Matchlock firearms
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Try these guys, I've had really good luck with their products.
https://militaryheritage.com/index.html
https://militaryheritage.com/index.html
Almost all the repro matchlocks are made in India. You will find many opinions about the Indian guns. Military Heritage is likely your best bet if you want an Indian gun.
There was a Japanese pattern matchlock imported from Japan by Dixie. These are nice quality, and occasionally turn up.
There was a Japanese pattern matchlock imported from Japan by Dixie. These are nice quality, and occasionally turn up.
If you want a custom gun go on the American long rifle forum in their build section as there a few guns on there that build them.I use to make matchcord by soaking cotton clothes line in saltpetre which you could buy at one time at the drug store but I believe you need a special permit to buy it today.I believe you can also make it by soaking the cord in stump remover sold at the hardware stores
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Better yet, if you want to build your own, these kits are amazing;
The Rifle Shoppe
http://www.therifleshoppe.com/catalog_pages/matchlocks/matchlocks.htm
The Rifle Shoppe
http://www.therifleshoppe.com/catalog_pages/matchlocks/matchlocks.htm
Problem with the rifle shoppe is there can be quite a length of time before you see your parts sometimes years.That said the easiest lock to work with if building your own with is the rifle shoppe late English lock mainly because that lock has the pan attached to the lock where most of the other locks reguire the pan to be brazed or dovetailed to the barrel
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I wouldn’t buy anything from the rifle shoppe. I’m just finishing one of their guns now, and it took over two years just to get the parts in. It’s easy enough to make your own lock. That’s what I would do. And speak with Rice, and have a custom barrel made based on an original piece.
it would be interesting to see the inside of the lock and see how the linkages work
cheers mooncoon
My shooting buddy here had a Rifle Shoppe set of parts to make a Baker rifle. It's a lovely thing, but while he was waiting for parts his daughter finished high school, spent three years at the University of Cambridge Girton College, got married and had twins.
Here we have a large re-enactment group called The Sealed Knot, replicating both sides of the English Civil War. There are a great many firearms involved, as you might imagine, and I'd say that 99.9% of them are made in India. Same for the Napoleonic War and the 95th of Foot re-enactment group - remember Sharpe? I don't know of one Baker rifle that isn't Indian-made.
Here we have a large re-enactment group called The Sealed Knot, replicating both sides of the English Civil War. There are a great many firearms involved, as you might imagine, and I'd say that 99.9% of them are made in India. Same for the Napoleonic War and the 95th of Foot re-enactment group - remember Sharpe? I don't know of one Baker rifle that isn't Indian-made.
