My issues with the Pedersoli Indian Trade Gun kit

[Grischi]

First I want to pronounce that I'm quite satisfied with the quality of my Pedersoli Trade Musket kit at all. But there have been two issues that I had to fix to have it as I wanted it to be.
First (known before ordering the kit) is the serpant/dragon side plate that is in no way period correct.
I reshaped it with a jewelery saw and a needle file and inletted it. And in my eyes this simple modification does a lot for the gun's appearence.
The second issue I didn't expect. The ramrod pipes have been fixed in the factory without any care. The fix was a bit more tricky. I had to shift them a bit (about 1/8"), then inletted them. The old holes could no longer be used so I had to redrill them and to close the old ones. I feared this could be visible after finishing the stock but it didn't. If you know what are you searching for you will spot them, but I think they are now well hidden.

[Leatherbark]

I had to drill out the ramrod pipes on mine because Pedersoli uses a 9mm ramrod. A regular 3/8ths inch ramrod fits okay now.

Bob

[smart dog]

Hi Christian,
I had a similar issue with a Pedersoli Brown Bess kit that I worked on with a local student.  The machined mortises were flat on the bottoms for the barrel-shaped pipes!  Moreover, there were large gaps all around on the sides.  I had to inlet them deeper and fill the gaps with Acra Glas.  They were already drilled but the pins were only 1/16".  So I was able to just drill for larger pins in he stock and file the holes in the pipes to fit the bigger pins with the pipes set in a little deeper.  It came out well.  You can see the Acra Glas around the pipe mortise in the photo below.  The red color is just a dye I use on the wood when whiskering the stock that highlights any rough areas to be smoothed.

   


The finished gun came out OK.















dave

[Grischi]

Nice Bess , Dave.
Fortunately, for most issues there is a workaround. And to be honest, it creates a bit of pride to solve these problems and makes it a unique very own gun.

Christian

[Panzerschwein]

I’d find some way to remove the ugly barrel literature.

[Grischi]

Panzerschwein, sorry, English isn't my mother tounge and I don't get the meaning of 'barrel literature'

Christian

[LynnC]

Panzer is referring to the factory stampings on the barrel.

[Grischi]

Thank you, now it's clear.
Unfortunately barrels have to be marked with manufacturer, serial number, caliber and proof marks in Germany.

[Bushfire]

Nicely done Grischi!