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    Keeping stuff organized

    I use egg boxes for small parts...you can close them so you are less likely to throw the wholelot on the shavings covered floor
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    Where to find plans

    Good links, Thanks guys.can anyone recommend me a good book, Ideally plans included, Dimensions and instructions even. You have to bear in mind Im totaly green at gunsmithing Searched the web but seems theres a lot of irrelevant stuff out there. Rifles, pistols, anything flintlock is good for...
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    Bdms-- c1018? for pistol barrel

    Ok.. Looked it up. Mild steel is defined as no alloy, .25 (or less) % carbon.Do EN grades mean anything to you guys, or is this just a european thing?
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    Advice please

    Thanks for that gary....My barrel will only be 10" but im intrigued now, How do you bore say a 32"barrel? More importantly , how did our forebears do this? I try to work as traditional as possible. Derek
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    Where to find plans

    Ive got some off ebay, but hardly comprehensive. Does anyone have a good source of drawings?
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    Bdms-- c1018? for pistol barrel

    Could be what we commonly call "gun metal" however here that also seems to be a term used for whatever is thrown back in the pot! I might try making the barrel from bdms and prove it with 2 rounds and a double charge (while hiding behind a thick wall)...Im sure Ive seen brass used in old guns...
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    Bdms-- c1018? for pistol barrel

    We seem to have a language difference here! What is leaded stock? Ive got a chunk of en3b ...does that mean anything to you guys? I last used it to make stays for a steam engine boiler
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    Bdms-- c1018? for pistol barrel

    Bdms ..bright drawn mild steel here in the UK. I believe your equivalent is c1018. Would this make a flintlock pistol barrel?
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    Advice please

    I get it....Ill try out on a piece of scrap first. Thanks
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    D bit to bore a barrel

    Add postage to uk too! figure Ill ream to 1/2 " (got the tool) and make a hone to take out the last 20 thou Thanks for that Derek
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    Advice please

    OK, got the concept...how do you hold the steel to the wood?
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    D bit to bore a barrel

    Thanks...put it into favourites Do you know how I go about making the hickory backed reamer suggested in my earlier advice request? I can bore my barrel to .5 easily with the tooling I have, but to take it to .52....well I dont recon lapping with emery will work...I need something more accurate...
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    Advice please

    Thanks for that, Hickory backed reamer? please explain, thats a new one on me Derek
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    Advice please

    Sorry...bdms- bright drawn mild steel
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    D bit to bore a barrel

    So how do you ream a rifle? is it just a long reamer?
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    D bit to bore a barrel

    Has anyone used a D bit to bore a barrel? Did it work?
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    suggestions for stock finish

    wet the wood..that will raise the grain. Let it dry, now sand it with v fine glass paper. several coats of sanding sealer, well thinned with cellulose thinners, fine sanded between coats, then bees wax.(briwax is good too). If you want a subtle stain to even the wood out, paint it with a really...
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    Advice please

    Just starting a Harpers Ferry flintlock pistol,plenty engineering experience, but never made a gun before, can anyone offer advice? 1, I have a .500 ball mould, so plan to use this size bore...what is the clearance, ie;what do I ream the barrel to?(to be correct the cal. should be .53) 2, Is...
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    Hello from the UK

    Hi to you all from Birmingham UK. Im planning to build a Harpers Ferry .53 flintlock Pistol from scratch. Any advice is more than welcome....Im hoping to find a guru so I dont blow my head off. Im not a shooter, more of an engineer, and need plenty technical advice. If you can help me with my...
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