PC French and Indian 20/.62?

[PvtC]

I think you are correct. A quick survey of the Grinslade Flintlock Fowlers book reveals that many of the recycled euro barrels were about 1.5 mm at the muzzle. If Getz or Rayl are lurking here it would be nice to hear from them.

 

[PvtC]

Getting back to the 1740s civilian arm concept, I think this forum indicates that there is a demand for components that date earlier than what is commonly available. I would like to see a top tier manufacturer like Chambers or Davis offer a couple of big early locks with banana shaped plates and no pan bridle. One could be Dutch/English roundfaced and the other might be Germanic and flat flaced.

 

[Mike Brooks]

If Getz or Rayl are lurking here it would be nice to hear from them.

Not likely, all they'd hear is "WHERE THE HELL'S MY BARREL!" :haha:
Fowling guns can be really thin at the muzzle 1/16" or less. Most all the originals I've sen were very thin.

 

[paulvallandigham]

This long a barrel is a custom order deal. The muzzle can be as wide, or " Thick " as you want it to be. The total length of that gun will be about 7 feet long, I hope you realize. That is far longer than most men are tall.

Why a .71 Caliber? Are you talking a rifle, or smoothbore? A .72 Caliber would allow you to use a lot of easily available 12 gauge wads and RBs.

I have a half-finished barrel,it is smothbore cal.71 and 7mm thick.

Again: Why the old caliber? Or are you cursed by the metric system in this regard?

Well, I just consulted my gauge/caliber chart, and .710" is a 13 gauge diameter. You are in luck. you can buy 13 gauge wads, and components through Circle Fly, or from other suppliers you can find by going to member resources on the index page here, and looking for " Links". Perhaps there are European suppliers of this kind of thing that can provide it to you cheaper, considering where you are living.

 

[Croppy Boy]

Perhaps there are European suppliers of this kind of thing that can provide it to you cheaper

I doubt that. I buy all my supplies from Track of the Wolf, their prices are very reasonable especially with the current $/€ exchange rate, it takes 4 to 5 days from the time of order to delivery. It would be hard to beat that.

 

[Stophel]

Do something like this:

OK, rather fancier than normal, but you get the picture...

Put a big round faced English lock on it, and normal English hardware of the period and you'd have an English gun. During this time and earlier, they were pretty heavily influenced by the Dutch (as evidenced by the Brown Bess musket...).

 

[Tommy Bruce]

That would be way cool. Tom Grinsdale has a picture of a Dutch hunting gun in his book on Colonial fowers made by H. Sleur circa 1730. The pictures are small and he doesn't detail the gun but I'd love to know more about it. It doesn't appear to be a fancy gun possibly made for the Native trade? The lock looks similer to some of the germanic style locks being made by Davis or Chambers today.