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  1. BillKilgore

    Jim Chambers flintlock rifle kits

    Barbie and Jim are good people. I am thinking about an Isaac Haines left-handed rifle in 50 cal. They have answered a lot of my questions over the two years I have been into this hobby. Someday I will take a drive up there.
  2. BillKilgore

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I was intrigued by the discussion here about rehabbing old knives. I took this ugly little folding knife and made it into a nice fixed blade with cherry scales.
  3. BillKilgore

    Two feathers health issues

    Godspeed, Dave.
  4. BillKilgore

    What to do with left over scraps of wood

    And making them from scraps you already have. Very satisfying to turn garbage into something useful for only a little invested time.
  5. BillKilgore

    New from California

    Another welcome from NC.
  6. BillKilgore

    A bespoke Pennsylvania long rifle

    Do you mind if I ask, who is the builder?
  7. BillKilgore

    Touch hole gas escape

    Thanks. It is a frame from a movie my wife made of my first black powder shot.
  8. BillKilgore

    My first knife

    Cool project.
  9. BillKilgore

    Finished my kibler

    It looks good. Is it a Woodsrunner?
  10. BillKilgore

    Got my lancaster flint today.

    It's looking good, Crow. To me, Lancaster rifles look slim and graceful. More so than Bedford County, Southern Mountain Rifles or later styles. It appears you are still working on inletting the rear of the trigger guard. The butt plate and toe plate look well fit. Are you going with the...
  11. BillKilgore

    Touch hole gas escape

    Your builder may have been correct. But it is no big deal to add a little more powder to compensate for pressure loss through the touch hole. The large puff of smoke above the touchhole was the pan flash and the small puff is from the main charge going off in the barrel.
  12. BillKilgore

    Serpentine Butt Plate Tang

    It looks like it has had a lot of hard mileage.
  13. BillKilgore

    A bespoke Pennsylvania long rifle

    No worries. We all like seeing build photos. It's going to be a beautiful rifle.
  14. BillKilgore

    Got my lancaster flint today.

    I put the barrel pins through the escutcheons. The photo is my second attempt. The first attempt was truly horrid. I sanded the stock down to remove the first inlets, then tried again with Exacto knives and a small chisel. It also brought the weight of the rifle down by 5 ounces.
  15. BillKilgore

    Small Forged Skinner

    Very nice. Do you plan to carry it on a belt or on a bag?
  16. BillKilgore

    Got my lancaster flint today.

    That will certainly work. Looking forward to seeing the finished rifle. Below is me second rifle. I should have bought escutcheons with smooth curving edges like yours. These were a pain to inlet and there are still gaps.
  17. BillKilgore

    Hello from Suffolk, UK

    Welcome aboard.
  18. BillKilgore

    Got my lancaster flint today.

    They are small escutcheons so I would just epoxy them into the inlay.
  19. BillKilgore

    Kibler SMR finally finished in cherry

    I would suggest experimenting with a dilute lye (sodium hydroxide) solution on inconspicuous places. Dissolving the lye in warm water seems to intensify the color change. With a dilute solution, you can give the wood two or more treatments to get the color you want. Once you get the...
  20. BillKilgore

    Hello from Alaska

    Welcome aboard from NC.
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