Posted by Gary I noted the length and measured it against the touchhole. It's loaded and has been for years. Tomorrow I'll pull the charge. I see potential for another magazine article but you read it here first!
(Gary/CA) on 9/9/2007, 11:31 pm
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My buddy is more religious than I (I belong to the Church of the Sleeping Jesus - if you sleep in on Sundays, it's OK in his good book). Anyhow, my buddy attends church and his preacherman did time as a missionary in Mother Africa. While there, he saw their guns and asked the local gunsmith to make one for him. The fellow used a hollow driveshaft for the barrel. He fabricated the buttplate from a flat piece of brass and used what looks like a salvaged lock. It has three brass barrel bands that gives it a Charleville appearance (OK, Charlevilles had iron bands). The front band has a raised front sight. Anyhow, practicing good safety, I removed the ramrod and dropped it down the barrel. No clear "ping" but a dull thud. Opps.
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