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    First Build

    Hi everyone, Please check out my photo gallery! It show the first steps for inletting my swamped barrel. Also, just got more parts in from Track of the Wolf and now have lots to keep busy with all of the new goodies. Tom
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    Drill Rods?

    I thought this would not be much of a problem. I've made plenty of gun drills to drill out long pipe stems (I make tobacco pipes from time to time). Enco had the drill rod cheap but their website won't let me create a new account because I still have one there but have long forgotten the...
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    Drill Rods?

    Hey, I'm getting ready to drill out my ramrod hole and need to find a 48" water hardening drill rod to make a gun drill. I'd like to have it .4065 diameter for a 3/8" ramrod. Everywhere I looked they only had 3' lengths of the rod. I don't want to pay $$$. for a ready made drill when I can...
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    Ramrod channel

    Thanks everyone for the great info! I will keep it simple on this first build. Back in Jan. I did a big kitchen remodel in hickory with pecan plywood. Because of this I have gobs of the hickory lumber and fall down available for ramrods so several will be made up and kept in reserve. Today...
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    Ramrod channel

    Would I have to taper the back of the hole as well? I am going to route the channel with a core box bit then gun drill the rest of the way. If I drill the back of the ramrod hole to match the taper of the ramrod, would that cause sort of a Morris taper and make it difficult to remove? Tom
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    Ramrod channel

    Hi everyone, I've almost have the swamped barrel inletted into my slab-o-maple and will get started on the ramrod hole and channel next week. Here are my questions: Is it common for ramrods to work themselves loose while transporting the rifle? If I have a straight continuous hole and...
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    New Member from Bothell, WA

    Hi everyone. My name is Tom and I'm a cabinet maker from the Seattle area. Three years ago I bought a maple stock blank from a guy at the Cascade Mountain Man Show. After a few years of health problems and then getting a new kidney I've started into shaping the stock. All I have so far is...
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