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I would be very interested to see that.

Also... I tried AquaFortis on the stock and when I blushed it with the heat gun she turned totally black. Had to scrape it down and go with a walnut oil based stain. I've used the iron nitrate successfully on a beechwood stock but what ever this European wood was it wasn't liking the iron nitrate.

Coolhand - Thanks for the info

Any one know off hand what the thread size is on the Gemmer Hawkin flash hole liner?

Not loose any more. I've peened the wedge just a bit and bent the lug. As far as establishing more reliable ignition I'm wondering if a White Lightnin touch hole liner might help. What is the thread size on and invest Gemmer Hawkin?

So yesterday before the rain set in I ran ten rounds through it with only one flash in the pan. What I had done was drill out the flash hole to 1/16" and flipped the flint over so the angle gave a better line up with the pan. For the barrel wedge I'm going to peen it a bit on the narrow side and...

Have quite a few kit builds to my credit over the years. Starting back to the mid 80's. A TC hawken, Pedersoli Pennsylvania, Dixie mountain, a couple of CVA guns for friends and as of late I've done all three of Kibler's offerings. So I have some experience though limited to kit guns. So...

Exactly. Count the rows of beveled siding next to him. He's somewhere maybe 5'10" -6'

Simply superb!

Found this old newspaper in a cigar box in a brick row house built around 1850.

Define "real gun".

Nope not ocd. Pack rat by nature which comes from being raised by a father who grew up on a farm during the depression. Interesting thing about my clutter though. I know where everything is for the most part. When it gets to the point where I can't find something I "clean up". When I'm in the...

She's a beauty, Hell of a job. Now you have to get her dirty!

I hear you about stock carving being precise but I think you have a pretty good leg up when it comes to using chisels and such.

Somehow I find these little nuances very interesting. If I had lived back in the day when magic was still real what might I have thought when I saw my gun "shedding blood"?

Thanks Phil. I had missed that thread

Phill Can you describe your process on that brass lid plate. I've already screwed up one patchbox lid and have another one on order. The one I messed up I took the curve out of the wood and made a flat one but it looks like hell. Looks like you shaped the brass to the curve in the wood??

Nicely done. I have been admiring the way you did the brass on the end of the patch box lid in one of your previous posts. Craftsmanship!!

"Dragons Blood" I like that. I think from now on I'll refer to my colonial as The Dragon.

No I didn't see it as a problem. Just curious as to what it might be chemically. I know iron oxide is reddish brown and thought maybe some kind of reaction between the heated iron of the gun and the burning powder. Like I said disappears so quick I had to take several pictures to get the camera...