTI charges $61.00 for an Italian made frizzen spring and the screw, and $75.00 for an Italian made main spring. :shocked2:

LD

 

[Rifleman1776]

This is a good thread with important information.
Never heard of VTI. They sure are proud of their stuff. :shocked2: But I saved their site for emergencies. And, then, there is always Dixie. Cuss 'em or love 'em, they often have what is needed.

 

[Ken Cormier]

Plus 1 on Ackerman being useless. Just my opion

 

[satwel]

There is a Pedersoli distributor in Richmond, MA called Flintlocks etc. you could try. I have no experience dealing with them. www.flintlocksetc.com

 

[Artificer]

There is a Pedersoli distributor in Richmond, MA called Flintlocks etc. you could try. I have no experience dealing with them. www.flintlocksetc.com

Thanks for adding that. I lost his address when my old computer died.

I have received parts from Richard Beauchamp that were not to be had anywhere else. Good man to do business with.

Gus

 

[nit wit]

But Alden, his shining personality!
Nit Wit