Roundel fever!

feeds@yuku.com (17Z) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:25:57 GMT

Received a couple Martini Henry rifles the last three weeks, and gained three new stock roundels. Cool!

So I know my old MkII Martini I've owned awhile has some remaining markings under the black patina'd wood. I clean the wood up on the old gun, and bring to life a menagerie of interesting stock markings.....Including reminants of a British broad arrow roundel. topped by an 188? date. Still has the mark and class of arm too. Even unearthed some worn Nepalese markings, not...

A Q. for Bill Curtis, RA.

feeds@yuku.com (Pukka Bundook) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:46:08 GMT

Bill,
I was wondering if you could shed any light on something I've pondered over for years?
When still living in Yorkshire, we sometimes found pistol and small musket balls in the woods around the farm, near Scarborough.
(metal detector!) Along with these, we sometimes found small lead "ingots" like miniature gold bars, but only about 1/2" to 3/4" long, if memory serves me.

Do you have any idea what these little lead ingots could have been...

brunswick and eic muskets

feeds@yuku.com (fiddlemister) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:30:29 GMT

Enfield ramrod question?

feeds@yuku.com (17Z) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:54:04 GMT

My Nepalese Enfield rifle/musket's ramrod has been 'field' modified after a fashion. The end that slides into the stock has been forged into sort of a hook shape. Reminding me of a single barbed ball worm.

I imagine it was so modified to become a 'breech crud scraper', bit who knows? May have been so modified to be a better 'Ghurka back scratcher'!

Anyhow, I am going to weld it back up and restore the small bit of length thats missing, and...

1st Day at the range with flintlocks! Rifle Shoppe Baker and Pedersoli Brown Bess

feeds@yuku.com (tumtatty) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:13:09 GMT

I spent the day at the Durham Rifle and Pistol Club shooting flintlocks for the first time. To this point I've been shooting WWII rifles and a Martini. I think the "click-whoosh-Bang" weapons are my new favorites!

I cast about 20 rounds each for my 2 new muskets. For the Baker I used a Lee .620 mould and for the Bess I had a Jeff Tanner .730 mould.
I used FF in the barrel and FFFF in the pan.
I cut my own patches from pillow ticking for the Bess and used...

Removing the Brunswick percussion nipple.

feeds@yuku.com (myrifle) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:50:38 GMT

My Brunswick 1841 musket is in pretty good shape, and I'm enjoying cleaning it up, but I'm at a point now where I'm a bit stymied. The percussion nipple is rusted into the channel, and I don't want to try to force it to get it out. That route usually leads to a very sad panda, so I want to get it out the right way. A crescent wrench doesn't fit the nipple very well due to the curving wall of the cup in which it sits, and I'm pretty sure that...

BRITISH BAKER RIFLE CARBINE INFO NEEDS

feeds@yuku.com (winchester66) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:46:33 GMT

I have a british baker rifled carbine dated 1806 , looks in excellent or unfired condition but missing loading rod and upper part of hammer , needs some info about value .thanks and sorry for my bad english
my email is lowertang@yahoo.com

making Brown Bess cartridges

feeds@yuku.com (tumtatty) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:24:18 GMT

Anyone have any official specs for Brown Bess cartridges? I'd like to make some when I take my Pedersoli out to the range for the first time next week.

I've casted up a pile of .730 musket balls from a Jeff Tanner mold and have some FFFG and FFG.
I've seen some videos on youtube about rolling a tube with newsprint style paper and a dowel. But none of those vids talk about how to include the ball.

Is there an LOC for musket cartridges?

Thanks!

Tang Markings on a P'53

feeds@yuku.com (OldTimer) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:02:29 GMT

I wonder if some kind soul could help me out with tang markings which appear on two P'53's recently acquired; the first is "T.H.2 over 380" which appears on a second pattern (or should I say "model"?) "Enfield" 1857 musket, and the other being "4.R.S.M.M.324" appearing on a second pattern "Windsor" 1856 Musket.

Another question relates to the US Windsor. As we know with the later production Enfields, the production years...

Brunwick Patchbox

feeds@yuku.com (Barnside) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:25:56 GMT

I'm trying to decide which untouched Brunswick "rifle" to get from AC, (since they are having a 20% off deal). I note the rifled barrel model has a reproduction buttplate and patchbox, to be fitted. How hard are they to install? How hard is it to create a latch for the patchbox? I am not the best wood or metal worker. My wife will tell you that I have none of those skills. I have spend years convincing her that I am nearly helpless with house work, house repair, yard work,...

