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I use those wet lubes for casual shooting but not for hunting. My reason is they will dry out and in a short amount of time cause a rust ring in your bore. For instance I had my .40 loaded for turkey hunting with a patch saturated with a wet lube, didn't shoot my rifle, so I left it loaded. On...

I have used a lot of bore butter in the past, not so much anymore. What I don't like is the way it season's the bore. Meaning it leaves a brownish deposit and each subsequent shot it just bakes on a new layer. After enough is baked on you can no longer clean down to the metal with soap and...

Jake, I taught Tae Kwon Do in my own school for many years. But I also worked for the Dept. of Defense and on 9/11 many things changed. There is only a handful of people who did what we did and all of us went on 12 hour days 7 days a week. I had no choice at the time but to close the school...

I took no offense Jake. That drivel the other guy is spouting is totally off the mark. He is wrong on most all accounts but it's tough to ignore such as he. And yes, I could have done what he said if it was the right thing to do. Don't worry about it Jake, all's well.

I take pride in my lockwork and will only hunt with one of my rifles and one of my tuned locks. However I would gladly use a lock tuned by Dave than one of my own anyday.

That rifle was built 15 or so years ago. It was my second build. Thank you for pointing out what you deem as rookie mistakes. The side plate IS inletted, it is inletted to the depth of the angle machined into the sideplate. It is not intended to be inletted flush with the wood but some rifles do...

So I guess you are another self named gunmaker trying to "put me in my place". Well I admit I'm not a gunmaker. You have some good eyes to see the lock side in any of those photos. " I cant believe the way the lock side is screwed on without no inletting. Those are not screws. Those are lock...

Here you go Tarpon stalker, this is the basics. I drilled and tapped a 8/32 hole through the tang just behind the plug. Great care was taken when drilling as to be square with the bore the drill had to enter the material at a angle. Plus it had to be in the centerline of the bore as the only...

As requested here are some simple notes on making a peep like I use. The notes are not complete but should give one a good idea of how it's done. I drilled and tapped a 8/32 hole through the tang just behind the plug. Great care was taken when drilling as to be square with the bore the...

I am blessed with excellent long range vision, it's the close stuff that gives me problems. I knew it was coming so over the years I gave a lot of thought to what I'd do when I could no longer see well enough to shoot. I am a hunter now but I used to shoot a lot in BP matches, and I regulary do...

Hi Dave, When you deliver a rifle to a customer have you tuned the lock or do you deliver it the way it came out of the box? With all the problems one must encounter still present? If you do tune the lock do you go the long way and incorporate the neat tricks and fixes you have figured out over...

BTW I'm not dissing you. I saw photos of some of your rifles and I think you are doing real good at this point in your building. Continue to work on the stock carving and you will be one of the good ones.

Here is another opinion I'm sure you don't want to hear...Why don't you take that lock apart and find and fix the problem yourself? Then give it a good polishing before handing it over to your customer? The more you know about locks and how each part works will behoove you. I want my locks to...

My first muzzleloader was a TC Renegade in .54 caliber. I bought it on sale at JC Penney's in 1976. I had this rifle for many years and learned to wring excellent accuracy from the 26" barrel. I took a 3rd in the 50 yard bull at a Regional NMLRA match shooting against the big boys. I won or...

For some bizarre unknown reason the Manufacturers themselves are under the misguided belief that 4f only exists as a primer. And they identify it as suitable for a pan primer. Nowhere, under any caliber, is there a load of any weight given for 4fg. https://goexpowder.com/goex-fffg-2/...

Brian, I misread your question. The front rest I use is a MTM Front rifle shooting rest. I like this one because it can also be used for pistols. I usually place a "nearly empty" sandbag with lead shot between the actual plastic rest and the forend of the rifle...

On most precarves the lock mortice is undersize. This allows you to move it a small distance for fitting purposes or to use a different component. You can lay the lock plate over the mortice and trace it with a pencil. This will show how much material you have to work with and to where a...

Plastic sawhorses from Lowes. 1X4's are screwed into the legs to stabilize the plastic. Top is a piece of plywood with channels cut into the bottom that the sawhorses fit into to further stabilize it. Be sure the ground is level and it doesn't rock. Simple but effective. All my testing, sighting...

This is the way I do it/was taught to do it and done right it puts the touch hole exactly where it should be everytime. With your ramrod measure the distance from the end of the barrel to your breechplug, now scribe a line vertically at that point. Measure the distance you want your TH to be...

Why did you install the vent before the barrel and lock were in their final position and pinned to the stock?