atlanta Cutlery enfield musket

[jrbaker90]

I have looked at the muskets in the atlanta Cutlery catalog and I have thought about get one but it sounds to good to be true 349 for a original just don't sound right to me but I don't know just want somebody how know more about them to give me some advice thanks

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Those are sold in "as is" condition, and have been sitting, rusting in a mountaintop armory in Nepal for 150 years. So they may be nothing more than a hunk of iron and dry rotted wood that resembles a musket. The $795 version looks more like a proper collector's item. I would prefer an 1870 short lever Martini myself.

"At one hundred yards, mark your target. Volley fire, PRESENT!"


LD

 

[Berkley]

It's pretty much a pig in a poke situation, and their description of the many problems you may find is pretty accurate. In addition, cleaning up 100+ year old dried yak fat caked with brick dust and bat guano makes the ordinary milsurp cosmoline cleanup look like a walk in the park. That said, you can have an interesting historical collectible piece for not much money if you are willing to spend the time and effort, and have realistic expectations. Expecting it to be usable as a shooter is not likely to be realistic, and they aren't advertised as such even in the expensive cleaned up versions. Some may be shooters, but will likely take additional work to replace missing or broken parts and gunsmithing expertise to make them functional.

 

[jrbaker90]

I am wanting one to shoot once in a while but only blanks I know a guy that has a gunsmithing shop that has a stock craver and I could do the a lot of the lock work but the big stuff I would take to a good gunsmith my only problem is the barrel I seen some that was shootable but they say not all of them but I know that there's some manufacturers of reproduction barrels that I could get. Cleaning it and working one would be fun to do for me but I don't want to spend more fixing then I would on a good reproduction but everybody I talk to in reenactment want the weapons da-farp. That the reason I looked into atlanta Cutlery thanks

 

[arcticap]

It sounds like the price has gone up since 2008.
Here's a post that lists 3 threads about them:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=5887923&postcount=10

And another one:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=371432&highlight=nepal

 

[4v50 Gary]

I'd hate to buy that stuff sight unseen.

 

[GCBurner]

I'd love to be able to poke around in their warehouse and pick one out, myself.
I've gotten two Martini-Henrys from them, a Mark II and a Mark IV, and they turned out pretty good, after some detail cleaning, minor stock work, and replacing a couple of small parts.

 

[TomADC]

GCBurner are you shooting those?

 

[jrbaker90]

Anybody had any dealings with their brunswick musket for them I heard more on the enfield then the brunswick thanks

 

[scrat]

The guy who used to write online black powder magazine bought an enfield he did a whole article of redoing it. then he actually took that exact gun to a range and fired it

 

[scrat]

here it is. too bad he doesnt do the magazines anymore i emailed him to see if he has a copy of it or the youtube link.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=5487663#post5487663



dang 6506 post you think i own this place or something i need to get a life lol

 

[scrat]

here it is to you guys a restored in fired condition 1853 that was purchased for $300
http://www.gunsinternational.com/articles.cfm?id=31

 

[GCBurner]

GCBurner are you shooting those?

Not yet, but planning on it. Just acquired the Lee .577-450 M-H reloading dies and some Jamison brass cartridge cases. The bores aren't bad, and everything seems fine, mechanically. Components and loaded ammo are hard to come by, and expensive, but I'm scraping them together a bit at a time. A 20-round box of Buffalo Ammo is over $130, but I got the brass cases for about $3.50 apiece. Kynoch USA still makes .577-450 M-H in a non-corrosive smokeless loading, but it's Berdan primed and $85 for 10 rounds.
http://www.kynochusa.com/Cartridges.html

 

[Berkley]

Anybody had any dealings with their brunswick musket for them I heard more on the enfield then the brunswick thanks

Like all of the Nepal weapons you won't know what you have until you remove the layers of caked-on filth. I got one of IMA's smoothbore Brunswick muskets and it turned out to be in good shape, missing only one stock escutcheon and the front sling swivel.

 

[RaiderANV]

ALL parts for these guns can be had at Lodgewood in Whitewater, Wisconsin.

www.lodgewood.com

While most of these are safe to some degree to be fired,,,,, I'd not be the one to fire ANY of them first. =)