I'll get A pic of my 33# der tomorrow,  it is a 32-40, not A muzzle loader...but does it matter?  Any Pics out there of those heavy monster barreled guns. Ads alittle excitment here.....Pete

Joe, I know, you  know, what we both know ...but this the closest to a "Chunk" gun for me. I'll shoot my trusty Lancaster 50 Flinter if it comes to a Match against your Beast, maybe a Pic now? Pete

Pete, yer a braver man than I. Not for lugging that monster, but for having the cajones to lay it in the middle of a glass table! Pretty neat things you guys- makes my stuff look dainty.

Hi Randy, I like that rifle! Makes me want to rebore my .22 short Ballard (1 3/16" across flats) to .25 and set aside my Ruger no. 3  1 1/4" bull .25 project.

Don P

RSW that looks like a most excellent rifle.  How was the false muzzle done on the Kreiger barrel?

Chris.

Chris
Not being a gunsmith or machinist, I can give you only a broad brush narrative of how it was made. If I have the story correct, it came out of Ballard Rifle Co. (Cody) but it could have come from the Wyoming Armory shop, I’m not clear on that point. A long bore cast was made of the muzzle end of the barrel (probably cerrosafe or some such material). That slug was pushed further into the barrel and a short section of barrel cut from the muzzle and finished as the false muzzle. The barrel slug was pushed out to protrude from the muzzle and used for aligning the false muzzle. Holes for alignment pins were then drilled and all that sort of stuff.
I’ve muzzle-loaded a couple of bullets as a test and false muzzle and barrel seem to have the rifling perfectly aligned.
There don’t seem to be any 30-40 Krag cases to be had anywhere right now, so I’m going to make some 38-50 Rem cases out of 405 Win as soon as the makins’ arrive. It’ll take some work but it’s doable.

Here is a picture of a modern muzzleloading slugun.

Looks like an under Hammer also! 
That Ballard is pretty sweet too! Pete