What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Gordoncourtney]

Gave my .5 double rifle barrels , converted back to ml , newly made stock by me , first coat of linseed oil I bought a slab of English walnut from sawmill , £55 Barrels only bought at auction £285 by Westly richards

 

[Loja man]

Got the nose band put on the Carolina Gun today ....clean it up and stain the stock tomorrow ...

Rob, not that I’m expert, but I don’t remember having seen a brass wrap on the end of a trade gun stock before. Was this something common in a certain area or seen on a few guns?

 

[Rob M.]

Rob, not that I’m expert, but I don’t remember having seen a brass wrap on the end of a trade gun stock before. Was this something common in a certain area or seen on a few guns?

It was on Carolina guns and sometimes youll even see them on N.W. trade guns but rare on them ...

 

[Loja man]

It was on Carolina guns and sometimes youll even see them on N.W. trade guns but rare on them ...

Thanks, was just curious!

 

[Norman Brooks]

my biggest problem is holding the horn so i can use both hands to shape it or scrimshaw it

A friend loaned me this home made whatchamacallit that holds the horn.

 

[Rob M.]

Rob, not that I’m expert, but I don’t remember having seen a brass wrap on the end of a trade gun stock before. Was this something common in a certain area or seen on a few guns?

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