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shooter575
03-27-2005, 09:51 PM
Here is a my 1816 collection :D Two cutdown caplock conversions Finished one is a H&P conversion, Unfinished is a Leman conversion.Both done in Philly in 1860 for C/W usage. They were cut down to 30" shotgun length after the war by Bannermans? Anyway I had the Barrel "streched" by a good barrelmaker Bobby Hoyt in Pa. Spliced forearm under the middle band. Matches pretty good. Full length epoxy bedded. Old wood was striped with "Easy off" oven cleaner. Finnish is Boiled Linseed and Turps.
Repo stock will be a 1816 Flint.Mix of repo and orgional parts for that one.
Target was one of the first I ever shot with that S/B I did it 25 yd offhand with a 14 lb trigger pull. .685 ball, 80 gr FF,lube sabot no patch. BTW that was on the sighter target for a no score.


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shooter575
03-27-2005, 09:57 PM
Guess I aint got this picture posting down yet!!!

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shooter575
03-27-2005, 10:02 PM
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shooter575
03-27-2005, 10:06 PM
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03-27-2005, 10:07 PM
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Buckshot
04-02-2005, 06:25 AM
...............Nifty looking old muskets. My oh my, aren't those some big fat holes?! :P

................Buckshot
buckweet
12-24-2009, 02:35 AM
feet ? yards ?
two dogs
12-24-2009, 08:07 AM
thats chunkin some lead.hoy many grains is that ball?nice lookin rifle.
Newtire
11-18-2010, 11:47 PM
A real beauty of a rifle. Got me thinking now!
RayinNH
11-20-2010, 09:26 PM
Hate to be on the receiving end of those. If the shot didn't kill you, you would die of pneumonia from the wind whistling through the holes...Ray
RBak
11-21-2010, 05:04 PM
What has ever happened to Jim (shooter 575) that started this old post?
I haven't seen him posting in a coon's age. I sure do hope all is well with that guy, he is extremely knowledgeable, and was a great help to me a few years ago when I first got my 1861 Colt Musket.

If anyone knows him, or sees him on occasion, tell him "Hi" from Russ in Washington. Hope he still remembers me, it's been years since we talked.

Russ