I recently acquired a left hand flintlock rifle built by J.C. Gorges in Frankfurt, Germany, circa 1800. The rifle was brought back by a WWII soldier and sleeved with a .44 inch groove sleeve. My interest is two fold:
1. Does anyone else own a J.C. Gorges firearm and
2. Where do I find a bullet sized to fire in a .44 caliber barrel? If I use traditional pillow ticking with thickness of .017" I need a round cast bullet around .406?
And if you know who might have installed the new barrel sometime in the last 75 years Garry James and I would be really interested.
1. Does anyone else own a J.C. Gorges firearm and
2. Where do I find a bullet sized to fire in a .44 caliber barrel? If I use traditional pillow ticking with thickness of .017" I need a round cast bullet around .406?
And if you know who might have installed the new barrel sometime in the last 75 years Garry James and I would be really interested.