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  1. dave_person

    How is this sear toe in your opinion?

    Hi Larry, Often cast parts look like that and need to be cleaned up. All of Chambers locks need the internal parts polished and stoned. They all have casting seams, cast texture, and rough edges that need to be removed or cleaned up. When you get a Chambers lock the inside of the plate has...
  2. dave_person

    New Work: Rifled English Fowler Stocked in Maple

    Hi Bob, It will go to Scott Douglas at the fort. It is built but not yet decorated as it should be. dave
  3. dave_person

    New Work: Rifled English Fowler Stocked in Maple

    Hi and thanks guys, It is fun but the curly stock is tough to work. It is really hard and the figure risks tear outs. I have to use very shallow cuts when planing the stock. It is a fantasy not so much because of the maple stock but the rifled barrel. I have photos of a John Manton sporting...
  4. dave_person

    Acra glas solvent/thinner

    Hi, I use Minwax furniture paste wax, 2 buffed coats. The release agent sold with Acra Glas also works well as long as the barrel is well degreased before painting it with the agent. I always use a heat gun to warm sections of the barrel until hot to the touch before pulling it from the barrel...
  5. dave_person

    New Work: Rifled English Fowler Stocked in Maple

    Hi Folks, I haven't posted much recently because the Braintree Hill shop is very busy. We recently worked over a bunch of Pedersoli and Miroku Brown Besses, some requiring locks to be rebuilt. The main objective was to engrave regimental markings but quite a few needed serious lock work to...
  6. dave_person

    can I flame blue lock?

    Hi, Temper blued locks look fine. The heat bluing has lasted quite a while and still going. Without a heat treating oven (one that can heat to 600 degrees F) you could place the lock plate and flint **** (it is not called a hammer) on a sheet of steel and heat from below with a propane...
  7. dave_person

    Acra glas solvent/thinner

    Hi, Brownells sells it with Acra Glas. A few years ago, Brownells was out of all bulk Acra Glas hardeners and resin and only sold the small kits with the gel. I believe the gel already contains flock making it thicker and whiter. Anyway, I used the gel unthinned and it worked fine. It...
  8. dave_person

    new woods runner build,,,,,,,,,,,,

    Hi, You did a very good job finishing the carved areas. I've had several friends visit my shop with their woodsrunners and they really messed up the finish around the carving. They let it build up too much in the corners and incised lines rather than meticulously wiping off excess finish in...
  9. dave_person

    new woods runner build,,,,,,,,,,,,

    Hi, Wow looks like a fine Kibler for sure. Jim's carving designs are exquisite. dave
  10. dave_person

    Acra glas solvent/thinner

    Hi Godutch, When I coat barrel channels with a thin layer of AcraGlas, I don't thin it. I just mix it as usually and add a little fiber flock so it does not run too easily. Then I clamp the barrel in place with 5-6 clamps. I tighten the clamps until epoxy oozes up and out of the channel. The...
  11. dave_person

    Acra glas solvent/thinner

    Hi, Acetone will do the job. dave
  12. dave_person

    English fowler guild gun..

    Hi, As Rudyard noted, Birmingham proofs on the barrel. I'd say the gun was likely from the 1840s or a little later. dave
  13. dave_person

    Muzzleloading Long Rifle Identification

    Hi, It looks like an English waterfowling gun from the late 18th or early 19th century. The locks likely was replaced when it was converted to percussion from flintlock. It has private Tower proof marks, which means the barrel was made before 1810 or so. dave
  14. dave_person

    Red Mapel

    Hi, Red maple has a lot of variation in density. The secret is to handle the blank, if it is heavy, it will probably work out, if light, maybe not. I've used a lot of red maple over the years and it usually doesn't carve that well if you need sharp small details. However, the figure is often...
  15. dave_person

    Kibler lock In Chambers fowler?

    Hi Redbeard, I prefer the English lock over the Virginia. It has a nice decorative border like the Kibler and it has a raised lip on the pan that seats inside a mortise cut into the pan cover. dave
  16. dave_person

    Kibler lock In Chambers fowler?

    Here is a Chamber's round faced English lock that fired 671 times without a misfire using just 10 flints and requiring only that the vent was picked every 15 shots or so and the flints and battery wiped clean of fouling. Can you show me a lock with better performance? dave
  17. dave_person

    Help Identifying Possible 1760/78 Light Dragoon's "Royal Forester" Pistol

    Hi, It looks like a pattern 1778 Royal Forester's light dragoon pistol. It has the later lock showing 2 screws behind the flint ****. The hole in the lock plate is for the screw holding the mainspring on the lock plate. It still works without that screw because it was largely unnecessary. I...
  18. dave_person

    Hawk New England Fowler

    Hi and thanks everyone for the comments. No, I have not had a chance to shoot it yet. My shop has been way too busy for me to step away and shoot. I've laser bore sighted it and the windage looks bang on but elevation remains to be determined. I won't get to it until after this current big...
  19. dave_person

    Woodsrunner, Is this normal for walnut?

    Hi, After sanding the initial slurry off smooth, I do not sand between coats. There is no need but you must apply the finish, let sit for a few minutes and then wipe off the excess completely. You want thin coats. dave
  20. dave_person

    Woodsrunner, Is this normal for walnut?

    Hi, No. I believe Danish Oil is a linseed oil based oil-varnish mix. dave
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