TWO MATCHLOCK MUSKETS for ID and COMMENT

rickystl · 19th April 2015, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by kahnjar1

Sadly not to be a shooter, but will look real nice on display. The bore is too pitted to risk firing, and I do not believe in sleeving unless the gun is to be used in competitive shooting. Anyway there are good modern made replicas for this purpose.......
I have not at this stage made a pan cover, but that will come in time.
Comments welcome.
Stu

Hi Stu.
Well, that gun cleaned up really nice! Good job! And finding the brass decoration on the barrel is a bonus. Sometimes we never know whats under all the crud till we clean it. LOL. Should display well in your collection.
The pan cover is missing on mine also. Seems that most of them are on these guns. I too plan on having one made. Here are a couple of pics of original pan covers in case you're interested. Rick.

kahnjar1 · 20th April 2015, 07:25 AM

Hi Rick,
Thanks for your kind comments re the clean up. As you say it's a great surprise to find nice bits under the crud. #2 also has some barrel brass work visible, and this time all the barrel bands are also brass. On #1 only the bands at each end are brass with the three middle bands being iron.
Thanks for the pan cover pics. Seems these bits easily fall off or maybe they are removed by the owner so as to facilitate fast shooting. Nothing would be more embarrassing (or fatal) than to pull the trigger on a closed pan! Still they are real easy to make...just some careful shaping to fit the pan.
Stu

Albert · 21st April 2015, 09:14 AM

For the forumites who don't have the Egerton book.

kahnjar1 · 21st April 2015, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Albert

For the forumites who don't have the Egerton book.

Thanks Albert for posting this. Interesting that the stock shape of my #1 does not appear here.
Stu

rickystl · 27th April 2015, 07:15 PM

Thanks for posting this. I'll have to get this book. And a couple others I still don't have. Rick.

Springfield03 · 4th May 2015, 09:52 PM

Very neat matchlock muskets you have there.

Albert, which particular book are those pages taken from? I'll have to pick it up.

kahnjar1 · 5th May 2015, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Springfield03

Very neat matchlock muskets you have there.

Albert, which particular book are those pages taken from? I'll have to pick it up.

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Book...26an%3Degerton
Here you go....

David R · 2nd August 2015, 10:37 PM

Re. breech plugs in toradors, this subject has come up a couple of times at meetings of the Royal Armouries Association. According to one of the curators a slightly oversized plug is made, the breech area heated to red, and the plug hammered in. It seems a bit unsafe to us, but the design lasted so must function well enough.

21st April 2015, 09:14 AM	#3
Albert Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 202	Egerton For the forumites who don't have the Egerton book. Attached Images

20th April 2015, 07:25 AM	#2
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,793	Hi Rick, Thanks for your kind comments re the clean up. As you say it's a great surprise to find nice bits under the crud. #2 also has some barrel brass work visible, and this time all the barrel bands are also brass. On #1 only the bands at each end are brass with the three middle bands being iron. Thanks for the pan cover pics. Seems these bits easily fall off or maybe they are removed by the owner so as to facilitate fast shooting. Nothing would be more embarrassing (or fatal) than to pull the trigger on a closed pan! Still they are real easy to make...just some careful shaping to fit the pan. Stu

27th April 2015, 07:15 PM	#5
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,633	Thanks for posting this. I'll have to get this book. And a couple others I still don't have. Rick.

4th May 2015, 09:52 PM	#6
Springfield03 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 3	Very neat matchlock muskets you have there. Albert, which particular book are those pages taken from? I'll have to pick it up.

2nd August 2015, 10:37 PM	#8
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,122	Re. breech plugs in toradors, this subject has come up a couple of times at meetings of the Royal Armouries Association. According to one of the curators a slightly oversized plug is made, the breech area heated to red, and the plug hammered in. It seems a bit unsafe to us, but the design lasted so must function well enough.