I am loving my 58 smoothbore thus thing is shooting very well with a roundball.That is pretty fricken cool. I like it…Next couple months, I’ll be ordering the Colonial rifle as a smoothbore…I’m torn between getting a .54 calibre/28 gauge or the .58 calibre/24 gauge…
LolVery nicely done - you just increased the value of that smoothbore
I really enjoyed building mine you have to show some pictures when you are done.I’ve got my .58 smoothbore Colonial kit sitting in the basement - bought a ball mold and some 24 ga wads, now I need to get started building it! Between business travel and Covid twice, I just haven’t had any free time to set down and get to it!
I will document my progress when I start the kit. I am trying to finish some leather projects for some customers before starting the Colonial kitI really enjoyed building mine you have to show some pictures when you are done.
that is just an outstanding job. is the rear end threaded for cleaning brushes?Now this should work better for pushing down thin os cards and my felt wads as well.
where did you get the two end pieces, and wood? did I miss it? if so, sorry.Now this should work better for pushing down thin os cards and my felt wads as well.
The wood was from kibler I ordered three extra ramrods The bottom ramrod tip is an old t/c one lying around. The shotgun tip I made from some brass I had for years.where did you get the two end pieces, and wood? did I miss it? if so, sorry.
I used my buddy's manual lathe. I only did it because I couldn't find any 58 cal shotgun tips plenty of 20ga lol. I was just going to use a 58 cal button jag but wanted something a little more snug in the barrel and have a flat face for seating the os cards / wads.thank you for the reply. the shot gun tip, did you file it down using a drill press, or a lathe? just courious.
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