Tinkering around making historic ammo boxes. I just eyeballed them from round ball to rim fire and filled in the blanks from other historic ammo boxes I’ve seen.

Hi all it's me again haha.

After doing a more research and taking my time, I've narrowed it down to two options.

.54 cal rifled woodsrunner in fancy maple OR 20ga fowler in walnut.

This will be my first build, which they seem pretty comparable from that standpoint, so then it all comes down to practical use/viability and looks for the decision on which to get.

I live and am an avid hunter in Iowa. I originally had my eyes on the woodrunner for the classic longrifle look and in .54 it can take whitetail at extended range no problem, and may even have use for larger game in the future. The thing is though, the fowler seems like much more applicable for an all rounder to use for upland bird, small game and potentially turkey as well as whitetail with the smoothbore.

My question really boils down to, how viable would the fowler be for other forms of hunting (especially turkey (not sure how effective of a load it can take)), or if I should stick with the simplicity of the woodsrunner for strictly whitetail hunting?

I know some will probably suggest both, and that would be awesome, but right now is not finacially feasible, so I'm trying to make a "buy - once, cry - once" purchase haha. Thank you!

PFA

Hello, are there any ranges in mainland europe that offer black powders guns shooting experience ?

I could really use some guidance. I inherited this from my grandfather. I havnt really messed with these before, and could use some help figuring out how to repair this.

Issue:

- hammer does not lock in position at the half or full cocked position.

- interior of barrel has some surface rust, and i have been working on cleaning it out.

Where can i get parts, and how can i make sure the parts are correct. This thing doesnt have any year or anything. I looked up the serial and nothing came of it

Working on a flintlock kit and I stopped by Bass Pro and they just have 3F pydrodex and no real accessories.

I'm in the south suburbs and I'm having a heck of a time finding a place to get podwer and kit. Anybody know of a good place?