Black Powder [Archive] - Military Surplus Collectors Forums

1842 Springfield (5 replies)
Brown Bess v. Charleville (9 replies)
1740 Potzdam Musket Question (0 replies)
1876 Evans Rifle Sights (3 replies)
1886 Mannlicher Bolt Extraction Issue (15 replies)
1886 Mannlicher Buttlplate Screws (0 replies)
What kind of Snider is this? (7 replies)
Dutch Beaumont Pupil Rifle. What is it? (7 replies)
1863 US Springfield rifle (16 replies)
Percussion caps? (5 replies)
Mystery musket (3 replies)
What Beaumont Rifle Do I Have? (14 replies)
Austrian 1867/77 Werndle (10 replies)
a pipe dream (10 replies)
Unmarked M1867 Remington Rolling Block (2 replies)
1842 Augustin Musket (2 replies)
Republic of Mexico (RM) marked Remington Rolling Block (2 replies)
How Clean Does Brass Used with Blackpowder Need to Get? (7 replies)
Need Help (8 replies)
11mm Gras and 10.75 Berdan reloading dies (4 replies)
EIC Pattern F Musket restoration query (5 replies)
1823 Harper's Ferry musket (M1816?) (2 replies)
1795 Barrel Markings (4 replies)
1795 Miles CP Flintlock? (9 replies)
I just took possession of a .43 berdan cartridge. How to I date it? (3 replies)
No more GOEX (9 replies)
French Modèle 1777 corrigé en l'an IX Question (3 replies)
Baker rifle converted to percussion (4 replies)
Delete (0 replies)
Jenks Rifle Barrel Band (4 replies)
Spanish (?) Rolling Block (2 replies)
Looking for a Lyman 50 cal. "maxi ball" mould (1 replies)
1867 Carcano Needle Gun (7 replies)
Mass Arms Maynard revolver (11 replies)
Austrian Model 1850 carbines (3 replies)
Bjørneskytter's rifle? Coulod easily be (6 replies)
Modern muzzle-loader (8 replies)
filler in black powder revolvers (10 replies)
eBay Does Work......................Eventually (5 replies)
1858 Hammer Loop Percussion Rifle (2 replies)
Unknown maker 1853 Enfield repro (4 replies)
Which black powder revolver to get? (13 replies)
'Khyber Pass' percussion pistol (20 replies)
Musket Indentification Help Please (9 replies)
New Chassepot Cahen et Lyon et cie. Trying to decypher markings. Paging Dr.Chadwick! (3 replies)
Kropatschek grenade launcher (9 replies)
43 Spanish Chamber (7 replies)
converting the Italian Colt cap & ball to cartridge revolvers (17 replies)
Rather interesting Nepalese(?) short percussion musket (3 replies)
1819 Hall Rifle Molds (1 replies)
Help with: Springfield 1848 .69 cal - Rifle Validation ( ?'s ) (1 replies)
Nepalese Brunswick Musket (6 replies)
Headspace on 1873 Springfield Trapdoor (10 replies)
Austrian percussion carbines (0 replies)
Remington RB question (7 replies)
Interesting 1863 Springfield 'carbine'. (2 replies)
All cleaned up 71/84 (5 replies)
2 Band Enfield (2 replies)
Stock Cracks (6 replies)
Ideas for straightening out 71/84 tube mag? (14 replies)
Hartford London Colt Navy (8 replies)
Size of bulletmould to use on Snyder 577 blackpowder breech loader (9 replies)
Ballard carbine (2 replies)
Remington Rolling Block rifles (2 replies)
Is this a record? (0 replies)
Need help IDing Austrian(?) musketoon(?) (6 replies)
Accuracy of rifles (13 replies)
Any one seen a sling like this before? (5 replies)
Snider Enfield Mark II* (2 replies)
Colt 1860..finally got one. (11 replies)
Revolutionary War Era Musket Identification Needed ... (1 replies)
Hughes Black Powder Cannon (9 replies)
