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Re: My new baby was delivered today
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:36 pm
by saddler
No Durs Egg underhammer, but not bad.
Re: My new baby was delivered today
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:47 pm
by Hrun
saddler wrote:No Durs Egg underhammer, but not bad.
Saddler, I am sorry but I dont understand this.. could you translate into numpty speak.
Re: My new baby was delivered today
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:15 pm
by Dark Skies
Hrun wrote:saddler wrote:No Durs Egg underhammer, but not bad.
Saddler, I am sorry but I dont understand this.. could you translate into numpty speak.
Durs Egg
http://www.flintlockcollection.net/durs-egg-london/
Underhammer
http://underhammers.blogspot.co.uk/
Re: My new baby was delivered today
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:33 pm
by Hrun
Haha, it was 50 notes and will (might as it is a flintlock) go bang.
I will take the not bad as a compliment.
Had a play with the flint today, it was in a mess, I suspect as the edge was hitting the pan. It ground well on a diamond knife sharpener and now gives a pile of sparks near the pan.
Once the gunshop get the balls and patches in it will be time to give it a go
Re: My new baby was delivered today
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 5:26 pm
by Chapuis
"Once the gunshop get the balls and patches in it will be time to give it a go"
Why don't you cast your own balls and cut your own patches, that's what most muzzle loading shooters do. Its easy to do and much cheaper than buying from a shop.
Re: My new baby was delivered today
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 6:30 pm
by Hrun
Chapuis wrote:"Once the gunshop get the balls and patches in it will be time to give it a go"
Why don't you cast your own balls and cut your own patches, that's what most muzzle loading shooters do. Its easy to do and much cheaper than buying from a shop.
Mostly because I haven't got that far and funds are tight for new equipment. Now I have a .44 revolver, a .69 Musket and the flintlock, casting starts to make sense.
All in good time, I have to find the money for the tri corner hat first
Re: My new baby was delivered today
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 9:29 pm
by Chapuis
What funds, all the kit that you need is a bullet mould. The lead can be melted on a stove or fire in an old bean tin and the patches cut from old sheets and pillow cases.
Re: My new baby was delivered today
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 11:23 pm
by Robert303
Just make sure the old sheets and pillow cases are cotton with no synthetics in them.
Re: My new baby was delivered today
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:59 pm
by Hrun
christel wrote:Hrun, you have to be more specific than that, what is it?
British/French?
According to the stamps on the barrel under the wood, it is Swiss?
It also goes bang, mostly