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Just shine a light down the bore and look through the FH.

Out of stock. You should get a kickback for selling them out!

Dangit, I got distracted pressing another batch boom cookies and carving the right side forestock moulding on my Isaac Haines and forgot to mock this up. Basically the idea is to sharpen the end of a metal rod like 3/8" rebar and then bend it just enough that it will go inside the horn all the...

You just gave me a great idea.....will be back after while with photos....

Looks like a surplus wool army blanket. I keep one in every vehicle for emergencies.

Yes, casting over an open fire is best reserved for iron moulds that hold heat a little better.

If your balls are wrinkly something is cold...... In this case it's that aluminum Lee mould. Put it over the fire and let it get nice and warm. Put a tiny smear of two-cycle engine oil on the hinge screw and when that starts to smoke off, it's hot enough to start casting. The wrinkles are...

McMaster-Carr. You have to scroll down past the multi-start, reverse-tapered, gain-twist taps to see them.

Good, it needs it. Mine blows patches with .530" balls. My .535" mould drops pure lead at .537" and they load easily with .018" patches. It also shoots a one-hole group at 50 yards with either 70 grains of 3F or 90 grains of 2F.

THIS, 1000 times. No other way to do it right. CARBIDE end mill, pecking carefully. Peel out the old threads if possible and clean up with oversized tap in the same milling setup, turned by hand, so the threads are straight and true.

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20-ton hydraulic press and an aluminum die set I turned on the lathe.

Made a plate of "spicy" cookies....

What bothers me about it is the cone that that looks like it is wedged against the wood. A flare that nestles against the stock contour would be my preference.

It's an AOW under the NFA even though it doesn't accept fixed ammunition and doesn't fire through the stalk in the traditional way. If it is bored through to the touch hole on the breech end it is functional. Perfectly legal under Federal law for any lawful citizen of the USA to make for...

Hope you got your Form 1 squared away before you made that.

That butt plate looks like a John Bivens casting, good job hammering it out. The only one I made from brass was a flat one with one bend at the return on a trade gun. The book Recreating the American Longrifle describes making the muzzle cap with the end inside the curve instead of soldered...

Three absolutely foolproof patch lubes: Hoppe's #9+ black powder cleaner and patch lube. Spit...unless it's below freezing, then use the blue 0⁰ winter windshield washer fluid made with methanol/water. 100% pure mink tallow, for hunting or any time the gun will be loaded for more than a few...

Hot water blue over a draw-filed finish. Any finer than 180 grit and it turns into a mirror, which I did not want on this rifle. Very durable. Do not sand finer than 400 with this method. The heat oxide blues are only skin deep and most of the rust resistance they imbue is a by-product of...

I made a passable one just as Mr. Squanch noted. I drilled a hole through one of the firebricks with a masonry bit and stuck a steel tube into it, then poked my propane torch with a MAPP bottle screwed on up to the air inlet holes in the tube and let it eat. Good for small springs and such...