French M1853 Minie rifle (2 replies)
Hartford London Colt Navies. (2 replies)
Blunderbuss! (0 replies)
American three barrel percussion rifle and shotgun (8 replies)
Dreyse Bullet Mold (2 replies)
Very early London Colt Navy (13 replies)
Large Bore Rolling Block of Unknown Origin (12 replies)
Tulle percussion musket..what model? (6 replies)
Question on Colt 1860 2nd Gen screw (1 replies)
Black powder cannon. .50 cal. (4 replies)
Spanish replica Clay/Randolph dueling pistols (1 replies)
Baker rifle chambered in .75 Rare or not? (5 replies)
Patented Breach/Chamber shapes and makers, What's Best (5 replies)
Pattern 1853 Enfield Musket - Tang Repair (6 replies)
Dutch EIC musket? (8 replies)
Rolling Block Cheek Pad (4 replies)
early small bore black powder cartridges (2 replies)
Edward Middleton BP rifle (11 replies)
Springfield Musket ... Is It Original??? (8 replies)
New to me Nepalese Sharps percussion (1 replies)
Ferguson rifle (19 replies)
Snider Enfield Restoration (5 replies)
Testing a barrel to see if it's safe to shoot? (10 replies)
'Khyber' EIC musket? (7 replies)
Grand Army of the Republic rifle (5 replies)
1865 springfield (4 replies)
1885 springfield (5 replies)
British East India Company Model F Percussion Musket (41 replies)
Frederick Williams Double barrel Question (2 replies)
18 bore Scott Travelling Pistol (2 replies)
Need help identifying a musket here... (5 replies)
A few of my favorite black powder revolvers (1 replies)
George Gibbs .577 P56? (1 replies)
Gehendra Untouched Restoration With Photos (14 replies)
IMA Gahendra untouched rifle (14 replies)
Manhattan Arms .36 cal(?) revolver (23 replies)
Portuguese Kropatschek Rifle (12 replies)
1854 Lorenz question / ID problem (0 replies)
Normal m1850 Prussian? Pic heavy (2 replies)
Revolutionary War rifle ? (5 replies)
Should I buy this "Brown Bess"? (8 replies)
Snider Carbine Thread (5 replies)
Two band Volunteer issue P1861 (1 replies)
1809 Prussian/German Musket (2 replies)
1870 Husqvarna Rolling Block sling (5 replies)
Snider aficionados among membership? (13 replies)
Rolling Block ID (13 replies)
Snider sling? (11 replies)
Looking to buy a Danish 1867/96 Rolling Block (38 replies)
Chassepot Refurbishing Request (3 replies)
Is this a Danish percussion pistol? (2 replies)
Beaumont Adams revolver (3 replies)
Snider Enfield from Afghanistan (4 replies)
US Civil War Rifled Musket sling? (3 replies)
Remington m1871 Oviedo (1 replies)
English .577 paper cartridges w/Pritchett bullts (2 replies)
Shooting smoothbores (6 replies)
I made a British cap pouch (1 replies)
Question to the forum (2 replies)
Martini Henry l/ll Markings (4 replies)
Parker Hale 1858 Enfield (7 replies)
Shooting The 71/84 Mauser (3 replies)
Brown Bess Questions (2 replies)
Swedish Model 1851 Kammerlader (9 replies)
Help identifying firearm (10 replies)
1768 Charleville (40 replies)
Need help identifying European bolt rifle (1 replies)
loading flintlocks (11 replies)
P1864 Nepal Snider action strength (2 replies)
Sizing the Chassepot Needle (2 replies)
P1864 Nepal Snider (2 replies)
1777 Charleville Markings (0 replies)
Dreyse Wooden Sabots (5 replies)
Springfield Armory M1873 Trapdoor Carbine (0 replies)
Charleville Refence Materials (2 replies)
chassepot cartridge (8 replies)
Chassepot and Gras (5 replies)
