Sparking Spoons
 

Long after you all have shot off all your ammo shooting at Zombies..I will still be picking off marauders and other assorted villains. I kin shoot the eye out of a nat at 200 yards...


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oh man! I'm droolin'!

They are all contemporary.

From the top:

1. Don Henry Brown. an English style Gibbs LR Percussion in 451..a 1000 yd Creedmore Match. completed in late 2008

2. GL Jones. a Lancaster, PA LR in 40 cal, wt wood patch box 1984

3. Jerry Kirklin, Lancaster in 45 cal, 1975

4. Leroy Fleenor TN LR in 50 cal circa 1970's

5. GL Jones Lancaster in 54 cal 1985

6 GL Jones Swivel Breech in 45 caliber circa 1989

7 Don Kammerer of Kendallville In Jagger in 58 cal circa 1990's

I think I should stop looking at these threads. I like the top one best.

How are you supposed to mount an EOTech holosight to one of those?

When the gnats start to take over the world I know who to call now. :D

They already have!

Then Tabs needs to step up.

I found one hiding in the vault:
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what the hell happens if theres (1) BILL-YON GNATS all attacking at the same time!



where the hell is the "rapid fire re-loader kit" from ACME mfg!

i say BS on the 200 yard shot. unless you are channeling davy crockett.

i hope the zombie invasion doesnt happen during a rainstorm..i'll leave myself one round to put into my own head to prevent my last days spent as an "undead".

cool collection tabby. i love em!

no poo there.................



it was a dark rainy windy night...............and TABS was on a mission. and the last thing EVERYONE said to TABS..................."WAS KEEP YER POWDER DRY!"

The rifle is good enough, but I am not, as I need a 33 round clip to hit the target once.

Very nice Henry...didja ever shoot it?

Maybe not the eye of a gnat at 200 yards, but my flintlock Tennessee Mountain Rifle will stay on a standard clay bird all day long at that range. My standard load is 100 grains of Goex FFg under a .495" diameter round ball with a .015" thick pillow ticking patch lubed with T/C Natural Lube 1000+. That's one hell of a tight patch and ball combination, and requires swabbing the bore every shot, but it's as accurate as many modern center fire rifles. Going with a .490" diameter ball and a .012" patch eases loading considerably, and it's still an honest two minute of angle rifle.

Very cool rifles, tabby. You too, Henry.

Built from a kit when I was about 19 years old, this rifle has accounted for a number of deer since:

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Very nice Jeff, I think I should put one of those on my to build list.

I only have one, but it's an original 1863 U.S. Springfield caplock conversion.
It's been in the family for a while and is in very shootable condition, but I've never tried it........

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Cool musket, Brian. It doesn't look like any kind of conversion, however. '63's were originally caplock, and it doesn't look like a Trapdoor conversion. It's still a .58 caliber front-stuffer, isn't it?

Yes, looks all original to me. We did shoot these when I was in High School as a part of a re-enactment group. There were not repro's at the time. I'd love to own a nice original

Speaking of 1863 Springfields- I have one that seems to have a different stock design. Any ideas what it is? Also I am missing the ramrod for it. Suggestions on where to find one?

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Looks like it was just "sporterized" by cutting the stock down. Not so common in those days, but boy did it take off after WWI and WWII. Check Dixie Gun Works for a ramrod.

Thanks Jeff! I wondered about it. Appreciate the recommendation on parts.

OK the conversion was conjecture on my part, maybe it's been a caplock all along then.
It's actually 45 caliber, and in spite of that and being a bit shorter than others of the same vintage looks authentic.....and even has the correct front & pop-up rear sight.

Brian


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I just got this email from the builder of this flintlock.

Look familiar.. scroll down about half a page

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