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dmarsh:
You do not want to hear my opinion of Pedersoli. 

Rob DiStefano:
**ALL** of the offshore guns are hit or miss and Pedersoli is TYPICALLY the "best" of the lot, on average.  You want/need a period correct Bess, there are gunsmiths who will oblige.  My main interest will be function over form as it will be used in reenactments where all that matters is that it goes !bang! when it's s'posed to as that's what the onlookers require and that would be period correct.  Dave Persons is a Bess expert and a Pedi Bess can be fairly well corrected ... except for the butt stock, which like all other repro Bess guns is overall too small.  I've never been picky about "authenticity" but I am making a number of wood corrections, though I will not change or add metal markings.  Wood will get reshaped, for the most part.

Rob DiStefano:
Breech plug removed and as expected the touch hole drill went into the breech plug face.  that small channel will have a habit of getting blocked with BP residue and need picking between all firings.  I filed that trough a bit wider and more open at the touch hole, which will help.  I usually make the trough twice as wide but couldn't find the special file for that process.  I'll wipe the plug threads with Nikal and home it back into the bbl at its witness mark.  Meanwhile the stock reshaping work is done and I didn't stain it, just started its first Tru-Oil wipe.  Working on the brass now with files and abrasives.

 

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