I know they're out there. I passed on an antique once and have always regretted it. www.SportsmansGuide.com offers a kit that I understand is not historically correct because it claims to be percussion cap which is not correct for 18th century. I don't care about that. Actually I'd prefer a percussion cap. I just want an Elmer Fudd like flared barrel gun that I can buy or build. Those idiots at Sportsmans Guide refuse to send it to Michigan even if my local gun dealer does the ordering. I'm through with those bastards at SG. Can someone direct me to an antique or kit form of an "Elmer Fudd" type blunderbuss? Thank you. Gary
Want a blunderbuss like "Elmer Fudd"
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Sam1911
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Here are a few threads with links to places to get them -- some good ones and some bad ones:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=634818
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=613751
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=634818
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=613751
Sam1911
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Middlesex Villiage Trading Co. sells a few good ones:
http://www.middlesexvillagetrading.com/MSBB.shtml
http://www.middlesexvillagetrading.com/MDBB.shtml
http://www.middlesexvillagetrading.com/MSBB.shtml
http://www.middlesexvillagetrading.com/MDBB.shtml
ThorinNNY
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I read an article in Muzzle Blasts,the magazine of the National Muzzle Loading Association , about a guy who did just that - built his own blunderbuss.He did it right, the SOG offering looks like a toy in comparison.
I might still have that magazine around but it`ll take some time to locate it.
Maybe you could find out more by going to www.NMLRA.org.
I think he bought, the barrell and the lock.I do remember it was a flintlock, not percussion.
If you build one, it `s going to run a lot more than the $ 269 SOG thing, but you`ll have something to brag about.
I honestly don`t know why SOG wouldn`t ship it to Michigan, but you might want to check if it`s prohibited- I can`t imagine why it would be- but we have a lot of idiots in our legislatures, federal, state and local and they manage to come with many idiotic laws.
I might still have that magazine around but it`ll take some time to locate it.
Maybe you could find out more by going to www.NMLRA.org.
I think he bought, the barrell and the lock.I do remember it was a flintlock, not percussion.
If you build one, it `s going to run a lot more than the $ 269 SOG thing, but you`ll have something to brag about.
I honestly don`t know why SOG wouldn`t ship it to Michigan, but you might want to check if it`s prohibited- I can`t imagine why it would be- but we have a lot of idiots in our legislatures, federal, state and local and they manage to come with many idiotic laws.
ThorinNNY
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Gary
Sam 1911 beat me to it and gave better sources as well. My hat`s off to Sam1911 and good luck to you gary. PM me if youre still interested in the NMLRA article. Thor
Sam 1911 beat me to it and gave better sources as well. My hat`s off to Sam1911 and good luck to you gary. PM me if youre still interested in the NMLRA article. Thor
Malachi Leviticus Blue
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I'm surprised, I've purchased BP arms from sportsmans guide with no problems in the past and shipped right here to Michigan.
arcticap
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The Sportsman's Guide sometimes has policies that are more restrictive than state law.
Unfortunately they have that right even though it hurts their customers and sales.
Cabela's asks for a notarized verification of information form from Michigan residents that order black powder guns.
Whether that's required by the state of Michigan or not, The Sportsman's Guide apparently doesn't want to comply with that small amount of red tape in order to sell a muzzle loader.
If a person really wanted one, I suppose that they could always ask a resident of another state to order it for them.
Unfortunately they have that right even though it hurts their customers and sales.
Cabela's asks for a notarized verification of information form from Michigan residents that order black powder guns.
Whether that's required by the state of Michigan or not, The Sportsman's Guide apparently doesn't want to comply with that small amount of red tape in order to sell a muzzle loader.
If a person really wanted one, I suppose that they could always ask a resident of another state to order it for them.
Malachi Leviticus Blue
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I was curious, and jumped on the SG site. I didn't see what you are looking for but I did check out BP rifles, and for example...
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/...ect-hardwood-stock-blued-barrel.aspx?a=264881
The Traditions rifle I looked at doesn't seem to have any restrictions on shipment to MI, maybe you just got a customer no service person who don't know jack and if you call in again you can slide through no problem?
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/...ect-hardwood-stock-blued-barrel.aspx?a=264881
The Traditions rifle I looked at doesn't seem to have any restrictions on shipment to MI, maybe you just got a customer no service person who don't know jack and if you call in again you can slide through no problem?
rcmodel
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Memory might be failing me?
But as I remember it, Elmer's Fudds gun was a normal gun, until Bugs Bunny stuck his finger in the muzzle, and it blew up in Elmer's face, at least twice per episode.
Then his gun looked like a blunderbuss, but it was because the muzzle blew up.
rc
But as I remember it, Elmer's Fudds gun was a normal gun, until Bugs Bunny stuck his finger in the muzzle, and it blew up in Elmer's face, at least twice per episode.
