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    Templates of Rifles

    The template for my Bucks County LRs I use was traced from a Shuler BC shown in RCA1 and then enlarged in the computer to a stated Bplate plate height for that LR. This template only extends to the breech end of the bbl. For the Lancaster style I just freehand. To achieve drops at the comb...
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    First inlay attempt......

    In the rare instances that I've used epoxy to fasten an inlay, I don't depend on adhesion and to really lock in an inlay, I use a knife edged needle file and file a groove into the edges of the inlay at a few places. I've done this w/ 1/32" thick metals and the very narrow grooves fill w/...
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    Should I rebarrel or keep as is

    My deer and squirrel flint LR has a straight 7/8" X42" lg bbl, in .45 and it has only killed 1 deer but has head hit 100s of squirrels. The single deer is because I presently use a different LR for deer. This LR is slightly muzzle heavy but that's what I prefer and the imbalance yields a...
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    Kit Availability

    Having built 2 Chambers' Lancaster parts sets {wouldn't call them "kits"}....both had some minor errors that req'd fixing and learned a lot w/ them early on. The metal parts are excellent but the minor errors concerned the stock. After these 2 builds, I started w/ blanks and nearly all...
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    I finally started my golden age Lancaster build.

    Have 2 LR "styles" that are my favorites....Lancaster and Bucks County w/ the BCs slightly ahead in numbers. Both are made from blanks and oddly enough, the Lancasters are laid out free hand while the Bucks County LR layouts use a template copied from a Shuler in RCA 1 seeing the comblines...
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    shaping/bending a cast steel butt plate

    Buy a better fitting Bplate.....Fred
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    I finally started my golden age Lancaster build.

    This is not a criticism and different builders have their own ways of making MLers, but I've never used epoxy or any other similar product for bedding a bbl or in the tang area. Just can't use that stuff. Have used glue sparingly, including super glue but only to glue in pieces of wood where a...
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    Inlay recommendations for idiots

    The "leafy star" is made from 1/16" sterling silver and therefore can be retained w/ a single screw......Fred
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    Inlay recommendations for idiots

    The "leafy" cheek star shown above is fairly easy to inlet if the draft is sufficient The star is centrally screwed down to the cheek and softly hit w/ a small piece of soft pine board {the silver is quite soft and easily bent}. The screwed down star is then outlined w/ an Exacto knife and...
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    How do you keep it clean?

    I use Prussian Blue {Permatex} for inletting and it doesn't become absorbed into the wood and seems to disappear w/ the final sanding....no special work is needed. It's easily applied very sparsely and it's the only spotting compound I've ever used.....Fred
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    Curious about copper

    My Mother suffered from arthritis and read somewhere that copper bracelets helped.....,so I made one for each wrist that were a little fancy. She said they helped to alleviate the pain and wore them continually....she never mentioned any discoloring of the skin and I never saw any. The only...
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    Inlay recommendations for idiots

    I inlay a "leafy" star on the cheeks of all the all Bucks County LRs. The star mat'l is 1/16" thick sterling silver which requires only 1 dome headed screw to retain. After the star or whatever design you go w/ is laid on the cheek, screwed down and formed to the cheek contour, the edges...
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    Plugging muzzle for browning

    I use a large wooden peg w/ a reduced end that goes into the bore....the end is wrapped w/ duct tape for better sealing. Because I install White Lightning TH liners, a tooth pick seals the TH. Also use a round aluminum fixture that attaches to the breech plug bolster..... both the peg and the...
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    TC Hawken Restoration

    I guess I was lucky w/ my TC Hawken which was a kit build. Had no problems w/ the assembly whatsoever, but the comb was too high and the bulbous cheekpiece smacked my cheek, So I lowered the combline and took a lot of wood from the cheek area and now have a comfortable shooting rifle....even...
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    Steaming a stock

    Steamed a precarve that had the muzzle end warped and twisted for approx. 14" so soaked that end in hot water overnight and then put the waxed bbl in and heated w/ a heat gun. Then the bbl/stock was very tightly wrapped w/ surgical tubing. Let it sit for 5 days so it dried out and then removed...
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    Did they all have patchboxes?

    I install Pboxes made by me on all my LR builds....there's plenty of originals that have them and besides, a Pbox nicely fills a large, boring area of the butt. On my Lancaster builds, none have a daisy Pbox.....even though they were popular. In lieu of a daisy Pbox, I found a different...
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    Restore finish

    I'd completely refinish the stock.......the present finish evidently isn't impervious to some solutions so a repeat will happen. Use one of the "proven" finishes on the market. The finish on my first build was hardware store BLO and when I took it deer hunting, the rain made the finish a...
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    Happiness is Three Kiblers in process!

    Although Kibler kits are quality made, one doesn't learn much when assembling them. After finishing 3 Kibler kits, I imagine you wouldn't learn much. If just a MLer is wanted , w/ no motives to learn the "how to" of actually building a MLer, a Kibler will suffice.....Fred
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    Jewelers saw blades---Wondering.

    M y first experience w/ a jeweler's saw was when I started my tool and diemaker apprenticeship and soon wondered why these saws weren't used more often. The reason was that they were too time consuming w/ replacing all the broken blades and the slow going to avoid blade breakage. As a...
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    Frizzen query

    When installing a new frizzen. I ensure that the pan and frizzen surfaces are flat and mate up and then clamp the 2 together for drilling the hole. I used a section of heavy pipe w/ an end cap screwed on that has some drilled holes. The frizzen is wired through the pivot hole, laid in the pipe...
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