Posted on 05/09/2020 4:18:57 PM PDT by week 71
AR's are beautiful, tactical and accurate. Perfect firearm for Americans in 2020. Anyone know when one can get a musket in the Kansas, Missouri area? Spirit of '76 is drenching my mind in such a time as this.
You should be able to find replicas pretty easily. Check the inter webs for them.
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What do you mean? You want an AR? You want a Brown Bess musket? Or you want a full size long-barrel AR that some people call a “musket” in contrast to an M4?
Not that any of those are the wrong answer either!
If you want an actual musket, There are some beautiful trade muskets sold his curios only. All they need is for the touchhole to be drilled. And there are no legalities involving that. Unless you’re in New Jersey or something where a butter knife is probably illegal.
I bought an 1816 Harper’s Ferry replica. Made by Pedersoli. Just got done cleaning it after shooting it this afternoon.
It’s one of my favorite firearms to shoot.
There are companies that make Charleville, Brown Bess, and ‘trade rifles’. The AR will be less costly!!
I think Euroarms, Pietta, and Interarms are where you should look. These are not Pyrodex-capable, so check your local explosives laws re black powder.
Cabela’s, https://www.cabelas.com/browse.cmd?categoryId=734095080&CQ_search=musket&CQ_zstype=REG. Because they’re black powder you can buy one on-line without registering it and have them send it directly to your house.
Grin! Looking for a black powder musket. Many of the firearms in stores around me I already have. Simply looking for a traditional musket.
Thanks. Have not been to Cabelas in a while.
Looked that one up via web search - That’s perfect
Made in Missouri;
http://precisionmp.com/
They have high end AR’s at very reasonable prices.
Buy here;
https://www.beararmsco.com/
You’ll have to call and see but they have some very cool themed rifles if you want one or just an average mil spec rifle
Pedersoli makes amazing reproductions. I have one of their Sharps models.
Lol! Prefer the Ruger Mini-14
You might look at Dixie Gun Works and Track of the Wolf.
I was never into smoothbores myself and wanted a custom-made flintlock Pennsylvania/Kentucky rifle for years, but am now too old to get much use from one.
Try gunbroker.com
http://www.militaryheritage.com/musket22.htm
Lot’s of varieties under the Musket section. British and French patterns. Military patterns, etc. They all need the vent hole drilled (super simple). This makes it where they can ship them anywhere. All accurate to the French and Indian war and the Voyageur era trappers. I’ve been thinking of one too, just for pure hedonistic fun. Man does not live on bread alone...
BTW, you can still find old stock of actual original flints at cheap prices. They sell the by the pound. Recovered from old sunken ships, warehouses, etc. Just a fun historic touch.
I bought a British Sea Service Pattern flintlock pistol from the company at the link. Perfect replica, with Tower markings, in .62 caliber. Touchhole was not drilled so it was shipped to my Kansas home by mail. This company provided the pistols used in Master and Commander. After some advice from a friend on the size of the touchhole and the location, it went into my drill press and it was a legal firearm.
Flints, patches, leather for the flint, lead balls are readily available for the reenactment market. Black powder can also be ordered and shipped from Midway (MO company) with some shipping restrictions that causes you to order more than you really need, but that wasn’t a problem for me.
Shoots great once you get used to the delay with Black Powder. The also sell muskets and rifles, period pieces. High quality
http://www.militaryheritage.com/pistol1.htm
http://www.militaryheritage.com/muskets.htm
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