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  1. MAC1967

    Ruined Build, Finished Now

    I like when it works out that way.
  2. MAC1967

    Ruined Build, Finished Now

    I burned them . . that was the one thing I was most interested in testing with this freebie. One thing I learned with this wood (that was probably beech) I used thin solid wire, as I've seen others use here. . . but what I learned was when I wrapped the wire it left dents, particularly...
  3. MAC1967

    A Dumb Mistake - Ruined my Build?

    Rebuke noted and point taken, and deserved . . . I wanted my garage back, and the other things of life need my attention . . .Yes, I flunked the test . . . if the wood goes wonky, it's 100% my fault . . . I just wanted it out of my hair, I lost my drive on it, knowing it would never be nor...
  4. MAC1967

    A Dumb Mistake - Ruined my Build?

    Well, it is done . . . I posted about it separately . . . I went from fun, and obsessed, to frustrated and just wanting it finished. Thanks for all the advice here. I am a novice builder and so I was limited by my skill set and some of the design flaws of the Jukar which is fat and not...
  5. MAC1967

    Cracked Stock Repair

    I'd wait for others to chime in, as I am a novice builder . . . But I'm thinking epoxy with a little brown tint mixed in. The barrel channel side won't be seen so it can take quite a bit. . . and your ramrod will hide that crack. Another random thought is that a nose cap, gently inlet, might...
  6. MAC1967

    Ruined Build, Finished Now

    I had posted about how I might have ruined a Jukar KY pistol that I was given by washing off the stripper and getting it too wet in this humidity, leaving it overnight in my garage, and the barrel channel and lock area swelling and doing all sorts of bad stuff. . . after I decided to take my...
  7. MAC1967

    A Dumb Mistake - Ruined my Build?

    If this were a flintlock I would almost certainly have kept the barrel and ditched everything else for a pistol build. . .Like you said, it's a nice barrel. . .but I am in the middle of a now 3 year build of an Iron mounted TN rifle from a blank (covid and other things slowed it ) with my coach...
  8. MAC1967

    A Dumb Mistake - Ruined my Build?

    Thank you very much those are helpful ideas. Thankfully, it didn't warp right to left or left to right, the channel just opened up which looks bad and it screws up the nice fit I created with the muzzle cap. It's getting better. On the up side, it gave me time to work on the metal parts...
  9. MAC1967

    New Gun: Am I Doing Something Wrong?

    Not sure if this has been mentioned, but if the lock works outside the gun . . . and if you can **** the lock outside the gun and drop it on your workbench and it doesn't go off . . . then the lock is probably OK . . you may have wood in the lock inlet that swelled up when it was stained and...
  10. MAC1967

    A Dumb Mistake - Ruined my Build?

    The wood is very open grain and soft . . . I'm sure it soaked in a lot when I sprayed the stripper off it. It's old too . . . I did think of that . . . I just don't know if it will get all wonky on me if I accelerate it. Thanks
  11. MAC1967

    A Dumb Mistake - Ruined my Build?

    With the humidity in Indiana right now, I am worried about trying to kiln dry it like that. . . but it would speed it up. I just don't know what happens if I speed it up . . . As much as I want to work on it, I think I'll let it sit in the house for several more days as I work on the metal...
  12. MAC1967

    A Dumb Mistake - Ruined my Build?

    Thank you . . . that's such a tough thing to do. Good advice !!
  13. MAC1967

    A Dumb Mistake - Ruined my Build?

    Day two of the stock being inside . . . barrel channel is a little tighter now . . .. I have optimism that by next week, it may be back to where it was.
  14. MAC1967

    A Dumb Mistake - Ruined my Build?

    Thank you . . . I'll do that . . . I'm worried that it's pretty dry now as it's been hot and humid as was my garage overnight. . . I appreciate the advice. If only I had left it inside last night. . .or not sprayed it off with water so much after the stripper. Hope it drys and returns to...
  15. MAC1967

    A Dumb Mistake - Ruined my Build?

    Well, this is embarrassing. . . I did a dumb thing, (I know, so don't remind me, I should have known better). I violated the be patient rule of building. I was given a Jukar Ky style pistol that's probably 40 years old. I am still a novice builder. I have built a TVM, a Chambers and...
  16. MAC1967

    Shooting the Pedersoli KY .32. Good day!

    Hanshi - I've read your stuff on .32 caliber years ago, you were a great help. My problem is I live in stinkin suburbia and don't have access to an outdoor rifle range . . . so I don't shoot as often as I want or should. If I did, I'd try less powder again. .. . I am slowly building a 40...
  17. MAC1967

    Shooting the Pedersoli KY .32. Good day!

    When sighting in my 32. (A TVM lancaster kit) . . . my coach, who won some NMLRA shoots, had me boosting my load grain by grain until the shot sound was more of a crack than a boom. That was 30 grains. I've heard a few others on this forum mention that, but not many.
  18. MAC1967

    Shooting the Pedersoli KY .32. Good day!

    It seems like most people shoot a .32 with 15-20 grains of power be it a pedersoli or traditions . . . I have a 32 with a rice barrel and it shoots just sort of ok with those loads, but I shoot 30 grains with better results. I've come to the conclusion that there's nothing wrong with a heavier...
  19. MAC1967

    Trying to decide

    This is not what you mentioned, but I too built a Chamber's PA fowler in 20 / 62 a few years ago and it shoots shot and round ball quite well. It was not a difficult build. . .buttplate was the most difficult, but I had a coach that helped. It is a very light rifle.
  20. MAC1967

    Carolina Gun / Iron mounted

    Nice to see not everyone here is building a Kibler - there I said it. ha!
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