................................being taught how to shoot a flintlock by my great grandfather, great uncle and uncle on an original 1795 Springfield.
What a wonderful store of arms you have there-great shape and unfooled with! I bet they are a lot of fun! I have much lesser condition muskets-a Model 1812 Whitney and an 1816 Springfield that I need to finish restoring. I don't trust the barrels on them so I'll install new ones from the Rifle Shoppe here sometime. Good stuff! The first Springfield! You just got a tremendous amount of cool points!!!
....................................... the outside diameters of the new barrels don't match the old. I expect the same situation with the .69.
Well, while I might try to polsh a new barrel down to match the old stock- there's no way I'm gonna re-bed the almost 170 year old stock for the new barrel!
I've heard that in the hands of the troops that used muskets back in the day, flintlocks are actually a bit faster to load than a percussion gun. British troops were trained to shoot 5-6 rounds per minute out of a "Brown Bess"! I don't blame ya! And I'd like a '42 for myself. I bet you knew that the US Marines under Lt Israel Greene and Col Robert E. Lee that stormed Harpers Ferry Armory and Captured John Brown were armed with '42s.Colonel Lee's volunteer Adjutant was Lieutenant J.E.B. Stuart. Small world!
Mmmmm put an Army Colonel in charge of a small Marine detachment. There must have been a shortage of Marine Captains
Colonel Lee's volunteer Adjutant was Lieutenant J.E.B. Stuart. Small world!