Since there is a continuing shortage of (or unavailability) of 1842 smoothbores from DGW, I'm seriously pondering buying one at Middlesex Village Trading company. Is this a good or bad idea? And yes, this will be a shooter/hunting gun.
MSVTC 1842
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I have never had any dealings with Middlesex and I love his web page.
I have heard lots of people complain about his customer service
I have bought from Loyalist arms, and have nothing but praise for them
I have heard lots of people complain about his customer service
I have bought from Loyalist arms, and have nothing but praise for them
I just looked up loyalist and they offer the 1842
You might look at reviews here about Middlesex Village before you commit.
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Don’t…
Middlesex has a bad reputation
My opinion only but I think it would be a bad idea. 
I would go with Loyalist.
http://www.loyalistarms.freeservers.com/springfield1842.html
I would go with Loyalist.http://www.loyalistarms.freeservers.com/springfield1842.html
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Dear Sir,
I have owned MSVTC, Military Heritage and Loyalist. I only have Loyalist Arms now. They are nice looking- the stocks are well finished and not the painted on shellac looking stuff. The trigger pull is generally much better as well.
The Higgins are great to deal with. I agree, go with Loyalist.
David
I have owned MSVTC, Military Heritage and Loyalist. I only have Loyalist Arms now. They are nice looking- the stocks are well finished and not the painted on shellac looking stuff. The trigger pull is generally much better as well.
The Higgins are great to deal with. I agree, go with Loyalist.
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Yes I agree I have dealt with loyalist arms and Blair and Linda are really decent to work with plus they have a good price on flints also .
why dont you buy a good shootable original? no worries. made in the good ole U.S.A.
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For the money a good shootable original may be your best bet. Keep looking on the interweb and one will appear!
I wouldn’t bother with them! I’m in year 4 waiting on a pistol and 3 bayonets.
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Please research Access History's offerings as well as Veteran Arms....don't simply choose one dealer, do a lot of posts, inquiries, etc. Read their product-service statements, get comments from guys here...I've only dealt with Vet many years ago and found the guy to be very forthcoming and helpful, but check out all the others as well. I'm sure you'll get comments here from others. Good luck!
That's insane.
and local gun shows or classifieds, maybe try NSSA classifieds.
Took a little over 3 years to get 2 muskets from him!
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Even here in Australia.
That’s what I did:
After trying to find an Italian-made Armi Sport repro I just decided to get an original. The price was virtually the same. Mine was made in 1852 by Springfield. It has a Whitacre barrel and I have the original as well.
The Indian made muskets, from what I have seen and read, are way off as to proportions and weight/balance etc. The folks hammering them together in the Mumbai sweatshops are not shooters, and they probably don’t care about U.S. history.
Check out the NSSA forum, maybe post a wanted ad there. I think you’ll find a really nice original for a fair price. These U.S. made muskets were absolutely built to last and many are as good as the day they were made. There’s plenty of spare parts and quality American made accesories for them.
All I’ll say is if I was a soldier during the Civil War, I’d sure know which one I’d rather have on my shoulder…
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