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    One little piggy went to market.....

    The left side of the John Armstrong copy. Notice the little details necessary for a true copy, such as the iron tip dovetailed into the top of the buttplate hook. Typical of Armstrong and a pain in the butt to do. The federal eagle on the cheek piece was also typical of his work at that time.
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    One little piggy went to market.....

    ......and didn’t come home. Went turkey hunting in the eastern Texas panhandle. Birds weren’t cooperating and didn’t pull in a single tom. Was just about ready to pack it up and head back to Amarillo when two of these young fellers came running by. They stopped about 65 yards away and it was...
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    Coneing, I did it. Joe wood tool

    It’s the actual OD size reduction so I guess it’s .4 degrees. Pretty gentle! There is no rocket science involved here. I just wanted a long cone to allow the ball to be gently swaged into the bore as it gains momentum from the ramrod. Works!
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    Coneing, I did it. Joe wood tool

    One of the great things about using grit paper to create the taper is the resulting finish is far better than the bore itself. Reamers just can’t produce the results I’m looking for.
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    Coneing, I did it. Joe wood tool

    To tell the truth I haven’t the slightest idea what the angle is. Thirty some years ago through trial and error I figured out how much to offset the tail stock of my lathe and that’s it. I can tell you the tool tapers .035 over a distance of 2 1/2”.
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    Coneing, I did it. Joe wood tool

    I totally agree, Zonie. The thread just seemed to drift in that direction and I was trying to share a bit of information about the process without crossing the line of advertising. It got very close to the line in the sand.
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    Coneing, I did it. Joe wood tool

    Thanks for the inquiries. I’m hesitant to make this thread seem an advertisement for my tool, I don’t mean to. I don’t advertise but word of mouth has proven to be best. Call anytime. We will visit. The email address he shows in the instructions is no longer valid. PS: The only mistake Mike...
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    Coneing, I did it. Joe wood tool

    Yes, that’s the purpose of coning. I prefer to open the muzzle enough so that the ball can be thumb pressed level with a firm push. I do not recommend more than this, especially if the patch is being knife cut at the muzzle. Here is a link to a very good video Mike Bellevue, aka Duelist, made...
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    Coneing, I did it. Joe wood tool

    Yes, due to the very gentle taper of the tool it has to be caliber specific. But it results in a cone that will be about 1 3/4” deep and only thin the rifling at the muzzle about .007 or less. This allows the ball to be started gently and being swaged into the bore rather than rammed. —Joe Wood...
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    Coneing, I did it. Joe wood tool

    You can contact me at 806-352-3032. Thanks for the inquiry!
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    Mowrey Gun Works

    wparent, I haven’t shot it in 40 years but in the late 50’s and early 60’s it was the only rifle I had so it got a lot of use. I recall several deer I shot with it. Back in those days we did not have any reproductions and very few new made guns so we used what we had. And the originals were...
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    Mowrey Gun Works

    S Doesn’t appear to have ever had a safety half **** notch! But the hammer is relaxed when down on nipple. Whether that was by design or just a weakened spring I don’t know. Notice the square nail head used to prop up the bottom of the mainspring. Neat piece of Americana.
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    Mowrey Gun Works

    Ask and ye shall receive.....pics of my Allen & Thurber rifle copied by Bill Mowrey. Barrel is 34 1/2”, .45 caliber, breech .980, muzzle .930. Weighs 9 lbs even. Shot countless jackrabbits, coyotes, and a few deer back then.
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    Mowrey Gun Works

    I own the original Allen & Thurber that Bill Mowrey copied to make his kit. It was about 1963 and he was living in Jacksborough, Texas and I was a student at TCU in Fort Worth. I had dropped the gun off at his shop to have the trigger spring repaired. Months went by without the job being done...
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    SOLD Mowrey 10 gauge Smoothbore

    Bill Mowrey and I were pretty good friends back in the early 60’s while I was a student at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas. His shop was in Jacksboro. I took my Allen and Thurber rifle to him to repair a small spring. Months went by without him finishing the small job and when I graduated and was...
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    Coneing, I did it. Joe wood tool

    58 Cal: The reason I suggested you not cone the barrel is because you're going to be shooting conicals in it. Roundball guns love coning but slugs do not. I do appreciate all the compliments about the tool I make. A lot of my tools are out there and I never receive complaints about accuracy...
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    Woods' Muzzle coning tool results

    Thanks a lot to all of y'all who have used the coning tool I make. It's great fun to offer something that everyone finds useful--and that works!
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    Coned muzzle

    The Firelock Shop (Joe Wood) has a new e-mail address: [email protected]. The old address will work for awhile though. Thanks for the compliments, fellers. I do enjoy meeting and visiting with y'all and try to make a high quality tool. Joe Wood
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    Accurizing a .451 Volunteer

    A friend of mine recently purchased a .451 Volunteer by Euroarms. He would like to have the gun glass bedded, especially near the breech. And the lock could sure use a bit of smoothing. Finally, the trigger pull needs competent attention. Who would y'all recommend for the work? Appreciate...
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    Mowrey Rifle Kits

    For what its worth--I own the original from which Mowrey made the molds for the rifle. If any of you have questions, e-mail me.
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