Light Bullet Experiments in P-H V .451

feeds@yuku.com (gcrank1) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:00:48 GMT

Having recently traded into a like new EuroArms Parker-Hale .451 Volunteer I thought it such a waste
to shoot those nice, long, heavy 'airships' at only 50yd. (my home range). The bore is supposed to be
.451/with a groove dia..463, a 1:20 twist and is tapered, or choked, whichever way you prefer.
My .452 / 250gr. revolver bullets fit nicely at the muzzle so I drop tubed 50gr. G-O FFFg, a card wad,
smeared a blob of TC Bore Butter on the previously sized/lubed...

First time shooting a Bess and a Baker!

feeds@yuku.com (tumtatty) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:48:08 GMT

I've been working on my Rifle Shoppe Baker repro and I've ordered a .60 Lee mold and some different size patches.

I will be purchasing a slightly used Pedersoli Brown Bess tomorrow. The seller has a Jeff Tanner mold that I'll be getting as well.

Tomorrow I'm going to get some Black Powder from a local distributor.

My question: Which speed should I buy? FF or FFF or...

P-H Volunteer History

feeds@yuku.com (gcrank1) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:39:24 GMT

Having just acquired a EuroArms version of the Parker-Hale .451 Volunteer Percussion Target Rifle I am
greatly interested in the history behind it and the uses it was put to. Here in the US the articles I have been
reading about muzzleloaders for some 30yrs. have made scant reference to this model.

Who made the Brunswick Rifles?

feeds@yuku.com (Barnside) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:43:20 GMT

I am interested in getting one of the Nepal "untouched" Brunswick rifles. Where are they made?
I called AC a couple of days ago and asked that question. The response was "England," and that
no one had ever asked him that question. I'm curious because none of the photos on either the IMA or AC
sites show any markings on the gun, and the IMA description gets somewhat vague about where they were made.
What say you?

Carronade display - finished at last.

feeds@yuku.com (Adrian) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:22:06 GMT

About two years ago I bought an original carronade barrel, to obtain permission to have it in our backyard (this one is too big for the Lounge) & the release of the neccessary funds from "she who must be obeyed" I promised to relandscape our small backyard - my wife was also smart enough to stipulate that I could not make a carriage nor do anything with the barrel until the entire project was complete. Well some two years have past whereby I've spent all of my spare time...

Enfield Percussion Gun

feeds@yuku.com (revlac) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:31:15 GMT

Hello
Could anyone give me some more info on this old gun that i picked up the other day. I got it to display on my wall. I'm told that it is an enfield. It has the number 2054 on the stock and all I can find are 3 tiny symbols of what looks like a crown with an arrow on the bottom. It also has this small hole in the stock with a cover that lifts back. Any info would be appreciated on this.
Thanks
revlac

Is this a Pedersoli?`

feeds@yuku.com (tumtatty) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:14:00 GMT

I have no close ups of a Pedersoli Brown Bess to go by. Is this one made by them?
There are no markings on the barrel or on the gun anywhere to let me know who made it.

Loading for the Baker Rifle

feeds@yuku.com (tumtatty) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:13:58 GMT

I just grabbed a Baker rifle repro (Rifle Shoppe) from Gunbroker (http://www.gunbroker.com/...wItem.asp?Item=139799943 ). Unfortunately the bayo lug has come off. I need to get that fixed.

The barrel is rifled (I'm assuming its .62. He put .64 in the auction but said it was just what he remembered the builder of the rifle telling him. I guess I'll use calipers to tell for sure....

Calisher and Terry carbine value ?

feeds@yuku.com (Gazza) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:49:51 GMT

Hi, I am considering buying a Calisher and Terry Carbine, I think its called a Pattern 1859. Would really appreciate feed back to how much these are worth so to offer a fare price. The carbine is in very original tidy condition. I was thinking around the $3.000 to 3.500 NZ. Any feed back much appreciated. GAZZA

nepal brunswick bayonet

feeds@yuku.com (fiddlemister) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:49:43 GMT

anyone interested in selling their nepalise brunswick 1841 bayonet?

British Flint and Percussion Arms