Bridesburg Musket (3 replies)
Range Cleaning Routine for '63 Springfield (7 replies)
Pumpkin a la victim (7 replies)
Colt Navy 1866 (12 replies)
P62 Enfield range test (5 replies)
Potsdam musketoon/carbine? (13 replies)
Chassepot Cartridge Modification Final (0 replies)
Just a few of mine. M1816, M1861 & M1842 (5 replies)
1844 Model 1841 Whitney Mississippi Rifle - Help (3 replies)
Chassepot Chamber Residue (0 replies)
"The Widow Blakely" at Vicksburg (2 replies)
1812 M95 Springfield Rocks Again (4 replies)
Dreyse Rifle Spring "Replacement (1 replies)
Expanding my Historical Black Powder Collection (6 replies)
Recent Inheritance: "CSA" M1809 (8 replies)
Chassepot Cartridge Modification 3 (2 replies)
Chassepot Cartridge Modification II (0 replies)
Vermont Flea Market Find; 1862 M53 Enfield (14 replies)
Chassepot Cartridge Modification (6 replies)
Tabatier (0 replies)
Dreyse 1862 Rear Sights (4 replies)
Damaged Dreyse Stock (5 replies)
Proofing Pistol for alcohol? (5 replies)
1854 M42 Springfield (4 replies)
Unusual double barrelled pistols with folding triggers--does anyone know about them? (2 replies)
1861 Tower lock marked carbine--some questions. (3 replies)
10.15 Jarmann Bullets (2 replies)
1865 Dreyse Jaeger (0 replies)
Chassepot in the White (19 replies)
Italian Vetterli 10.4 to Swiss Vetterli Compatability (1 replies)
MY two band Enfield and its long sought for Sword Bayo. Made by Soligen (4 replies)
Another picture of the Whitney (0 replies)
Here is one more picture of the Whitneyville rifle. (0 replies)
I knew that, here are some pictures of the Whitneyville rifle I asked about. (7 replies)
Whitneyville Armory ??? (1 replies)
Dreyse Reference (8 replies)
Chassepot Cartridge Length(s) (3 replies)
Help me Identify - Springfield Trap Door, or Fake? (10 replies)
Springfield or what? (4 replies)
Another "Whatisit" military muzzleloading rifle (8 replies)
Gras Cartridges (0 replies)
Chassepot Firing Needle Spring Issue (12 replies)
Felix Settle (9 replies)
My AW.SPIES Pennsylvania Rifle 34 caliber? (2 replies)
1841 mississippi rifle (4 replies)
Went to the Amoskeag Auction today and came home with Bucket List #1 (19 replies)
Werder Cav. Carbine End Result (3 replies)
springfield 1861??? (12 replies)
Gras/Chassepot Interchageability (3 replies)
Remington Army replica (4 replies)
some small bore black powder cartridges 1895- 1920 era plus a late 30's semi wildcat (0 replies)
The creepy flintlock pistol arrived today. (12 replies)
New to me Rolling Block - I know next to nothing about these (11 replies)
Butt plate for Snider cavalry carbine - with trap? (1 replies)
Berdan II Issue (5 replies)
Berdan II Stock Issue (1 replies)
I just bought the spookiest flintlock pistol on earth. (3 replies)
'69 Vetterli Feed Issue (9 replies)
1857 Allen & Wheelock five-shot .34 revolver (4 replies)
Enfield Pattern 1853 Nepalese (8 replies)
Is This a Civil War Era Austrian Lorenz? (12 replies)
Drams versus onces (4 replies)
Proof Mark (V inside Circle) Assistance! (2 replies)
Swiss (or Belgium) Model 1842 Percussion Infantry Musket? (4 replies)
A Short Snider (4 replies)
1853 Enfield Rifle spares (2 replies)
sharps borchardt 1878 45/70 military rifle version (3 replies)
Beaumont Extraction Issue (6 replies)
When 3 heads are better than 1! (2 replies)
