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Offline Gambia

Smoothbore long gun
« 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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« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2010, 07:27:23 AM »
Sitting Fox out of Vasser,Michigan.Great quality and prices.
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« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2010, 09:32:00 AM »
I really like Jim's smoothies...
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« Reply #3 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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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2010, 12:31:55 PM »
Pecotonica has some real nice kits at very reasonable prices.
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« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2010, 01:18:35 PM »
R. E. Davis or North Star West.
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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2010, 01:40:22 PM »
You might try TVM(uzzleloading).
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« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2010, 02:32:29 PM »
Ha! Grizz....you weren't looking for any concensus were you!?
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« Reply #8 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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« Reply #9 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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« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2010, 06:08:11 PM »
Chambers #1 choice, other kits are good.
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« Reply #11 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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« Reply #12 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.
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