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I just came across your channel a few days ago and I thought you’d be a good person to ask this question, I’ve been thinking about getting a Continental Army uniform and flintlock musket for the past few months, I just don’t know where to get one… do you have any recommendations? I live in SC by the way.

Where could I find the dimensions of the original? Im planning to order a va 1768 this quarter and I want to make it right I don't do anything like you I just want it to play with and hunt with.

Aim, then fire. Crucial to follow these steps in order 😂

The M1903 rifle with the rod bayonet in .30-03 caliber (starting about 7:30) is serial number 1 MADE AT ROCK ISLAND. The story about it being diverted directly to the Rock lsland Arsenal Museum is correct. The story about Model 1903 rifle with later updates (for M1905 knife bayonet and in .30-06 caliber) serial number 1 being found in France and returned to the Springfield Armory Museum is also correct. The confusion arises from BOTH Springfield and Rock Island starting their serial numbers with "1". Great video- glad to see the museum reopened!

I’m thinking about defarbing a musket. Do you also file off the serial number or does that stay?

You forgot to clack off the claymores! 🫡🤘

hahaha great hobbie seeems fun

Nice video. Where are yall based around? I've never heard of this event and would like to see it one day.

Thanks for posting, looks like a great time. I don’t remember seeing the 7th wearing those bright green frocks before (looks like only riflemen?). Any info on why they had them for this event?

Only thing louder than a boom when you expect a click, is a click when you expect a boom 😅

Got em

I did a brainfart 😂. For a second there I was wondering why you were throwing away your paper patch 🙄. HeY tHaT’s nOT hoW yOu loAd a muSkEt?!? 😂

Yes, that cannon was problematic.

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Iloveyou

Mf ura time traveler aren’t ya 😂😂

I hear it well

This is how I lost 3 inches in my back🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

I was 2/9 Fco 2/3

Spent my 10’ Christmas in Cop cotu

2/9 07-02

Looks way better. Great job.

She buck my ball till i revolt

The British are coming

Que dedos sucios. Parece una moda

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Its a chi com rig. They can be bought for around $30 becouse of how many countries used them

John 3:16

Es la primera vez que me da la impresión que un hombre verdaderamente de esa época nos explica como disparar un fusil

Looks like a shity blunt

I have a musket for self-defense...

Also worn under the waistcoat and jacket was a linen shirt and a neck stock made of black linen or leather or woven horsehair to keep the neck and face straight. The standard hat was also a black felt Tricorn/ cocked hat with white wool binding around the edge of the brim, and the Brown Bess Musket was standard as well

Good video again, Just a suggestion when your comparing two things and one is darker maybe put the darker one in front or add more light. I was a bit hard to see the comparison looking at the original. I would like to see you take a Turkey with it this year. Regards John

How did you survive?

It would be valuable to have measurements of the original stock so we can make the adjustments to our repros. If I may suggest, buy a tailor tape measure (Walmart has them in the sewing section). Then you could take measurements from edge to edge to see what the thickness/girth is exactly of the stock maybe around where the barrel bands go. Plus any other measurement that might be useful. Also, if you want to get the stock darker like the original I did a stock first with aqua fortis and then tannic acid. Left overnight it got nice and dark. But I’d play with scrap wood first. I like your enthusiasm and I’m finding your videos informative! Look forward to new ones this year! Happy new year 🎉

Looks good. Only thing I'd do is try to inlet that lock in a little further. Either that or file down the edges of the lock plate. Those proud sharp edges look wonky as hell. Otherwise, great job!

Very well done! It turned out nicely. Now, on to the '63! 👍👍

Nice job! How did the bore fare after spending a week outside?

I picked up a Zulu shot gun a while back. I was told it was made in Belgium for France and was a percussion muzzle loading weapon. Then the Prussians handed the French their butts, with needle fire cartridge weapons. The French sent them to South Africa and was converted a Snider system in 12 Gauge. Scary looking things. I shot a blank to function test the thing. But that is as far as I am going with it. I have no idea, and have you ever heard of a Zulu Shotgun?

I don't know about muskets of this vintage, but in the US Civil War, the soldiers were expected to keep their arms "armory bright"-as shiny as they could get them with a rag, and some abrasive like brick dust. When I was reenacting, I kept my rifle in this condition. Some of the other guys never polished their guns, and some of them looked like 150 year old originals, which made no sense to me-we were portraying soldiers carrying arms that would have only been a couple years old, at most. Anyway, once I polished up my Springfield, I would coat the whole rifle with Johnsons paste wax, barrel and all-then buff it up with a shoe brush. Even in a rain, the gun never rusted, and I liked the soft shine the wood had. The wax helped to keep water from getting under the barrel , sealing the stock where it contacted the barrel.

much better looking musket . I have used 3M pad on the steel to get rid of the shine

Looks good.

Your work looks fine. I am not a fan of the dull gray on the metal. I thought browning it would make it look better in my eyes, but then you would need to darken the stock. So, I think I would leave it as it is. That was a lot of work and you ended up with a nice piece. P.S., if you decide to buy another Indian musket, look at Military Heritage. Lots to choose from.

The Veteran Arms hammer looks off, perhaps you could replace it with a Rifle Shoppe hammer.

mine is from 1899, the sound of thunder

Do you think veteran arms would be a good starter. Im looking to get a flintlock and im liking the price of veteran arms guns, just want to know if it would be worth it as a beginner

They do reinactments there every year.

I like it.I live a couple of blocks from the lake okeechobee battlefield.