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KIT INCLUDES:

STOCK: Grade 3 curly maple 13/16" blank stock with 5/16" ramrod channel. BARREL: Green Mountain 13/16" x 36" long .45 caliber. LOCK: L & R Siler Percussion Lock. TRIGGER: Davis Single Set. BREECH PLUG: Straight tang.UNDERLUG: BUTT PLATE: Investment cast brass. TRIGGER GUARD: Investment cast brass. SIDE PLATE: Delicate Vincent style, stamped brass 1/16" thick. TOE PLATE: Brass bar stock. THIMBLES: Investment cast brass 5/16" upper thimbles designed to solder on rib. INLAYS: 2-Vincent stars for pins (brass) 1- Large star for cheek piece(brass), 1- Heart for wrist inlay (brass). SIGHTS: Front silver blade w/ brass base .370" high, .050 thick. Rear sight flat top investment cast steel .300" high .600" dovetail. Also includes hickory ramrod 5/16" dia. 48" long with brass tip threaded for 10x32 accessories, lock bolt and screws.

Brass trigger guard, butt plate and thimbles are as cast requiring finishing and lugs from mold gates to be removed.

Stock is inlet for barrel and ramrod groove only. Stock stain, finish and barrel finish are not included.

If you require extra services please contact us we offer a number of gunsmithing services to help you in your way.

There are a number of books and DVDs to get you started.

KIT INCLUDES: STOCK: Grade 3 curly maple stock with 3/8" ramrod groove. BARREL: 38" Colerain Swamped Early American B-weight .45 caliber. Barrel is fully inlet into the ctock, but does not have dovetails for underlugs or sights. LOCK: L&R Large Siler Flint Lock, right hand (lock is fully inlet into stock). TRIGGER: L&R Double Lever, Double set, curved front trigger. BUTT PLATE: Investment cast brass, requires final clean up and removal of lug from mold gate. 2" wide x 5" high. Top return has 5 flats. TRIGGER GUARD: Investment cast brass requires final clean up and removal of lugs from mold gate. 10" overall length 15/16" wide at bow. SIDE PLATE: Investment cast brass 4-7/8" overall. TOE PLATE: Stamped brass 7/8" wide x 4" long, 3/32" thick. END CAP: Brass 1-7/8" long, flat, low profile with barrel cut made. THIMBLES: Investment cast brass needs final clean up and lug removal. Includes one entry and two upper 3/8" diameter. Upper thimbles are 1-5/16" long. Entry is 2-3/4" long. PATCH BOX: 18 ga. Stamped brass with detached side plates. Hinges are installed and includes photo copy of original engraving pattern. 8-3/4" x 2". SIGHTS: Front sight .370" high x .050" thick silver blade with brass base. Rear sight Steel flat top investment cast .300" high. INLAYS: Pin Inlays, 6 Stamped brass ovals 3/4". Cheek inlay 1- Stamped brass star 23/16". Wrist inlay 1- Stamped German silver oval 1-1/8". RAMROD: 3/8" hickory rod 48" long with brass tip threaded 10x32.

Also includes: 1/4 x 28 touch hole liner, 2-Lock bolts, 1-Tang screw and assorted wood screws.

NOT Included: Stock stain or finish. Barrel finish.

We offer a number of gunsmithing services from cutting dovetails to browning your parts. Call for more info.  

5oz Oil tan top grain cow hide in a rich dark brown color ideal for hunting bags, holsters, knife sheaths or any project where a durable, medium weight leather is needed. Available in full sides ONLY, each about 25-30 square feet. Supplies are limited! While they last price is $3.50 per square foot, take two or more hides for $3.00 per square foot. Please contact us for exact price per side and size you require.

This popular bos was copied from a museum original that was comonly stocked by the Hudson Bay Company, Northwest Company and many others. High quality 6 power magnifier for lighting. Friction fit lid and lense cover. Measures 4-5/13" x 3" x 1-3/16".

From Ted Cash Mfg. The Tennessee Side Plate is 2-1/2" wide x 1-1/8" high. Available in steel only.

From Ted Cash Mfg. French Fowler Side Plate is 1" high x 3-9/16" long. Available in Steel only.

From Ted Cash Mfg. Armstrong Side Plate is 1" high x 5" long. Available in brass or steel.

From Ted Cash Mfg. Armstrong Toe Plate is 7/8" wide x 5" long. Available in Brass or Steel.