Where to start? (9 replies)
Swiss Vetterli CF Conversion (1 replies)
Dreyse and Chassepot cartridges (2 replies)
US Model 1819 .54 Caliber Flintlock Pistol (11 replies)
Mystery musket. (17 replies)
Mauser 71/84 Front Sight (7 replies)
Parker Hale bullets (19 replies)
new Gras purchase (5 replies)
Got the M69 Werder accurate (1 replies)
.58 caliber (28 replies)
Photo of 1874 Gras bolt stop screw (3 replies)
Percussion (duelling?) pistol (2 replies)
Springfield "Trapdoor" Model 1873 (5 replies)
Martini-Henry Cavalry Carbine Mk I (1 replies)
reloading for steyr peabody martini 1882 (0 replies)
Remington built Swedish Rolling Block (3 replies)
Can you help? (2 replies)
Komission Karabiner 88, Commission Carbine 88 (6 replies)
Repetiergewehr Vetterli Modell 69/71 (3 replies)
Komission Gewehr 88, Commission Rifle 88 (0 replies)
Has anyone found a large EXPANDER? (3 replies)
Navy? Powder Measure (7 replies)
1842 58 caliber percussion pistol (5 replies)
Range Questions: Gew 71 versus Gew 71/84 (3 replies)
When do you NOT shoot a percussion revolver? (37 replies)
Help with a 1859 Sharps & Hankins Navy Carbine (0 replies)
Dreyse needle gun - I need help (6 replies)
Swedish Rolling Block rifle (9 replies)
Watch this space! (19 replies)
BPCR at the range (W/O the blackpowder, so far!) 32-20 Hepburn (12 replies)
Swiss percussion stutzer? (7 replies)
Wänzel Extrakorpsgewer 1854/67 (1 replies)
Werndl M1873/77 rifle and carbine (0 replies)
Berdan II, Бердана № 2 обр. 1870 года (2 replies)
Werder M1869 Infanterie Gewehr (19 replies)
Werder Carbine Accuracy (5 replies)
Richland Arms .44 cal New Army revolver (6 replies)
Muzzle loader replica advice (5 replies)
LeMat (Photo Thread) (3 replies)
Family pistol? (2 replies)
Lee .577 Snider seating die problems?? (1 replies)
Reproduction 1861 Eli Whitney Revolver, Navy in 36 caliber (16 replies)
Trapdoor Serial Number info needed... (0 replies)
Congrats Patrick ... (16 replies)
brown bess 3rd model (2 replies)
Query on an early Chrissy present (1 replies)
New to Blackpowder Milsurps - Where Do I Start? (11 replies)
And now for something really different... (30 replies)
Treasures of the French Society of Munitions (4 replies)
1863 Remington Zouave rifle (9 replies)
Grease contaminating BP under bullet (2 replies)
Sharps Borchardt (10 replies)
Unload decrease value? Bad idea? (9 replies)
.577 minie balls? (11 replies)
Mystery percusson horse/cavalry pistol. (10 replies)
More black powder (8 replies)
What do you think of this old musket? Find of the year? (9 replies)
Tried to sell It? (17 replies)
walker repo $$$ (2 replies)
Mauser M71/84 find... (6 replies)
Help identifing 'Brown Bess' style doglock musket butt plate markings (0 replies)
Should I buy this Brown Bess? (12 replies)
Nepolese cache brown bess muskets? (3 replies)
Lock Identification (2 replies)
Markings Question On AN 13 Percussion Conversion (4 replies)
Peabody carbines in 56-50 anyone shoot them? (18 replies)
A rifle I forgot I had (4 replies)
Need help deciding what type of Snider-Enfield to buy. (1 replies)
A "D Partridge" Lock: Photos (6 replies)
field stripping a 1861 rifle musket (6 replies)
civil war cartridge box (6 replies)
Beligan Raick Freres BP Muzzleloader Percussion Cap Shotgun- Can You Tell Me How Old? (5 replies)
