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Full scale cannon re-build
Well....it's May now and I am still busier than a one legged man in an a$$ kicking contest. But to take a mental holiday, I spent a few afternoons back working on the cannon rebuild. I started by disassembling the cheeks from the trail. Each cheek is 3 inches thick and about 34 inches long... -
A peripheral part of a Kibler Woodsrunner
Kansas, I thought about that, but since the lid dovetail is tapered over its full length, I would have had to relieve the wood along the entire length as well as cutting the stop at the end shorter. It certainly can be done that way, but the box lid fit so well I thought it would be easier to...- davec2
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- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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A peripheral part of a Kibler Woodsrunner
Glad to see the posts about the Colonial.....After thinking about this for a while, I realized that I had put a brass shoe on the wood patch box lid on the Kibler Colonial I did a couple of years ago and I didn't remember having to bend / curve the brass plate to make it fit the wood. So I...- davec2
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- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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Finally a Flintlock flush kit that really works
You guys are funny !!!! Thanks ;)- davec2
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- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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A peripheral part of a Kibler Woodsrunner
No rest for the wicked.....and the good don't need it !!!- davec2
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- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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A peripheral part of a Kibler Woodsrunner
OK....having enjoyed assembling and decorating one of Jim's outstanding Colonial rifles back in late 2019, (Kibler Colonial Kit Assembled), I ordered a Woodsrunner last October. It showed up a couple of weeks ago, and since I am up to my neck in work and other projects that I have left hanging...- davec2
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- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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Finally a Flintlock flush kit that really works
Ok.....since Hatchet Jack posted his note on the magnetic flush tube, I have had to make and send out more than 25 of them !!! To those of you who bought them, do me a favor for a while and, if you like it, keep it to yourself. If you don't like it, post something here ......;).....I need a rest !- davec2
- Post #17
- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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Filling Pin Holes
Silver solder is easy and would do a great job for you. If you don't want to go to that high a temp, put in a piece of whatever size steel pin material you are using (left a little long) and soft solder it in place. Once soldered, cut off the excess pin material and file it smooth. Re-drill...- davec2
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- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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Kibler Colonial Kit Assembled
Thank you all for the very kind words. There are many others much more talented than I am in this field and I have learned a tremendous amount from watching the work of others on this forum and on the ALR forum as well. One of the best things about this group is their generosity in sharing...- davec2
- Post #81
- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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Kibler Colonial Kit Assembled
PathfinderNC - Thanks again for the kind words. As for your question about a toe plate, I really never even thought about it while I was putting the kit together. I did think about adding a thumb piece, but because of the length of the tang carving, there was not much room between the end of...- davec2
- Post #74
- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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New Builder - Kibler Colonial Long Rifle Kit
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/kibler-colonial-kit-assembled.132856/- davec2
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- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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Full scale cannon re-build
Still operating in slow motion due to work, but I did get the rammer / sponges and the worm completed. Because the shafts are ash, they didn’t take conventional stain very well. So I used iron nitrate and a heat gun to get the base color then toned it a bit with some oil based stain. Once that... -
Full scale cannon re-build
This is certainly the largest ram rod I have ever made for a muzzleloader !!!! By the way (because someone asked what the heck a "rammer chain" and an "ear plate" were), here are a couple of pictures. The long rammer chain is attached at the center plate to the middle of the underside of the... -
Full scale cannon re-build
Well.....I got caught up for a while in the Southwest Airline meltdown....stranded for a while in the LaGuardia airport in Brooklyn. Got to spend several extra days with my grandson though, so it was OK. Then back to Nashville and on to St. Louis before returning to SoCal. And then I fell... -
Bore Blaster 5000! Or something...
Try this for plugging the touch hole........from an old post of mine..... Yesterday I had a chance to shoot just a few rounds (for the first time) from the copy of the Chambers rifle I built a while back. Got ready to clean it today with my usual remove the lock, plug the touch hole with a...- davec2
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- Forum: General Muzzleloading
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White smoke
Captndan, I haven't tried this in my own cannon, but powdered coffee creamer is very flammable and has been used in the pyrotechnics world for a fair amount of time to produce impressive fireballs. Having done this as a display in a static, vertically set can, I am fairly sure it will do the... -
How a cannon barrel is made.
Col. Batguano, In past centuries, bronze guns were highly prized for several reasons....they didn't rust, and, if the barrel failed, the bronze would most often "rip" open and not fragment. Iron guns, on the other hand, would usually fragment on failure killing their crews with regularity... -
How a cannon barrel is made.
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How a cannon barrel is made.
Cannons were made by several methods over their history (forged, wrapped, cast with a bore, cast solid and drilled, etc.) but the best of them, before the mid 1800s, were cast solid and then bored to the appropriate caliber. The weakest part of any casting is in the center of the mass of metal... -