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    Moravian inspired build

    What Davis trigger did you use? I used their dst 6 on my build and the trigger bar was much shorter than yours. I had to solder on a piece of metal to properly reach the sear bar.
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    "Restoring" a basket case original.

    I would put a good aged finish on that lock to match the barrel
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    Stock finish with tru-oil

    That looks nice. How glossy does it turn out using that method? Do you have to rub it back at all after the final coat?
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    Formby’s tung oil substitutes?

    Chamber's oil is reportedly tung oil. Jim Kibler has said that it is basically the same thing as waterlox
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    The Words We Use and How They Define Us

    In the Midwest, deer hunting really can be like harvesting. So I call it that sometimes, jokingly. It's like going out to pick yer favorite ear of corn off the stalk. Out west, I kill em. There's a difference between a processor and a butcher. Growing up, the deer all went to processors...
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    Straight to 320 grit after filing wood?

    She's all finished. Now I need to finish the metal pieces, install rear sight, and get to shooting!
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    Straight to 320 grit after filing wood?

    Did you burnish or use some other method to remove raised grain when staining and sealing?
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Did you get that done by hand in 2 hr 15min? If so.... Any tips? I think it would take me 8hr. I'm painfully slow in metal work
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Do you work as a brewer?
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I did the final work on my stock finishing. It might be a little too nice and built up, but I do like it I think.
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    Permalyn sealer - whitefish look on end grain

    I believe it was just still sucking in sealer. I tried hard but couldn't get a good picture. It was more dry looking than cloudy, but whiter than it was before putting on the sealer, so that's why I was wondering about it. I put on a couple more thin coats and it is now building up there...
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    Old Black Powder Fan from Southern Illinois

    Welcome! I grew up in Marion county, however I now live in Utah.
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    Permalyn sealer - whitefish look on end grain

    I stained my stock, and applied the sealing coats of permalyn sealer. It has been 24 hours since the last coat, and I put on the first thin coat this evening. Before putting on the coat this evening, a few areas of end grain seemed to have a white-ish look to them instead of the darker color of...
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    Fort de Chartres June 3-4 2023

    I grew up relatively close to there and never realized Fort de Chartres was there until after moving. I'm glad to see this happening:) I hope to make it someday
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    Straight to 320 grit after filing wood?

    Ended up hitting it with 220. Upon closer examination, there were some areas that needed it. I'll do 320, the whisker.
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    Straight to 320 grit after filing wood?

    Thanks for the tip. I didn't know file would burnish the wood
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    Straight to 320 grit after filing wood?

    I have scraped it a bit in some of the flatter areas, but my scrapers are too thick to bend easily to do curved surfaces, so I'm using sandpaper for most of it. A low angle light is how I could see the furrows created by the sand paper.
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    Straight to 320 grit after filing wood?

    I'm ready to sand and whisker my stock. I used 2nd cut or kind of medium single cut files to do the final shaping on my stock and the surfaces were very smooth. There's not really any visible tool marks from rasps, etc Started sanding lightly with 180 grit and it was leaving really noticeable...
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    My Apprentice and Her English Fowler

    Is she using the dye just to make sure she's whiskering/sanding all areas of the stock since she's removing all the color?
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    HI GUYS..IM HAVING A HECK OF A TIME GETTING USED TO THIS SITE...LOVE TO POST A FEW PHOTOS OF MY ORIGINAL S. HAWKEN FULL STOCK...CANT FIGURE HOW TO ..

    @fred fellows , I urge you to also post your Hawken and leman here : Antique Gun Collecting There's quite a few guys there that would find these very interesting but are not members here.
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