This is not just a rifle, it is also an opportunity to see and learn about its construction techniques. We will begin selling tickets to win this once in a lifetime gun online and every month in Muzzle Blasts
Gunmaker's Hall Report | Muzzle Blasts August 2020
Well, it’s hot again. Dang if spring didn’t scoot right by and now it’s summer. It’s been raining so much nobody wants to go out and shoot. Weather seldom stopped our forefathers though. Even great battles of the civil war were fought in the rain until the rain got so hard both sides could no longer fire and that was seldom. The slow light rain we’ve been having today did not even slow our ancestors down. So yeah, time to get out and practice.
Photographing your work | Helpful Tip Tuesday | Jeff Luke
2020 Gunmakers Hall Incentive Bag by Jeff Luke
NMLRA Black Powder Bonanza! August 14-15, 2020
The Jeweler's Saw | Gun Making Tools of the 18th Century and Today | Muzzle Blasts
When I was a young man, I apprenticed under a master tool and die maker. In the first two years I worked with him I seldom saw him use a milling machine, he did it all with a file. Being young and headstrong I would often complain, but his reply was always the same: before you can use the mill, you must master the file.
Unboxing 2 Flintlock Longrifles from Mike Miller and Malchiah Pifer
Preserving the "Journal of Historical Armsmaking Technology" Book Series
2020 Gunmakers Hall Incentive Rifles by Mike Miller and Malchiah Pifer
The Gunmaker’s Hall Collaboration Rifle
Demonstrating Muzzleloading Barrel Rifling with Rice Barrel Co.
Rice Barrel owner Jason Schneider demonstrates ‘old school’ rifling on a vintage style rifling machine owned by the NMLRA. This demonstration was part of the 2018 TN Muzzle Loading History Banquet.
Rice Barrel Co is a longtime NMLRA Commercial Row Vendor and has supplied muzzle loader builders with fine barrels for years. Find out more on their website ricebarrels.com
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Building a Lancaster Flintlock with Bill Raby | Part 66
Bill Raby is nearly done building his Lancaster Flintlock Rifle. This in depth series seeks to give you a real look at longrifle building from start to finish. Bill is doing a great job sharing this process. If you are wanting to build your first muzzle loader, or your 10th, give this series a watch!
How to make a flint wallet for your flintlock muzzle loader
Benjamin Quearry, Gunmaker's Hall Chairman, shares some advice on keeping busy during COVID 19
As I write this the governor of Indiana has closed down the state due to the COVID-19 virus. Many businesses are closed. Schools are closed. Right now, we are at home, doing our civic duty to prevent the spread of this terrible virus. This is scary stuff. Without my faith in God even I’d be nervous.
Tip of the Day Tuesday
Tip of The Day Tuesday... With a large percentage of the country under some form of shelter in place order currently, take advantage of the extra time available to get your next several projects roughed out. If you're horn guy, get a few cut to length, ready to thin, carve and shape.
If you're a blacksmith, forge out a few strikers, knife blanks, etc. If your a leather type, cut out a few bags or pouches for assembly later.
In a few weeks when all this chaos fades away and we dive back into our normal hectic lives, you'll have a jumpstart on the next couple projects, which in and of itself will motivate you to complete them perhaps... Stay safe and healthy!
Jeff Luke
