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Again these' Brunswick' / Fusil type pieces pop up   and in  widely variant style & quality  I've known but two pieces one had a broader sight dovetail the  other just a narrow slit of one but   of a better  standard.  Both had about a 58 or so cal  not  of 16 bore  per Ordnance  norms   I've not se...

Since the above post I visited the Royal Armouries  at the purpose built' Temple to Arms & Armours 'in Leeds .I had  contacted  Robert Savage and met him the day before I went up to examine the 5 rifles held in the  Study collection and was guided to these pieces by a Mr Flutter  which by their styl...

 That's interesting Yulzari.  The short two grouved seem generally poor but like the Fusils seem to vary in competence some poor to useless but  one gentleman posts of hunting with one  using a Tanner mould   made for it .So suggests a good  rifled example , Ive called my own a 'Fusil ' or Carbine g...

 I too recently acquired  a smooth fusil  called by some a' Nepauli Brunswick' It has the same   spiral weld not discernable by first sight, rather than buy feel  if unlike yours it has a  poorly finished bore  ,Soon fine bored though.  There seems numbers of this pattern more than  Ide suppose any ...

 Looks like 'English  locks ' Went over like a lead balloon   a bit to far from the  norm perhaps .  I am working to make up a Snider  pure' bitza ' two band  That might  raise more interest. . but the external mainspring  & wheel, wheel lock  arquebuss  might share the fate of the 'English locks'  ...

 Just trolling through these  posts ' I took interest in all sorts of  Regional guns  from Dane guns to Cape Dutch muskets. So   fur trade guns were a natural  to study .  I cant recall coming across such percussion guns but they seem  a logical use of   surplus Baker barrels  to make a good and use...

 By carefully fileing  back the end of the male thread I got it up to  line up,  was just a whisker   a 32"  th  scare more,  Now my brass slips in just fine so I stocked the barrel  and its on its way back to being a Short Snider .    Rudyard

 Very interesting I too have the same challenge  I'me fitting an old five grouve steel barrel. Presumably Mk 111  to a old unused Mk 11 ***Shoe  I've got it to within  a shy 1/16" on  going home but wonder if lle get it  mate ing up   as its the better part of one half turn to aligne  Ironically I l...

  Reading  the  reference to the markings on Nepalese Arms  given by Bob . I wonder is there some  more  comprehensive  reference to the patterns of  these arms particularly as I recently acquired a  Smooth bore Brunswick  or' Fusil ' I thought it .or' Carbine' perhaps . Presumably for light troops ...

Currently I have a Snider barrel  soaking in brine , you could use vinegar same thing it eats rust  with no detrement to the bore .  .Then ile give it the  bronze brush and fine steel wool route  but shooting will   work there after   . Regards    Rudyard

 Just read your kind comments Yes Ime back in Tapawera  after a couple of days with old friend at Mattawa  . Martyn took me and  saw a battery of  ingenious pieces  My old  friend had made . Then followed 40 odd hours of  airport waitings  but  all my swag of goodies made it  without fuss .Now ime t...

 I made it this year ,  No miserable insects  of border bods  this time.  I shot a Nepaulese Fusil  and a  borrowed short Enfield  not pulling any trees up with either but enjoying a good shoot & meeting  the other forum members who came  .I went Afghan the Saturday & NZ  iregguler Militia  the Sund...

 "  Theirs a ship rigged & readied in the harbour "  ," Tomorrow for old England she sails "  Well Wednesday actualy . Thought Ide throw that in, Roger Whitticker wont mind  and the dearth of  related posts since our  Mr  Gary the Grouch  seems a void to  great not to fill .    Plenty of pitfalls  a...

Proper' Damascus'  Kurdistan region  was  normally mean to  show the  mass of welds,  Its clever stuff   not matched in Europe until the early 19 th  notable by Rigby of Dublin . (Any sort of Twist barrel is commonly if erronously  called' Damascus' ) It can be filed smooth but it was useually inten...

Well  Pics should appear, if they do they depict the four' dogged' locks of' English' lock  The top is just a Wm the 111 Carbine that has a 'Dog'  elsewise its ' French' internals.  The brass plate  is early English lock and has the spragg like' Dog'( actually the only half bent  it has ). Whilst  t...

 Dear Teddy dog  What barrel maker TRS use I don't know but you can get any barrel you desire  along with whatever pitch you fancy  from a  number of barrel makers such as  Rice, Rayl,and .  Getz  and no doubt others  however   they run 200 $ or more,  But so would the TRS  supplier  .Ive used Getz ...

  I saw Franklin Garys Baker it was  impressive   . The Volunteer Baker I made years ago  was one in 72" or so we never got good shooting as I think we were  using  3 drams and they want more  powder. Lots of luck with your project   .I still think a rifled Elliot would be  just as serviceable . I m...

 Dear Pukka  Ime sure  Markham  and my self are  in aggreance  he clearly is aware  of the abuse you mention  '. Moderation in all things' is  my maxim .But the intensive use at top International level  goes beyound  moderate use .Guns get thrashed to death  by some Gong hunters  that is undeniable ...

Yes guns where made to shoot  and shooting them occasionally is well enough in moderation. But  to get that good for MLAIC type shooting you must of nessesity shoot a lot .Then(  as any gun will wear)  You might , Well are   bordering against preservation .Guns survive by  chance then some gong hunt...

  All  Iooking good ,I should have a musket suitable for the opposition  lots of tacks but Swedish 1848 original . Suppriseing what oddities reached the  natives   Regards   Rudyard