Sharps rifles (20 replies)
American Rifleman TV - Remington Rolling Block Carbine (Video) (0 replies)
American Rifleman TV - Gun Values - Remington Rolling Block(Video) (0 replies)
Belgian manufacture of (US M1866) Allin trapdoor conversions? (1 replies)
Personalized flintlock pistol (2 replies)
Reloading metallic cartridges (84 replies)
43 Egyptian- I want to shoot it! (19 replies)
mississippi rifle value (7 replies)
remington Zouave 1863 (10 replies)
colt 1864 on GB (6 replies)
Mauser M71 cavalry carbine at the range (24 replies)
M71 Cavalry Carbine (5 replies)
Blackpowder Pistol...real or reproduction? (2 replies)
Rolling Block and Barrel ? need opinions (3 replies)
What comes between an 1853 Enfield and a Martini-Henry? (14 replies)
A John Brown Sharps Carbine (NRA Video) (0 replies)
Brown Bess Flintlock Musket (NRA Video) (0 replies)
King James' flintlock fowler (NRA Video) (0 replies)
Duke of York's Manton flintlock fowler (NRA Video) (0 replies)
Napoleon's flintlock fowler (NRA Video) (0 replies)
Springfield Officers Model Trapdoor Rifle (NRA Video) (0 replies)
The Kentucky long rifle (NRA Video Parts 1 & 2) (0 replies)
Little Big Horn Indian Scout Curly's Trapdoor Carbine (NRA Video) (1 replies)
Question on, R.A. UDAIPUR, Indian made 1842 Springfield .69 musket. (9 replies)
Black Powder Long Range Shooting ..... (3 replies)
Rolling block project finished. (8 replies)
Anybody have any ideas on these at all? (6 replies)
Ruger old army question (7 replies)
French Mle1822 T pistol (21 replies)
1866 Springfield Trapdoor (3 replies)
Powder charge? (3 replies)
what caliber 1862 (7 replies)
1863 Trenton Rifle (6 replies)
Arms to British North America 1863 (1 replies)
I would like to restore a gun. Help (4 replies)
ca.1833 Springfield Musket (shortened ) and a Germanic Cadet Musket- Projects! (16 replies)
Metal aging (2 replies)
New to BP Pistol (10 replies)
original preservation and lubing for Firearms (2 replies)
Hatcher's Notebook (0 replies)
M1821 SIGHT and RAMROD NEEDED (6 replies)
Good book on old muskets? (2 replies)
Werder Carbine (14 replies)
Jager fix (0 replies)
Found MUSKET in thrift store. (120 replies)
1861 Springfield Musket info. needed (1 replies)
Just got my first muzzleloader (3 replies)
What is this? (4 replies)
EIC F Pattern musket restoration (10 replies)
Hope I didn't make a mistake (9 replies)
Building the BP trade rifle from a TOTW kit (68 replies)
Grenzaufsehergerwehr (GAG) M1879 (9 replies)
Another newbie looking for help!! (8 replies)
Unidentified long rifle (5 replies)
Help with identifying a flintlock conversion (12 replies)
IMA Brunswick rifle - a restoration thread. (31 replies)
value of kentucky flintlock (4 replies)
nepal guns (7 replies)
can anyone identify this civil war rifle (13 replies)
1853 1862 Enfield (2 replies)
Beaumont (4 replies)
Parker-Hale Enfield modified for reenacting (2 replies)
James Ellwood Jones, Jr. Arms Collection (0 replies)
1864,1868 springfield find (2 replies)
Looking for information on a number of old firearms (9 replies)
U.S. Metallic Cartridges Testing (Regulation and Experimental) (1873) (0 replies)
source for Lyman 557456 mold??? (0 replies)
Looking for a London gunmaker ca. 1650 (3 replies)
How to clear a obstructed muzzle loader barrel (17 replies)
