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any recommendations on good files for drawfiling? on my SMR I could get nearly perfect flats but even with chalking and constant carding I was getting scratches. I will be doing a swamped rice barrel soon. would like to avoid some of those issues if possible.

When I stripped the finish off my TC Hawken, I was left with darkened steel, draw filing is unnecessary, unless there are tooling marks under the finish. I would however polish the flats with sandpaper and a block if you want a consistent finish

I've cleaned the layer of filth off the gun, and soaked the lock parts in oil for a few days. and it cleaned up fairly well. everything moves freely now without all the gunk. Lock sparks surprisingly well, although the face of the frizzen is still pretty rough, also went ahead and whittled a...

Thats why i thought kit originally. It looked like a cobbled together kit gun, with the poor inletting. If I could figure out if that's the case I'd like to try restocking it.

Any tips on aging a hickory ramrod? I've got a blank on the way, I'd like for it to be a decent match

Thanks for all the help guys I"ve got it apart right now cleaning things up. lock is apart and soaking in oil. barrel is in pretty good shape other than the various dings all over. the stock however is quite dry and has a few cracks throughout the lock and barrel inlet's

heres a little better picture of the barrels markings, still not very crisp 20180623_104122

I just recieved this pistol, not sure what to make of it. It's pretty crude. Not sure if its a non firing replica or a poorly built kit gun my grandpa picked up at a gun show. The lock itself functions fairly well although cruddy. The Barrel is brass and tapered from breech to muzzle (smooth...

My Percussion guns are all revolvers so I only need 1 size as of now. like the modified sockets I tweaked a 3/16" nut driver. the only time ive needed more leverage was removing factory nipples from a Uberti. Untitled by joshua bird, on Flickr

I just tried that email this morning. been on the fence for a while, after seeing your video its time I gave it a try. I'd like to get a 45 and 54

I agree, the sole reason I built my TVM southern was because its not a pattern I would care if I made mistakes on it. I wanted to get some experience before tackling a Pre AWI rifle or fowler. once I saw Kibler working on the colonial kits I couldn't turn one down.

If anybody is interested I will post progress photos, though some members who are more skilled will probably be assembling they're kits soon. other than the fancy maple, mine will be pretty simple. i'd like to engrave the brass down the road when I get competent with a graver

I built this horn last year in the midst of building the "southern rifle" shown. I've always liked the look of these simple horns, although I'm not sure this style of horn would have been common down south. I never could get the color quite how I wanted it, but hopefully it'll age well once...

[/url] Ill second that option, with money not being an issue, it cost little more than some of the pedersoli offerings. My kit came in today (54), I'm looking forward to getting to work on it. all the inlets are crisp. stock is already predrilled for all the pins. and the wax brass castings...

I may be wrong but I believe those deep crescent buttplates are meant to wrap around your upper arm, not on your actual shoulder?

he mentioned using mink grease in his firstpost. assuming mink oil from Totw? ive had good luck with the mink oil and the same patches in my .45, though I do need to swab the bore more often with the mink oil if I don't want to struggle to push a ball down. Ive got some Lehigh valley lube I'm...

The best recommendation I can make is get a quality first flintlock if you can afford it. I started with a TC Hawken kit years ago. While it was fun when it worked it ended up sitting unused for years (I now have a replacement lock, waiting to be installed) I always liked the look of the...

I'm not sure who the maker of the barrel is. I've only had a few chances to get it out to the range so far but with a load of 60gr 3f Olde Enysford .440rb and mink oil on pillow ticking its doing fairly well. atleast for 30 yards. ive got alot to experiment with as id like to find a real...

Here are the few "in progress" pictures I do have, none of the inletting just lock panel and forearm shaping it started a bit chunky but I finally got it down to a level I was satisfied with. next time I will thin down the sidewalls a bit more before I start the profiling image2 image4...

Actually finished this up in January, my first "build" outside of a TC Hawken some years ago. I got side tracked numerous times.. for months at a time so it took almost a year to get it from parts to the range. and as result, during that time I lost almost all the progress pictures (since I...