"The Panther Rifle" Videos by Ian Pratt

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Building the Daniel Boone Rifle featuring Mike Miller

Building the Daniel Boone Rifle featuring Mike Miller

Noted gunbuilder Mike Miller from Edmonton, Kentucky uses his vast knowledge of American firearms to recreate a likely possibility of what must be very similar to what Daniel Boone would have carried: a brass-mounted, maple-stocked, long-barreled flintlock rifle with a wooden patchbox, featuring bold architecture that was prevalent prior to the Revolutionary War.

Mike demonstrates his techniques to teach how to build this traditional flintlock rifle. Starting with a curly maple stock blank, a long tapered and flared octagon barrel, a lock and some brass castings, Mike demonstrates in detail how you too can build a fine flintlock rifle that would have been common on the frontier among longhunters and early settlers.

This four disc DVD set is 5 hours and 20 minutes of detailed instruction taped in HD on location at Mike Miller's shop.

This video can be found for sell here.

Copy and photo from Muzzleloader Magazine.

War of 1812

The War of 1812 was a 32 month military conflict between the United States and the British Empire and their allies which resulted in no territorial change, but a resolution of many issues remaining from the American War of Independence. The United States declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions brought about by Britain's ongoing war with France, the impressment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion, outrage over insults to national honor after humiliations on the high seas, and possible American desire to annex Canada.[3]

Published on Jan 3, 2013

YouTube Video.

The Only Pair of Matching Singing Bird Pistols, Attributed to Frères Rochat

Aurel Bacs, International Head of the Watch Department, shares his passion and knowledge of the only known matching pair of gold and enamel singing bird pistols, to be offered at Christie’s Hong Kong Important Watches sale on 30 May 2011. Among the most valuable and important works of art remaining in private hands, the value and ingenuity of these pistols are beyond description and must be seen and heard to be truly appreciated.

These pistols sold for $5.8 million.

Description from Christies.

How to Operate a Tinderlighter

Link from You Tube via How to History.

Mike D'Ambra at Tulsa Gun Show: Part 2

Mike D'Ambra at Tulsa Gun Show: Part 1