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Gun Building / Re: 46th Annual TN/KY Rifle Show Knoxville TN

« Last post by AMartin on Today at 02:44:09 AM »

 (So is bribery allowed for a Whoopie pie....!!!)

Not sure ... whoopie's come at a high price .. but it never hurts to check ...

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Black Powder Shooting / Re: Fowler question?

« Last post by RichG on Today at 02:17:54 AM »

ballistic products lists two 24ga wads, but nothing for hard shot like tss.

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Antique Gun Collecting / Re: Follow along as Wallace Gusler build a new Rev War style rifle

« Last post by backsplash75 on Today at 02:10:41 AM »

good stuff, looking forward to this! 

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Antique Gun Collecting / Follow along as Wallace Gusler build a new Rev War style rifle

« Last post by Dennis Glazener on Today at 01:37:51 AM »

https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=80949.0

Statement from Wallace
The following photos are of a rifle Wallace Gusler is making. Its style is based on the two long rifles attributed to Hans Jacob Honaker (from Switzerland, the shop that was located near the Shenandoah River, between Strasburg and Front Royal VA 1764 - 1791)

The brass barreled rifle is dated 1771 by Honaker (RCA VOL II #103). The second rifle dates to 1775 - 1780. It has a side plate that was replaced in 1789 "A Moode Sept 15 1789".

In Augusta County VA 3 Andrew Moodys are cited 1768 - 1790s. One of these men moved to TN in 1789 and had this rifle updated by adding a hook beech and draw loops (see Shumway VOL II pages 610 and 616.

Photos begin by making a butt piece pattern for casting, it is made from a juniper limb I grew in the backyard.

Both rifles will be at the TN KY Rifle show this weekend (Friday 4/19 - Sat 4/20/24) The Rifle being made will also be there (all will be on Wallace's table).

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Gun Building / Re: Building groups

« Last post by Osprey on Today at 01:20:53 AM »

One of the senior members of our local club hosts a builders night at his house every Wednesday.  Other than a 3 year break for Covid I'd say it's been going 20 years, longer than I've been going.  Running 3-6 people lately, but have seen it high as 10-12 lots of times.  6 sets of vise/workstations, can get pretty crowded!  Learned a lot and have been a load of guys build their first gun at that group, me included.

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Gun Building / Follow along as Wallace Gusler builds a new Rev War syle rifle

« Last post by Dennis Glazener on Today at 01:16:20 AM »

Wallace's Computer is in the shop and we wanted to get started with this thread before this weekend's TN/KY Rifle show. (being held in Knoxville TN) Wallace gave me his text so I have a backstory to this thread as we follow along as Wallace builds this rifle. In the days ahead I will be posting photos here as the building of the new rifle progresses.

Statement from Wallace
The following photos are of a rifle Wallace Gusler is making. Its style is based on the two long rifles attributed to Hans Jacob Honaker (from Switzerland, the shop that was located near the Shenandoah River, between Strasburg and Front Royal VA 1764 - 1791)

The brass barreled rifle is dated 1771 by Honaker (RCA VOL II #103). The second rifle dates to 1775 - 1780. It has a side plate that was replaced in 1789 "A Moode Sept 15 1789".

In Augusta County VA 3 Andrew Moodys are cited 1768 - 1790s. One of these men moved to TN in 1789 and had this rifle updated by adding a hook beech and draw loops (see Shumway VOL II pages 610 and 616.

Photos begin by making a butt piece pattern for casting, it is made from a juniper limb I grew in the backyard.

Both rifles will be at the TN KY Rifle show this weekend (Friday 4/19 - Sat 4/20/24) The Rifle being made will also be there (all will be on Wallace's table).

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Antique Gun Collecting / Re: ORIGINAL TENNESSEE and SOUTHERN LONGRIFLE REFERENCE BOOKS

« Last post by Cades Cove Fiddler on Today at 01:12:19 AM »

  ... thanx, Michael... you have done excellent research and glad you are shareing in these excellent books...North Carolina rifles, especially those from the western North Carolina mountains are blood brothers to Tennessee mountain rifles... See you in Knoxville,.. !!!... regards,..CCF

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Black Powder Shooting / Re: choke and jug choke confuse me

« Last post by axelp on Today at 01:12:15 AM »

As a warning... ITX non- lead shot is NOT recommended to be shot out of full choked barrels. It is a mix of powdered tungsten and iron, with a soft binding agent all heat injection molded into pellets of specific sizes. It will not deform, and that is why it creates really nice patterns. But you can easily crush the shot sizes with a pair of pliers. My Jim Chambers PA Fowler loves ITX shot. I have taken one turkey with it, and a couple handfuls of gray squirrels.

Another caution-- its harder than lead and will break your teeth if you bite into it.

With my full choked 12 g, its standard lead or bismuth shot

K

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Contemporary Longrifle Collecting / Re: Leonard Day Club Butt Fowler

« Last post by TF Black on Today at 01:11:35 AM »

Great thread and beautiful club butt.

I've been looking to acquire one of Day's guns for a couple years now and have yet to find one. As someone new to collecting and shooting flintlocks, I'm sorry I missed my window with him-by all accounts a good guy and good guns.

And his departure left collectors looking for quality early colonial guns (matchlocks, wheellocks, English locks, doglocks) with one fewer semi- custom / custom option in a collecting niche that was already fairly choice constrained and seems to be getting smaller by the day!

(I wish his sons well, but am told their waiting list is long and their projected start date has repeatedly slipped. Fingers crossed...)

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Gun Building / Re: Forend question

« Last post by Steeltrap on Today at 12:24:43 AM »

Thanks Gents.

I have the width 1/8" wider than the barrel (each side) and have yet to shape the top. I'll bring it down to 1/16" at the barrel....but I kept looking at the lower and thinking it was fat....then not....then so.....