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    Journal of Historical Armsmaking Tech

    Men I am looking for info on this series of books I have been told The Journal of Historical Armsmaking Technology is "all that and a biscuit too". My wifey likes to buy me books but this one seems pricy, I guess what I need to know, is it worth it. LUNA
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    Russ Hamm 14K Lock Trigger Guard

    Sir that is a prize anyone would be proud to have, The lock work is frankly out of my league, but the trigger guard is very interesting. I hate to ask but I can't help myself could we see more pictures of the trigger guard please luna
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    12L14 steel strength

    I haven't heard of anyone ever testing sight dovetails to destruction. I suppose you would have to file progressively deeper dovetails, install a rear sight that fit each one, and fire a proof load. Then rinse and repeat till a failure occurred this would give a realistic idea of what that...
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    12L14 steel strength

    That Sir is a pretty good analogy.
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    New flintlock rifle build

    Generally I am of the opinion that a fellow should hold on to a project for a while to give him a benchmark of how far he has progressed. I recently reworked a gun that I had built and, it was a serious decision cause I am also of the "If it ain't broke don't fix it school". The gun was a...
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    building new .30

    DOM Tubing is a good material, but it's like any other material you have to put it together correctly.
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    building new .30

    I proof barrels before I put them in the gun, so no problem there. As for sighting it in I am waiting on a new bullet mold from "Callighan" should be here any day now.
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    Which curl would you choose?

    If the pattern is wild all over the whole blank I would go wild
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    building new .30

    Well I got it together and she looks pretty good just need to take her out bustin bushy tails. Alas the season is pretty far off so I will have to make do with targets. Not quite as much fun but sighting her in will be fun all the same. Luna
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    building new .30

    Finished the rework on the lock
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    building new .30

    Zonie thank you for your concern, I am sorry if I was unclear. The tube has an OD of 5/8th of an inch this gives a wall thickness of .156, the copper tubing in question is not 1/2 inch tubing but rather a 1/2 inch copper tubing repair coupling. Repair couplings are designed to fit over regular...
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    building new .30

    I mostly decided to use copper because it was what I had on hand, and the OD of the barrel was very close to the ID of 1/2" copper repair couplings so I gave it a shot and it fit. I have to admit that an all copper gun was just on a whim, but it all looks pretty good together so why not. I have...
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    building new .30

    first real attempts at carving
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    building new .30

    The barrel is made from DOM Tubing and there are no riflings, it is gona be a .30 smooth rifle. And I can tell you that it is an excellent squirrel gun with ball or shot. Ball speaks for itself, and we have reliable kills with shot out to 35 yards.
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    building new .30

    I use a 1/16th" wafer blade on my 4" angle grinder to rough them out, then grind them the rest of the way with a tiger paw (sanding disk). Of course you have to keep it cool so you won't loose temper.
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    building new .30

    Finally decided what i was going to do for the entry thimble Kind of a poor-boy solution, but I like it. Attaching it was a little finicky because I had a little trouble making copper nails, I ended up making a nail header just for the job. It holds and supports the shank while allowing...
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    building new .30

    Today's progress, got pins drilled and did some rough shaping. Still deciding how I plan to handle the entry thimble so I'll just sneak up on it and see what happens. I welded up the previous holes for lockbolts and inlett the lock, but I will have to take it back out and clean it up prolly make...
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    Old Ax Head

    Not only is the hole for the handle offset the handle would be to, at least it was on the broad ax I saw.
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    building new .30

    My cheap Harbor Freight workbench needed to be rebuilt again, it was on about the 4th incarnation. Rather than try to fix it to work like it always did I decided to try something a little more durable, 2 x 12 top and two 3/4" carpenters pipe bar clamps. I did not forsee that they would rotate...
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    building new .30

    Claude is part mutt and part traveling salesman and probably the most crack-tastic dog we have ever owned. He positively loves guns, loves them so much we have to tie him when we target shoot cause he is down by the target trying to catch what we shot. He is staying close to the gun project so...
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