Another Project: US M1842

[TheAbe]

I’ll take that under consideration. Currently looking to find a thread reducer for the percussion nipple inlet. Inner thread to be M9x1.5, outer thread just something bigger. Shouldn’t be too hard to find right?

[Abert Rim]

I admire your perseverence. It seems like a worthy project to make shootable again. Considering the nasty things I encountered some years back with the Gahendras and other exotics from Nepal, your musket is in pretty decent condition.

[TheAbe]

Aye! And being what it is, reproduction parts are fairly available. I’d be hard-pressed to aattempt it with something more obscure, or if the lock wasn’t functional, but even there, things can be fabricated and repaired.

[TheAbe]

Ok, the forend repair piece arrived today, along with one for my Krag. Here is the current photo of them both, along with my M91 Carcano, to which I fitted a block of wood I’ve been carving out for some time now. Still needs some filing down and sanding, but it still looks better with a nose cap and the extra wood. The other two will look better when done, though there will be some disjointedness with the Krag, and I do not yet have the other bands or springs for the M1842.