It is absurd to claim that the jaegers lacked greased patches
Anthony Riccio wrote: November 05, 2011
As a reenactor I've always been around the Kentucky long rifle, I even owned one. All of the jäger rifles I've seen have terrible reputations of the frizzens being incredibly soft. That's not something you want with these guns even though it's a fix-able problem. I rave about my ferguson pattern it's my favorite gun I've ever owned. The rifle shoppe makes an excellent kit version that I absolutely love, I take it to every event I do.
Bryan Brown wrote: October 26, 2011
The Ferguson Ordnance Rifle shoots standard British Carbine ball (62 caliber). If you lost powder you were not lubing the ball correctly, if you did the ball in beeswax and tallow (keeping the fouling soft) you can carry it all day without leakage.
Karl Seidl wrote: February 28, 2010
You did a story on this rife in August 1971. This article described many defects in it that caused its withdrawal from service.
frank wrote: November 08, 2009
i'd love to have one
bob wrote: October 12, 2009
how far did these guns shoot?
Anthony Bullard wrote: July 20, 2009
Seems like another missed opportunity of the military. The problems listed for the Ferguson seem to be solvable with a little thought. The fact that someone saw beyound the muzzle loader concept should have had lights going on over the heads of all the existing gun manufacturers. But apparently nothing happended! ! !
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