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Bill Curtisra		#21	[-]
Sergeant Major Posts: 406 (07/13/09 13:01:42) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks for the translation. Soper seems to have been "a travellin' man". His breechloaders command a very high price when they turn up. We have one in our Museum at Bisley. W. S. Curtis, A.C.I.I., Vice President (Hon.), Crimean War Research Society, HBSA (Hon. Life), Assistant Curator, Museum of the National Rifle Association, Whitworth Rifle Research Project, MLAGB, NLRC, ATRA, &c.
trfuller		#22	[-]
Corporal Posts: 73 (07/13/09 15:13:08) Lance Corporal Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Off hand, i would say the "Aus..., N.Y./USA" might be Austerlitz or Ausable, NY/USA
MCQueen1		#23	[-]
Sergeant Major Posts: 262 (07/18/09 09:04:20) Sergeant Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Regarding they type of bullet intended for the rifle. Wouldn't determining the twist rate of the rifling be a good indicator? Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice. John Osborne MCQ
trfuller		#24	[-]
Corporal Posts: 74 (07/18/09 21:44:45) Lance Corporal Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I would say that would be a good start. A slow twist, 1-62 or slower, would indicate possibly patched round ball. 1-48 or faster would almost certainly be for a conical bullet. Remember though that in the 1850s 1-62 or 1-66 was often used with minie type ammunition, Depth of the grooves might also be a good indicator, as frequently patched ball grooves could be fairly deep while those for conical tended to be less deep so as to aid the bullet in expanding to fill the bore.
gcrank1		#25	[-]
Sergeant Major Posts: 129 (08/17/09 07:57:33) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The turned muzzle could be a fitting for what has been termed a 'loading muzzle'. Not quite a 'false muzzle' as they have alignment pins to get the FM rifling in line with the barrel rifling and engrave the projectile before it hits the bore. There are examples of both in 'The Muzzleloading Caplock Rifle' by Roberts. The loading muzzle is a smooth taper to get, often/usually a round ball, well fitted to the bore with a tight patch and avoid the dreaded muzzle wear. It would be awfully hard to use said taper to introduce a conical form bullet without tipping. That said, if it had a cylindrical base to fit the proper bullet dia. at the base (where it sits atop the muzzle) and an integral short starter at the top as per a FM, then it could do just so, tho probably not as well as the real FM. I think I hear another experiment calling my name....... I wouldnt pull the breach-plug on this unless by a gunsmith TOTALLY qualified in antique muzzleloading arms. Last Edited By: gcrank1 08/17/09 15:34:48. Edited 2 times.
PommyB		#26	[-]
Corporal Posts: 13 (09/17/09 10:31:05) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Very nice rifle. Would most likely have been made to shoot a Picket or 'Sugar Loaf' style bullet.

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