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Traditional Firearms => Flintlock Long Guns => Topic started by: Gambia on March 25, 2010, 06:20:04 AM

Title: Smoothbore long gun
Post by: Gambia on March 25, 2010, 06:20:04 AM: I am just toying with buying a smooth bore kit.
I do not have a clue where to look for one, which company would you go with if you were considering a smooth bore kit?
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Post by: pathfinder on March 25, 2010, 07:27:23 AM: Sitting Fox out of Vasser,Michigan.Great quality and prices.
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Post by: Two Steps on March 25, 2010, 09:32:00 AM: I really like Jim's smoothies...
http://www.flintlocks.com/ (http://www.flintlocks.com/)
Al
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Post by: Kermit on March 25, 2010, 10:37:22 AM: Yep, look hard at that Davis site! You get what you pay for, IMHO...
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Post by: rickevans on March 25, 2010, 12:31:55 PM: Pecotonica has some real nice kits at very reasonable prices.
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Post by: Pichou on March 25, 2010, 01:18:35 PM: R. E. Davis or North Star West.
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Post by: Hanshi on March 25, 2010, 01:40:22 PM: You might try TVM(uzzleloading).
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Post by: rickevans on March 25, 2010, 02:32:29 PM: Ha! Grizz....you weren't looking for any concensus were you!?
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Post by: melsdad on March 25, 2010, 04:30:29 PM: Everything I have read says you can't go wrong with a Chambers kit.
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Post by: Gambia on March 25, 2010, 04:40:52 PM: Well, first off, Thanks for all the great suggestions. I must say the prices were higher than I had expected. I am sure the quality is great with them all, but as I said, Just thinking about it. The search continues,
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Post by: butterchurn on March 25, 2010, 06:08:11 PM: Chambers #1 choice, other kits are good.
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Post by: Buzzard on March 25, 2010, 08:00:31 PM: North Star West or Larry Zorne at the Mold and Gun Shop in Jackson, Ohio.
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Post by: tg on March 25, 2010, 08:22:20 PM: It depends on what kind of gun you want, for a French Fusil with a straight stock I would go with RE Davis for the Fusil de Chase from Tulle I would go with the TOW 44" barrel parts set and give the lock a work over cosmeticaly, for a NW gun or Early English I would go with North Starr West, for a fowler I would go with Chambers. I think these are the best bets for the various type of guns, I have no experience with Sitting Fox, TVM, Petaconica or the others but from what I have seen on their sites the HC/PC factor on some guns, mainly French is sadly lacking, The sites I mentioned are about as "correct" for the type of gun as you will find short of ordering parts from the Riffle Shoppe and having a premier builder do the work, following originals as a pattern.Just my opinion based on many post on these forums and personal research and using parts/putting together guns from some of the vendors I mentioned.
I always consider the PC/HC factor as part of the "quality" factor of a ML kit/gun. I think they are inseperable considering that the object is to work towards a "replica" of the originals, not to say that guns that fall short of the level of "correctness" that is possible are bad, just that they are on a different level when compared to a well researched gun that strives to follow the originals as much as is practical.