RUGER "Old Army" 45 Cal. Revolver..?? (6 replies)
Disposing of collection (1 replies)
This is a VERY NICE Civil War Rifled Musket. (22 replies)
Ramrod value? (3 replies)
What The Heck is This Thing???? (3 replies)
Very interesting shotgun (1 replies)
Civil War Muskets Used By Vermont Volunteers (10 replies)
Model 1860 Colt Army revolver as it probably looked when manufactured. (3 replies)
Civil War Proof Marks (5 replies)
Muzzle loading pistol: Bounty (9 replies)
civil war uniform reproduction ??? (1 replies)
Armi sport 1842 smoothbore (2 replies)
My Civil War Colt (5 replies)
Civil War Bullets (5 replies)
Whats it worth and would it be safe to shoot? (9 replies)
How to find out what rifles issued to CW unit? (7 replies)
1861 Springfield (1 replies)
? On Shipping Black Powder Rifle (1 replies)
Does anyone recognize these slugs? (8 replies)
"Bedford County (PA.) Rifle ?'ss (3 replies)
A rifle/revolver question for a beginner (13 replies)
blackpowder measure (10 replies)
Images of rear sight for my puzzle rifle. (7 replies)
1853 enfield curiousity.... (11 replies)
This rifle is a puzzler! (6 replies)
Even Remington is not sure it is an early one of theirs! (11 replies)
How Did I do? (6 replies)
2F or 3F? (20 replies)
Single Shot Target Pistol (5 replies)
Lyman Great Plains Rifle Fun (2 replies)
Caps for Enfield 3 band? (8 replies)
Lee Metford and blackpowder (7 replies)
1864 Springfield/lube job? (6 replies)
Possible cannon ball?: (12 replies)
1816 musket archeology and cleaning (8 replies)
Original Rifle needs nipple (12 replies)
thread size (1 replies)
1854 Springfield Musket ?? is there any such thing? (6 replies)
M Loading firearms (0 replies)
Italian black powder manufacturers (3 replies)
A U.S. Civil War Smith carbine-with a “possible” Fenian Raid (Canadian) involvement. (8 replies)
difference between 1861 springfield and 1863? (8 replies)
Missing Friendship friends. (0 replies)
James Eaton,percussion shotgun (0 replies)
Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifled Musket----C.S. or U.S.?—a story. (3 replies)
W M. Muir and Co. Model 1861 Contract Rifle-Musket. (3 replies)
I remember when we used to shoot them. (36 replies)
Pics Of The New Flintlock Purchase (4 replies)
U.S. Model 1842 Musket- used by both the North and South during the Civil War. (20 replies)
US 1842 musket with 0.75 barrel! (13 replies)
Flintlock With Round Ball And Sabot? (4 replies)
Original 1861 Springfield musket worth? (4 replies)
Some U.S. Civil War period Colts. (10 replies)
P 53 Snider Conversion Musket (4 replies)
U.S. Model 1841 rifle-a.k.a. Mississippi rifle. (2 replies)
Model 1851 Colt Navy- manufactured 1857 with U.S. Government (army) markings. (6 replies)
Pic of my collection (2 replies)
Shockey's Gold powder (5 replies)
Some more photos-for they that may be interested. (1 replies)
Some photos from my collection. (1 replies)
Some photos from my collection. (13 replies)
Matchlock\Flintlock Musket (11 replies)
Traditions double rifle (4 replies)
Missed a ML show here in WA state,.. (0 replies)
Navy Arms 1851 cartridge conversion (6 replies)
Who is casting zinc round ball for rifle? (3 replies)
BP lubricants; my recent saga; long (7 replies)
BP forum WOW! (3 replies)
Adjusting a lock on a percussion musket (3 replies)
M L shotguns (2 replies)