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• Posted in thread: Help IDing French Percussion Lock on 01/12/2011 at 8:55PM
  Thanks for the feedback. I bow to your superior expertise. Since I deal only in replica guns, unless it
  is one of the guns we have a replica of, I am usually not that familiar with them. :rolleyes: I ...

• Posted in thread: Help IDing French Percussion Lock on 01/12/2011 at 6:28PM
  I agree. When I saw the pictures, I immediately thought of the Napoleonic War-era flintlock rifle
  replicas on our site--the shape is very similar. I attached a picture so you can see. The ones we have...

• Posted in thread: Accuracy of Land Pattern/Brown Bess musket on 06/27/2009 at 4:16PM
  As to the Alamo, don't forget the Kentucky rifle was there, too. I found an interesting item about a
  British officer who became interested in the "American rifle" (the Kentucky rifle) after he persona...

• Posted in thread: What makes a firearm a "Musket"? on 06/27/2009 at 4:03PM
  What makes a firearm a "musket" is the lack of "rifling" (spiral grooves cut into the inside of the
  barrel to make the bullet spin on exiting the barrel for greater distance and accuracy.)Muskets were...

• Posted in thread: Need help to ID these dueling pistols on 06/27/2009 at 3:56PM
  These bear a close resemblance to a pair of English percussion pistols I saw on an auction site. Here is
  a link to those:Pair of English Percussion Pistols, Unfortunately, the auction site didn't have...