From Ted Cash Mfg. Toe Plate is 7/8" wide x 4-1/2" long. Available in Brass or Steel.

by Ryan R. Gale. Softbound, 201 pages, 11" x 8-1/2". Large, high resolution, full color photographs of over 27 original trade and treaty guns, plus excavated artifacts, period artwork and photographs. Includes previously unpublished records from the French, British and American governments, Hudson Bay Company, North West Company and American Fur Company. Gunmakers will find the precise firearms dimension lists useful in recreating their own period correct trade rifle. A great compliment to The Great Northwest Fur Trade. A beautiful must have reference for builders, artists and historians alike.

by Erik Goldstein and Stuart Mowbray. Softbound, 160 pages, 11" x 8-1/2". A pattern-by-pattern, full color guide to the muskets of the Redcoats. Learn to identify and understand the Brown Bess musket quickly and easily. Useful features include quick identification guide, 959 detailed color photographs, straight forward explinations of comon Brown Bess markings. Includes an illustrated bayonet guide. Fantastic color photos showing even the most minute markings.

by Jim Dressler and Jeff Jaeger. Hardbound, 120 pages, 11" x 8-1/2". The goal of this book is to make known the life and work of  a master craftsman and master artist. The guns made by John Small are masterpieces, fully the equal of those produced by the great gunsmiths of Pennsylvania in the "Golden Age" of the flintlock rifle. Numerous detailed photographs, many in color, of the guns, hawks, powder horns and other works of art of John Small, combined with detailed biographical and historical background on Small and the recepients of the guns he produced make this book a must have for historians, artists and collectors.

by Gary Yee. Foreword by MSG "Rocky" Chandler. Introduction by William Edwards. Afterword by Maj. Jim Land (ret).  Hardbound, 836 pages, 7-1/4" x 10-1/4". This book examines the blackpowder sharpshooter in battle and in their struggle for acceptance. From the Seven Years War's German Jaegers at Minden to the deadly post Civil War American rifleman, Sharpshooters draws heavily upon first hand accounts from both Billy Yank and Johnny Reb as they fight each other in Virginia, the Midwest and along the Mississippi. The British riflemen of the 95th Rifle Brigade and the 60th Royal Americans are not neglected. Follow their feats in Argentina, accross the Spanish Penninsula, to Waterloo and the Crimea. You'll learn how men were selected and trained; and of their tactics and counter measures. From fast moving battles to lengthy sieges, the blackpowder sharpshooter delivered long range fire that struck fear in the enemy and won accolades for themselves. Includes a brief examination of their legacy to their modern descendents, the sniper.

by Dennis Adler. Hardbound, 208 pages, 12-1/4" x 9-1/4". A definitive source in the creation, history, growth and evolution of black powder long arms and pistols, providing a wealth of information for black powder shooters, collectors, re-enactors, and lovers of the American West. Covers everything from the early flintlock muskets, rifles and pistols up to today's modern inline rifles.

by Mike Venturino. Softbound, 286 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". Mike Venturino defines the "Buffalo Rifle" and its cartridges for the reader, then continues into the most comon rifles used for hunting large game. Rifles discussed include Trapdoor Springfields, Sharps, Remingtons, Ballards, Winchester Single Shots, and reproductions of these rifles. Basic reloading information is next providing optimal hunting loads with various powders and the velocities for each round. Also included is information on sights, the original buffalo hunters, modern hunting with Buffalo Rifles and modern bison hunting. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A valuable reference for Buffalo Rifle shooters. 

by Jim Mullins. Softbound, 185 pages, 11" x 8-1/2". Britain encountered many problems while arming their American colonial soldiers. They often requested that they be sent older, lighter, cheaper guns, to be considered "of sorts for provincials". The author documents this story using actual quotes from correspondence of British and American officers and political leaders. Full color photographs of the fine guns in the Colonial Williamsburg collection and several private collections are arranged in landscape format, to best display these fine antique guns, bags, horns, swords and accoutrements.

by Torsten Lenk. Translated by G.A. Urquhart. Edited by J.F. Hayward. Softcover, 188 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". From the post as Director of the Swedish Armoury, Torsten Lenk traveled throughout Europe inspecting thousands of firearms in private collections, enabiling him to detail the construction, evolution, and decoration of the flilntlock from the period of its origin, the seventeenth century. Included are an illustrated section on definitions, terminology, and types of locks; descriptions of the flintlock's precursors, the "Mediterranean lock" and the Netherlands snaphance; a thorough discussion of French flintlocks; a comparison of the Thuraine and Le Hollandois style; and three comprehensive chapters on pattern books and decorations. With hundreds of photographs and illustrations, this reference is without equal for collectors, dealers, or owners or for anyone with an interest in weapons and their history. Heavily illustrated in black and white.