Where to start? :hmm:
My son bought this 1840 era Brunswick musket from atlantic cultery last year.
Made by the Brits I think? Has Napalese marks all over it.
He wanted to shoot it, but the stock was so punky and rotten it wasn't going to happen.
I know there are lots of people that think he is ruining a historical weapon,but he is insisting he is going to fire this musket.
I found a place to buy a replacement stock from TRS. After waiting for over 6 months the stock is in transit. ::
I have had the barrel re-crowned and the underlugs repaired by a machinest friend at work, who was fasinated by the barrel. Forged iron he called it.
eace:
At the advise of many fine people on this forum I 'proofed' the barrel with a load of 130 grains of fffg and a .675 ball, I thought it was .75, but it wasn't. I actualy fired 4 loads though the barrel first thing this morning. One of 60 one of 130 and a couple more of 60. It looks fine,with no decernible difference that I can see.
I have removed the old parts from the musket taking care to do as little damage as possible to the old stock.I am going to use it as a pattern.
I modified the trigger from the simple trigger that had a pin driven through the wrist of the stock to the trigger style with a lug attached to the trigger plate that alows me to fasten them together. I found this in Shumways book " recreating the armerican longrifle"
Please excuse my terminology.
So I am ready to re-build as soon as I get the new stock and see what kind of finishing/inletting I need to do.
Which after a long story :cry:
Brings me to the next problem.
I was looking at the various parts and when I came to the action, I noticed that it has a very heavy trigger pull. It looks to me like the tumbler and the sear need to be re-shaped/honed/grounded :: to lighten up the trigger pull.
This is a little out of my league. I am looking for some advise about how to fix this last problem.
I have basic tools and access to a machine shop. I do not have a mainspring vise or hammer puller.
My son bought this 1840 era Brunswick musket from atlantic cultery last year.
Made by the Brits I think? Has Napalese marks all over it.
He wanted to shoot it, but the stock was so punky and rotten it wasn't going to happen.
I know there are lots of people that think he is ruining a historical weapon,but he is insisting he is going to fire this musket.
I found a place to buy a replacement stock from TRS. After waiting for over 6 months the stock is in transit. ::
I have had the barrel re-crowned and the underlugs repaired by a machinest friend at work, who was fasinated by the barrel. Forged iron he called it.
eace:At the advise of many fine people on this forum I 'proofed' the barrel with a load of 130 grains of fffg and a .675 ball, I thought it was .75, but it wasn't. I actualy fired 4 loads though the barrel first thing this morning. One of 60 one of 130 and a couple more of 60. It looks fine,with no decernible difference that I can see.
I have removed the old parts from the musket taking care to do as little damage as possible to the old stock.I am going to use it as a pattern.
I modified the trigger from the simple trigger that had a pin driven through the wrist of the stock to the trigger style with a lug attached to the trigger plate that alows me to fasten them together. I found this in Shumways book " recreating the armerican longrifle"
Please excuse my terminology.
So I am ready to re-build as soon as I get the new stock and see what kind of finishing/inletting I need to do.
Which after a long story :cry:
Brings me to the next problem.
I was looking at the various parts and when I came to the action, I noticed that it has a very heavy trigger pull. It looks to me like the tumbler and the sear need to be re-shaped/honed/grounded :: to lighten up the trigger pull.
This is a little out of my league. I am looking for some advise about how to fix this last problem.
I have basic tools and access to a machine shop. I do not have a mainspring vise or hammer puller.
