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07-26-2012, 10:37 PM
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I checked out some of the websites...mostly British Brown Bess type weapons....I also have an appreciation for the time period...but I wanted a minute man's rifle.... check out TVM
http://www.avsia.com/tvm/
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07-26-2012, 10:59 PM
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07-27-2012, 12:56 AM
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This is a beautiful kit. May just have to do this one. 
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07-27-2012, 01:06 AM
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If u r gonna bother with TVM which I can't recommend anymore, look at Pedersoli Frontier rifles instead. You'll be better off and there are assorted quality levels that are stunning...
http://www.davide-pedersoli.com/tipologia-prodotti.asp/l_en/idt_36/rifles-frontier.html
These are copies of the original Hatfield rifles. Sold now by Cabela's as their Blue Ridge Longrifle as well. These are probably what YOU think of as a Minuteman's gun.
Here's my actual Hatfield and a basic Pedersoli version of mine when they took it over, as well as my Early Virginia TVM. .50 cal all.
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07-28-2012, 12:53 AM
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These are copies of the original Hatfield rifles. Sold now by Cabela's as their Blue Ridge Longrifle as well. These are probably what YOU think of as a Minuteman's gun.
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I don't know what ya meant by that...but to me, a "minuteman's rifle" is just a common "Pennsylvania/Lancaster" rifle or a Virginia rifle.
I realize mant of them had Brown Bess pattern muskets, but I prefer the romanticized version of the companies of skirmishing farmers with their fowlers and hunting rifles.
I just like em nice and pretty...probably moreso than they actually were.
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07-28-2012, 11:43 PM
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We're on the same page -- that's y I'd say to look at those amped-up Pedersolis. Note that they are shooters. U could probably find a pretty but broken flint gun somewhere cheap too if you are very patient and look real hard...
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07-29-2012, 06:00 AM
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If u r gonna bother with TVM which I can't recommend anymore, look at Pedersoli Frontier rifles instead. You'll be better off and there are assorted quality levels that are stunning...
http://www.davide-pedersoli.com/tipologia-prodotti.asp/l_en/idt_36/rifles-frontier.html
These are copies of the original Hatfield rifles. Sold now by Cabela's as their Blue Ridge Longrifle as well. These are probably what YOU think of as a Minuteman's gun.
Here's my Early Virginia TVM, an original Hatfield as well as a basic Pedersoli version of mine when they took over. .50 cal all. |
Boy Dem sure is some purdy front stuffers you got there hocker
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09-05-2012, 09:31 PM
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Needed to resurrect my thread, so I will do it this way; is there someone on here that lives in the Panhandle of Florida that can tell me or give me a website to a store in said area where I can go and purchase my "Brown Bess"? I now have the time to start the project and I really hate to buy stuff on line.
Thanks!
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09-05-2012, 11:18 PM
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09-11-2012, 05:49 PM
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I am going to have to remember to check this site when I get home. Stupid government internet has the site blocked. It must have pictures of naked guns on it or something. 
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A Person has to stand for something, or they will fall for anything.
How different the new order would be if we could consult the Veteran instead of the Politician - Henry Miller
The Soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. - Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Personal Theme Songs: "Indestructable" by Disturbed and "Back for More" by Five Finger Death Punch
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