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Many of you have visited this wonderful site, along with noticing that the barrels they use are seamless tubing, along with the #'s particular to the composition of this hardened steel.
: I cannot disclose the properties of the steel(I don't know which # means what), however I have built a smoothbored gun in the past with a piece of seamless tubing. This .44 cal, 36" X 7/8" across the flats barrel was quite accurate and shot 1/2 ounce of #8's very well also. At 25yds. it would hold a 1 1/2" group and is still shooting ball and shot in Smithers to this day, 20years after I made it. Whether or not the metal's compostion is the same, I also cannot say, but the numbers do sound familiar.
: What I do know, is that this is a very successful, well established company and that they wouldn't sell you anything that wasn't safe. This is true especially in this modern world of spure-of-the-moment litigation.
: I'm also certain that these barrels are of much better quality than was used in 17 or 18's or whatever date of damascus barrels that were welded one end to the other with hundreds of inches of welds in each and every barrel.
: In the early spring, I plan on buying the Dragoon pistol and perhaps a 1717 .69 cal musket or maybe the India Pattern Brown Bess in carbine form.
: As far a fit and finish, I believe you'll find these to be rather exactly like the originals in most every way. We tend to 'over finish' guns these days, compared to the contract weapons, made in the thousands & issued to the troops. With that in mind, perhaps they won't match up with 'some' of the more modern 'replicas', but they will be more accurately representative in my opinion, of course.
Daryl
: I cannot disclose the properties of the steel(I don't know which # means what), however I have built a smoothbored gun in the past with a piece of seamless tubing. This .44 cal, 36" X 7/8" across the flats barrel was quite accurate and shot 1/2 ounce of #8's very well also. At 25yds. it would hold a 1 1/2" group and is still shooting ball and shot in Smithers to this day, 20years after I made it. Whether or not the metal's compostion is the same, I also cannot say, but the numbers do sound familiar.
: What I do know, is that this is a very successful, well established company and that they wouldn't sell you anything that wasn't safe. This is true especially in this modern world of spure-of-the-moment litigation.
: I'm also certain that these barrels are of much better quality than was used in 17 or 18's or whatever date of damascus barrels that were welded one end to the other with hundreds of inches of welds in each and every barrel.
: In the early spring, I plan on buying the Dragoon pistol and perhaps a 1717 .69 cal musket or maybe the India Pattern Brown Bess in carbine form.
: As far a fit and finish, I believe you'll find these to be rather exactly like the originals in most every way. We tend to 'over finish' guns these days, compared to the contract weapons, made in the thousands & issued to the troops. With that in mind, perhaps they won't match up with 'some' of the more modern 'replicas', but they will be more accurately representative in my opinion, of course.
Daryl
