Mr. Brooks perhaps we have stepped off on the wrong foot, I had took your one line vague answers as some form of attitude and I apologize, I do posses an original that was a flint but converted to percussion but the barrel set is so thin and I just can’t bring myself to butcher it. I’d just prefer modern, and non damascus I can usually dig up 12s but they are dented, I know this is repairable and maybe I just have to settle for that. Something like the 12 constructed by Taylor is similar to what I am going for using modern barrels and breeched in that manor. My question for Taylor is did you only shorten the chamber as described in the book, or remove it entirely and cut at the forcing cone? I was hoping to make this a working gun hard use gun as I have intentions of hunting with it. I know pedersoli did offer a double flint but its more rewarding when you’ve built it. I thank you for your assistance and I will do my best to avoid using the 10 gauge barrel set, at least for muzzleloading purposes.
