Great news, thank you.
I have a range of firearms, but this is the first musket I've owned (not going to be the last). It's very hard to own firearms in the UK, and the hoops we have to jump thorough are over the top. I have personally found that the information people have here is mostly kept to them selfs or they simply don't know and they just fumble their way through with no real accuracy. So I am very grateful for your help, I wish I could live in the US, My black powder collection would be huge if I did 
My club are not as helpful as one would like, so I'm kinda on my own with working her out. When I got the musket, it was all there and working, but somebody had clearly 'had a go' at cleaning her up to sell. So parts were not so good, I asked my club what I should do. The answer was stoke her up and fire. I didn't think that was a good idea as I was not SURE the barrel could take it considering the quality of the 'restoration'!
The barrel had a Liege proof on it so clearly had not been re-proofed since being shipped into the UK. I decided to send the barrel to Birmingham UK for a new proof. That was done and she passed, so I was able to get on with the full strip down and tidy up. I have a thread running on that here already.
Now the work is almost finished and I'll be staining and finishing the stock this week, I thought it was the right time to order the ball mould as the project is now fully viable with a proofed safe barrel and finished lock and stock (at least as far as the hard work).
So thank you guys for your help
