Commodore Swab

Comming back from "John Levique Days" Chrispy and I decided to stop at the "warm mineral springs" otherwise known as the Fountain of Youth that Ponce deLeon searched for. If anybody is in the area I highly recommend it as a post event rest and relaxation. On a really cool side note I found a small piece of a very large (original size was at least 4X4 inches) shark tooth under the sand in the packed mud/clay.

Ok heres a couple better pics from last weekend, guess who . . . And one of myself

I was just wondering what problems most people have with their flintlocks, I can't think of how many times Ive heard things like "it Only misfired a couple times" If you have a problem not mentioned please post what the problem is.

Just need to buy some more locks to put together a couple new pieces and hopefully have them done in time for Punta Gorda.

Ok for those of you desiring an update, it is comming but not now. Long story short I screwed what needed to be put together without doing the detail work and ran her thru the paces this weekend. As a little teaser she was fired for the news . . .

I guess I was able to get something together in time after all http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_south_pinellas/madeira_beach/avast%2C-me-hearties%21-sean-daly-at-pirate-days The third shot is a Spanish (Catalan) Blunderbuss Hmm imangine if he had something like this . . .

I got lucky and a friend lets me use his shop. However, I am setup to do much of this on my own. A simple harbor freight combo lathe/mill really helps and isn't that pricy.

Actually this year I want to donate a small bronze boxlock pistol, if there is anybody out there who doesn't have anything to donate I wouldn't object to some help paying for some of the materials (namely the lock which is about $100).

How about as "Swab and wench"

You can sign me up as well as Sansanee, I highly doubt we will be camping

Well it seems you can have it 2 of three ways when dealing with the rifle shoppe. Good, Fast, Cheap I got the triggerguard relativly fast and cheap . . . Note how the lines arent across and the detail is lacking, Ive had much worse and much better in a sand casting. Definatly workable Cleanup started, working with a hand file and dremel and for those of you who spied the ther buss heres a picture of how its coming along. Once its done having a photoshoot on the 18th it will be available for sale