Then his gun looked like a blunderbuss, but it was because the muzzle blew up.
rc
Smokin'Joe
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I saw a great antique flintlock blunderbuss at Kittery Trading Post just yesterday. It's expensive and should be in a museum.
http://www.ktpguns.com/firearm.php?...=Manufacturer&sortdir=asc&searchdata=&SeeAll=
http://www.ktpguns.com/firearm.php?...=Manufacturer&sortdir=asc&searchdata=&SeeAll=
ThorinNNY
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Ah, good ole Elmer. Did you ever wonder how Elmer was able to load that thing on Sunday and keeping shooting all week long without ever stopping to reload it?
And Fred Flintstone was no stranger to our kitchen. He`d come to our kitchen every day at supper time courtesy of the portable TV my dad put on top of our refrigerator.After the Flintstones was over the television was OFF! Eating in the living room was strictly VERBOTEN and God might have had mercy on the fool that broke this law but they`d find none in our house.
And Fred Flintstone was no stranger to our kitchen. He`d come to our kitchen every day at supper time courtesy of the portable TV my dad put on top of our refrigerator.After the Flintstones was over the television was OFF! Eating in the living room was strictly VERBOTEN and God might have had mercy on the fool that broke this law but they`d find none in our house.
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BB
BB. I have one, a flintlock and 14 gauge. It is a hoot to shoot. If it were a modern shotgun, I'd need some kind of tax stamp because the barrel is only 14" long. When it goes off, everything is right there, not too far from your nose.
Because of its size and weight (short and light) it is a very lively firearm. I believe that it'd be suitable for grouse in brushy terrain where a longer gun would be less maneuverable and where the shots are close.
The problem that the SG BB presents is its bore size/gauge. Most BBs that I have read about or seen are at least 20 gauge (.620").
Pete
BB. I have one, a flintlock and 14 gauge. It is a hoot to shoot. If it were a modern shotgun, I'd need some kind of tax stamp because the barrel is only 14" long. When it goes off, everything is right there, not too far from your nose.
Because of its size and weight (short and light) it is a very lively firearm. I believe that it'd be suitable for grouse in brushy terrain where a longer gun would be less maneuverable and where the shots are close.
The problem that the SG BB presents is its bore size/gauge. Most BBs that I have read about or seen are at least 20 gauge (.620").
Pete
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Check your local law--you may be able to order a blunderbus in parts and assemble at home. You can probably buy one that has not been drilled for touch hole and is essentually non-firing. PM me if you want more information
I sooooo want to buy this!
Early 1800's, made in Turkey. Right now at something akin to $550
I get strange visions of myself running around yelling MUAHAHA, GET SOME! GET SOME! Ka-BOOOM!!!
There's something in a BB that reaches into the very darkest corners of one's soul...
Early 1800's, made in Turkey. Right now at something akin to $550
I get strange visions of myself running around yelling MUAHAHA, GET SOME! GET SOME! Ka-BOOOM!!!
There's something in a BB that reaches into the very darkest corners of one's soul...
josiewales
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SHHHHH! Be vawey vawey quiet. I am hunting wabitts.
ThorinNNY
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Gary CM
Don`t know if your`e still looking for a blunderbuss, but I FINALLY found the article I mentioned earlier.
A gentleman named David E Crisalli built his own blunderbuss in 2002.He bought a blunderbuss barrel from Vernon C Davis company,and a Brown Bess lock made by Pedersoli. You can read more about it in an article titled SHOULDER FIRED ARTILLERY, published in the June 2004 issue of Muzzle Blasts magazine.
Don`t know if your`e still looking for a blunderbuss, but I FINALLY found the article I mentioned earlier.
A gentleman named David E Crisalli built his own blunderbuss in 2002.He bought a blunderbuss barrel from Vernon C Davis company,and a Brown Bess lock made by Pedersoli. You can read more about it in an article titled SHOULDER FIRED ARTILLERY, published in the June 2004 issue of Muzzle Blasts magazine.
rcmodel
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It would be a black powder muzzle loader, and they are not covered by the NFA law.
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cornbelt
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You could always order a piece of DOM bronze from MSN or Enco and make a BBl from it. (Don't get aluminum bronze; too brittle.)
Don't know for sure. It went up far above my pricerange
I guess it is a predecessor to the sawed of shotgun, I don't think you were supposed to shoulder a blunderbuss. The ones I've seen in the royal armory here have flat butplates so they would stand nicely in a rack.
I just think whoever made this went a bit further and removed most of the unneccesary stock.
Might have been done later in life but it's hard to tell without having seen it in real life
I guess it is a predecessor to the sawed of shotgun, I don't think you were supposed to shoulder a blunderbuss. The ones I've seen in the royal armory here have flat butplates so they would stand nicely in a rack.
I just think whoever made this went a bit further and removed most of the unneccesary stock.
Might have been done later in life but it's hard to tell without having seen it in real life
Here's a pair for sale in Spain
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PAIR-LONG...den_Decorative_Accents_LE&hash=item231ab9d93b
Don't know if it's the real thing or not.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PAIR-LONG...den_Decorative_Accents_LE&hash=item231ab9d93b
Don't know if it's the real thing or not.
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