Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Muzzleloaders => Topic started by: FilipT on April 16, 2017, 06:30:07 am
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Like it says in the name of the thread, what are good and free sources I can use to design my first muzzleloaders? I have will, I have wood, basic tools, power tools, etc.
I would like to make matchlock musket, similar to this:
(http://www.militaryheritage.com/images/matchlock1.jpg)
(http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=98450&stc=1)
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I am pretty good a finding stuff on the net but couldn't find any blueprint type drawings for a matchlock, there are plenty for other early rifles. There are some Utube videos and a few basic buildalongs but not much else that I could find.
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Stalker,
found you some pics for giggles.....but also some really good document info with drawings see if any of this helps a little here are 4 pics and a second post hopefully with the PDF
rich
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the file is too large....send me an email and I'll send it to you that way rousseau.rd@att.net
rich
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Cool pictures, interesting how there are so few references for matchlocks. I would make a flintlock but it seems more complicated to me and not something I would successfully make at first attempt.
Email sent.
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I wouldn't mind making this instead of a rifle
(http://www.militaryheritage.com/images/handmatchlock1.JPG)
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Update: Rich sent me to a good start by sending me awesome pdf file. By looking at title I managed to search and find german language website offering huge load of information regarding historical guns.
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Stalker are you going to like build the barrel or buy a barrel and lock and build the stock?
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Plan is to buy something like high pressure tube and make a barrel out of it. It wouldn't have thread in it because I don't have tools for that. Everything else will be built from scratch using dimensions provided in free pdf files I downloaded.
If someone else is interested website is called "feurwaffen", meaning firearms in English. Its a swiss site but has english translation.
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I'm really interested in that project. Let me know where you find a tube.
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This will be a summer project, probably going slowly. Only thing I think I will make pretty fast is these few parts for match mechanism. Fitting and woodwork will be a long work.
I will make separate thread after some time.
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I highly recommend you buy a barrel and breech it properly, you are risking your life if you don't, gun building is serious business.
When I was 13 my best friend and I made a pistol with copper tubing for a barrel. We strapped it to a tree, put a fuse in the touchhole and ran behind a tree while it went off.
One day when I wasn't around my friend held it in his hand an touched it off, it blew up and killed him. 56 years later I still think about this tragedy several times a week.
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What is good barrel material?
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What is good barrel material?
A barrel. I'm with Eric on this, don't mess around, just buy a barrel, the difference between gun and pipe bomb is too narrow to screw around with.
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Any good sources (websites) you recommend? There are no sources in Croatia (maybe a gunsmith), so I would have to order online.
PM please because I think we can't post links.
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Log cabin shop
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That Kentucky .50 cal kit price is a steal! I will probably gonna end buying this kit and assembly whole thing. I am still looking if they ship to Croatia (Europe).