perldog007
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On 'paper' this trade musket is pretty much everything I'm looking for in a smooth bore Black Powder. I would be happy with a .54 smooth bore with an ugly plain stock, 30" bbl and functional cap lock. We do like the aesthetics of the Pedersoli Trade musket.
Is this stock grain correct? We have been evaluating dead wood to cut into blanks and seeing natural curves that would support absorbing recoil and using a butt plate to grind coffee... Being an amateur bowyer with a cool looking self bow in my arsenal, this grain in the stock looks like curtains for this weapons system the first time we go smashy with the butt.
Thoughts?
Also, how do the Pedersoli locks stand up to say the American made Siler type?
Is this hard to convert to cap lock with Pedersoli Parts?
If you owned a shooter like this where would you send it to have hardware for a sling mounted?
Maybe the blue collar idiots like me need to pester Lynn Thompson over at cold steel to mold us up a stock and wrangle up some locks and barrels? There is one plastic flint lock rifle made for the PA season. Maybe a smoothie?
To me if the lock was serviceable and the stock grain followed the curve this would be a no brainer at the price. Been very happy with my less than top quality Pietta revolvers.
*ETA Currently our loafing smooth bore is the ubiquitous Mossberg 500. Which will also be my inline muzzle loader if I'm ever so inclined. The 28" vented rib bbl with no choke tube is a favorite. Good to about 20 yards with #6 or about 60 yards on deer sized game with slugs in mine own gumby hands..
Looking for something with more cowbell...
Is this stock grain correct? We have been evaluating dead wood to cut into blanks and seeing natural curves that would support absorbing recoil and using a butt plate to grind coffee... Being an amateur bowyer with a cool looking self bow in my arsenal, this grain in the stock looks like curtains for this weapons system the first time we go smashy with the butt.
Thoughts?
Also, how do the Pedersoli locks stand up to say the American made Siler type?
Is this hard to convert to cap lock with Pedersoli Parts?
If you owned a shooter like this where would you send it to have hardware for a sling mounted?
Maybe the blue collar idiots like me need to pester Lynn Thompson over at cold steel to mold us up a stock and wrangle up some locks and barrels? There is one plastic flint lock rifle made for the PA season. Maybe a smoothie?
To me if the lock was serviceable and the stock grain followed the curve this would be a no brainer at the price. Been very happy with my less than top quality Pietta revolvers.
*ETA Currently our loafing smooth bore is the ubiquitous Mossberg 500. Which will also be my inline muzzle loader if I'm ever so inclined. The 28" vented rib bbl with no choke tube is a favorite. Good to about 20 yards with #6 or about 60 yards on deer sized game with slugs in mine own gumby hands..
Looking for something with more cowbell...
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