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I did shoot it late last year, ver pleasant, hits to point of aim at 25 yds. Will likely put a simple pin fore sight with a simple v back sight. Recoil is light and it points and holds really well,...

I fitted it with a breach plug. Barrel is parallel turned. 50 to 55 grains of FFg. patched .490 ball. I have been advised matchlocks don't like large charges of powder, and the guns of the Mary...

To be quite frank, the English longbowman was much more effective as far as kill rate goes, and rate of fire. It does hold and point well, and the trigger is crisp and fairly light, say 1/2lb pull.

A mate turned the barrel from a bit of hollow bar, another mate gave me the hand forged lock, and patterns from a Tudor era gun. I cut the stock from a jarrah plank I had lying around, forged the...