What did I buy?

If it was just a weight deal they could have just made a smaller barrel but it would have still been muzzle heavy. Swamping it made it balance where it should. I can hold my Woodsrunner in my open palm with the rear edge of the entry pipe at the edge of my hand and it will sit there perfectly level. That's right where I hold it when I'm was shooting it.

hawg said:

If it was just a weight deal they could have just made a smaller barrel but it would have still been muzzle heavy. Swamping it made it balance where it should. I can hold my Woodsrunner in my open palm with the rear edge of the entry pipe at the edge of my hand and it will sit there perfectly level. That's right where I hold it when I'm was shooting it.

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Both weight and balance. A smaller straight barrel would also have a small breech. So you do have a light barrel, but with a strong heavy breech. Swamped barrel has a heavy breech, small barrel, and then some weight up front so it don't feel "whippy". But not muzzle heavy. But the balance...oh...the balance. I can close my eyes, throw my Jeager up to my shoulder, open my eyes and the sights are lined up. And, carries like a dream.

HB said:

I am not going out of my way to find 4F but if I do I may try it for priming.

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3fg will be perfectly fine for priming. If you can detect any difference in ignition time between 3fg and 4fg, you may not have a human brain or senses.

HB said:

I was somewhat surprised that most people don’t knap flints. But given how bad I’ve cut myself in the past, I’ll pony up the $2.50 to avoid that.

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I would kind of like to, but the debris from flint knapping is like debris from broken glass. And then there is the required nicks and cuts in one's fingers. I play bass, so nicks and cuts in my fingers is not a good thing. Both my flintlocks are easy on flints, they last a long time, so the investment in learning to do it, the time spent doing it, and producing tiny shards of razor sharp flint wherever I did it, just would not be cost and time effective for me. Having said all that, I'd sure like to be able to make my own arrow heads, but again, the time, the learning curve, the mess, I'll just stick with steel arrow heads.

Ugly Sauce said:

I can close my eyes, throw my Jeager up to my shoulder, open my eyes and the sights are lined up. And, carries like a dream.

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I can do that with my Woodsrunner but I can also do the same thing with my Hawken. My Hawken has a 31 inch barrel and feels like it weighs twice as much. My Hawken has always been my favorite bp rifle and I've carried it hunting countless times. I never really noticed the weight but if I'd had my Woodsrunner for as long my Hawken would have stayed at home a lot more. I just wish I could find a full buckhorn rear sight to fit that 3/4" dovetail.

Go by the width of the frizzen. Length should leave a small gap between the edge of the flint and the frizzen at half cock.

HB said:

I have been looking at Kibler kits with envy while I patiently plink away with my T/C Hawken.

However, I came upon this in a gun shop today. I was able to get it for $424 out the door.

It has no visible markings. It throws a spark and set triggers work as they should. The guy behind the counter said the seller said the gun was built in MO. The tag said “home made Kentucky rifle never fired $500”. The .40 caliber, nice wood, and decent finish work led me to think it may be a good buy.

Anybody know what this may be? How’d I do?

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YOU GOT a bargain. ZOIKERS!