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  1. J

    Profile of a Tennessee or Southern Mountain rifle Nose cap area

    Huntman: A vice is invaluable and does not have to be expensive either. I went on a vice buying binge about 2 yrs ago. I started with a 4" I bought at Walmart a few yrs ago(since given to my son). Then I bought a Korean Clone(sometimes called a Parrot Vice(Shop Fox) of the versa-vice for...
  2. J

    What size bolts for the tank and lock?

    I used #8 on mine for both Tang(Mine has a through bolt & 1 #8 Screw) & Lock. If the stock should wear you still have the option to go to a #10 later? I like the through bolt to go into the Trigger plate, I think it makes for a much stronger wrist? And assures that a screw won't strip and make...
  3. J

    To screw or not to screw that is the question

    I see in your thread below, your having Don do the Rib. No Sweat he will do it right.
  4. J

    To screw or not to screw that is the question

    I'm no expert by any means but retain nearly everything I read(Yep I got a trivial mind). TOW reccomends screws. Many solder and Don Stith who is something of an expert on Hawken type rifles(and offers some of the best Hawken Kits by that I mean historically correct) insists that most originals...
  5. J

    tang length

    Don't feel Bad Mike I thought the same. Now if the Term UK or Uninted Kingdom had been used? Well that takes in a lot of teritory!
  6. J

    SPALTED MAPLE

    To each his own I guess? I have seen vases and small objects that were made from Spalted Maple and thought it added an interesting touch. However unless the spalting was pretty uniform on an object the size of a gunstock, I would think it would look like one was using trash wood.
  7. J

    Stain results on my Lyman .54 GPR Flint

    May I ask what Tung oil you used? I know there is pure Tung oil available and many brands are a Tung Oil Poly Varnish blend. I have used Homer Formsby on many woodworking projects and know it's a blend.
  8. J

    Lolly pop tang

    The lilipop Tang is an option on a southern and I have seen them with 2 & 3 screws. I used a lolipop on my first rifle and now know better? That's a really hard one to get inletted well, mines only so-so( I'll write if off as a beginers mistake). The more screws you use the more you multiply the...
  9. J

    Rifling

    Colerain makes a good barrel and you will like it. The rifle I'm building is using a .45 cal Greenriver. My next one? I don't know, possibly a Rice or De Haas(SP?). Goetz has a reputation for making the best, but that stellar reputaion make his barrels in great demand and hard to get without a...
  10. J

    Half Stock

    David I 'm no expert(former drip under pressure?) by any means. But would say it depends on what hardware you are using on the rest of the rifle. The so called poor boys sometimes used no buttplate, toe plate, entry pipe or nose piece. As has been pointed out steel or poured or none would be...
  11. J

    Rifling

    Ok I'll try to throw a monkey wrench into the works! :grin: I'm gonna say all three are good methods. Provided the Quality Control is held to the finest standards. You would probably have to bolt the barrels to a Heavy Bench to prove one superior to the other. Then I will say if your going to...
  12. J

    Need some Hunter Green stain

    To answer your original question. Yes Rit Dye will work. I have seen it done on Ruger 10/22's on Rimfire .Com. Some also have used paint tints to blend thier own. Would not be to my taste, but it's not my gun. You can sure enough do it, I've seen it done. in greens, purples and Reds and even...
  13. J

    Tap Drill Bit Size?

    There are many thread size charts available on the internet.One in particular, and (I don't have my copy available here, its in the shop and I'm at work) lists something like 50% & 70% thread pilot hole sizes.Often it lists a fractional size for 50% and number for 70%. Using a slightly smaller...
  14. J

    Help for New Guy Fitting Lock to Stock

    Not an expert by any means. Am building my first from scratch rifle. But I would want the bolster of the lock to fit tightly to the barrel( it would keep any deris from the caps and dust in general out of the lock). I would also want that bolster to fit tightly to the drum( I have heard of drums...
  15. J

    Engraving Question

    I bought Meek's Book and graver selection from Brownell's and have been scratching a little. Not anything I would call good so far. Every time this subject comes up, I am forced to kick myself for being so naieve in my youth. I worked in a grocery store while attending Newton High School and...
  16. J

    next build advise

    As has been pointed out the Siler is germanic and most Southern Mountains are english type locks. Some are very fond of the Siler and use it anyway, but modify it to apear more english in style. Bookies Site demonstrates the mod's. I missed whether you were going Flint or Percussion. If your...
  17. J

    stock from a blank

    That's about as good a Gun Building Tutorial as you will find on the net. And it is I'm told done by the second most famous gunbuilder to have ever built in Iowa. Being mentioned in the same breath as John Browning is pretty good company. :grin: And I was told that by another well known Iowa...
  18. J

    next build advise

    I am working on a Southern in Cherry now. I like working it for the most part. Any wood you use will have it's own quirks. I find that cherry is real sensitive to grain direction. By that I mean it sometimes cuts and scrapes well and in other areas not so good. Another quirk common in cherry is...
  19. J

    Kentucky Pistols

    Don't have one, so looked it up. Looks as if there are two screws that go up from the bottom of the nose cap. There would of course be the Tang Screw and possibly one of the lock nails goes through the back of the breech plug...
  20. J

    Remove CASE hardened color.

    Have you tried vinegar? I once had a bathtub drain with a brass cylinder shutoff in a brass T. Soaked it in vinegar overnight and it turned out pretty and free.
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