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Slowburn
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Originally Posted by Slowburn
So, after reading the debates on here of what constitutes a traditional muzzle loader I decided to play the devils advocate just as a reminder. "The original inline design was conceptualized as far back as 1808. Jean Samuel Pauley patented a system in which the cock of the sidelock was replaced by a cylindrical hammer driven by a coil spring. His system was then expanded upon by Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse who developed the Dreyse Needle gun that was adopted by the German military in 1871." Traditional firearms is merely interpreted as to which time period one wishes to use or reenact. Now I am not knit picking fellers I totally understand what is meant by traditional muzzleloaders and I believe Ron's hot rod should be acceptable or the only ones discussed should specific time period correct in which they represent. So we could eventually eliminate everyone from this forum. Now the useless rhetoric I have written isn't really worth discussing. It surely would not encourage or support anyone in my personal opinion. Hope y'all enjoyed my devils advocate performance.
Copied and pasted from above in case you may not have noticed it...
Traditional Muzzleloading Forum Firearm Types open for discussion: Pre-Flintlock, Flintlock, & Side-lock Percussion. Smoothbores, Muskets, Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols & BP Revolvers, only
Leonardo DaVinci developed a tank much prior to their inception as we know it if that's where you're going with this... just a comparison.
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Last edited by Blackpowdersmoke; Today at 12:19 AM.
I copied and posted too...
BPS, thank you and I did read the rules and I am not going anywhere with this. As stated merely pointing out that the inline rifle was around long ago. I do wonder why the discussion of cowboy action pistols fits in this category cause technically they are inline ignition. However, I am not trying to pick a fight. I look forward to sharing information on this forum.
SB
SB...
I may have misunderstood you and you I. I'm thinking you read BP revolvers and thought black powder cartridge revolvers, not percussion revolvers although both are used in the Cowboy action shooting sports. Maybe the MODS will have to change that to read "percussion revolvers" to avoid any further confusion. And yes you're correct, they are an "inline" ignition. No one is going to argue that. But they were widely used from the late 1830's through the Civil war and the expansion westward up until the cartridge revolvers began to dominate the scene around 1870-ish or so. I'm sure I haven't told you anything you don't already know.
That said, if I offended you with my earlier reply, I apologize and welcome aboard.
BPS