[hsa] Re: Identify and repair an original Pennsylvania muzzle loader

From: Michael Chludenski <ipsc_drl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "hsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <hsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 18:19:27 +0000

You didn't say "oh THAT old thing?".........   :-)

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From: hsa-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <hsa-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Erich
Thalheimer <thalheimer@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 5, 2016 12:29 PM
To: hsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: DrMarkRudolphSchultz@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [hsa] Identify and repair an original Pennsylvania muzzle loader

Greetings All,

I had the pleasure of shooting yesterday with fellow HSA club member, Dr. Mark
Schultz, who showed me an old muzzle loader that has been in his family for
generations (pictures below).  He would like any information he can get on it,
and more importantly, he'd like suggestions for era gunsmiths that might be
able to get it back in working condition.

From what he knows, and from the measurements we made yesterday, the gun is as
follows:

·       Original Pennsylvania type muzzle loader made sometime in the early
1800s.

·       Smooth bore, measured to be 0.385 inch diameter, with very thick barrel
walls.

·       Octagonal barrel 31.25 inches long.

·       Firing cap ignition, with double set trigger system.

·       Crude front post and rear notch fixed sights.

·       The only markings we could find on it were stamped on the outside of
the action "ATKINSON WARRANTED".

·       We did not disassemble it further looking for more markings.

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions please relay them to Mark at
DrMarkRudolphSchultz@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:DrMarkRudolphSchultz@xxxxxxxxx>.

Thanks very much!

Erich Thalheimer

INCE Board Certified Acoustical Engineer

27 Peterson Road, Natick, MA 01760

H: (508) 651-9772

C: (617) 785-8249

Thalheimer@xxxxxxx<mailto:Thalheimer@xxxxxxx>

www.ErichThalheimer.com<http://www.erichthalheimer.com/>

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References:
- [hsa] Identify and repair an original Pennsylvania muzzle loader
  - From: Erich Thalheimer

[hsa] Re: Identify and repair an original Pennsylvania muzzle loader

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