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What a great gift! Mink oil or vasoline can be worked into the leather to soften it up. Just be aware both will darken the leather and take a few days to dry out.

Thanks folks! I'll start checking these out and maybe give Turnbull some more consideration

Howdy Folks, I'm looking for some points of contact for businesses or people who offer color case hardening. I haven't had luck with my local gunsmiths and wasn't thrilled with the turnaround for the bigger company's online (Turnbull, etc.) The first thing I'm looking to have hardened is an...

Thanks folks, I appreciate the quick answer!

Howdy Folks, I'm hoping to get some help on a quick question: Does anyone know if there is any interchangeability between a Uberti 1851 Navy and 1848 3rd Model Dragoon? Specifically wondering about the back strap, trigger guards, and cylinders? Thanks in advance

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Are you modeling in something like Creo/Autocad/etc. and then importing into something like Mastercam, or do they have all in one programs now for something like that? (Sorry, it's been years since I've messed around with CNC's and when I did, it was mostly typing out all of the G-Code.)

Those look great! I wonder if you could use a chamfer end mill to do some checkering or engraving. Or, if that would require a 4th axis to keep the curve of the grips normal to the end mill. How'd you go about building the home made CNC?

Thanks so much for the tips and tricks - Crown before (first picture) and after (second picture) are posted above. I'm not sure if you can tell from the photos but it was definitely pretty rough before I polished it.

Quick update: Ended up crowning the muzzle (before and after pictures) attached along with running some green scotchbrite down the barrel (about 100 passes.) I got the change to take the rifle out today and here were my results with denim and pillow ticking. They still look cut up to me, but...

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That's great advice and I think I'll be ordering some ball bearings from McMaster tomorrow. I'll post a picture of the bore when the light is better tomorrow, but at a quick glance it's definitely far from smooth and polished, although there aren't any obvious sharp spots. My only other...

What would I need to do to crown the bore? The rifle probably has about 200-300 rounds through it.

Howdy Folks, I've recently been going through Dutch Schoultz's Black Powder Rifle Accuracy book/method and running across issues with torn patches. Shown in the attached pictures are the patches recovered for both denim and pillow ticking. The rifle is about a ten year old 50 cal. Lyman GPR...

Howdy Folks, Just showing off some photos of my recently finished 1858 New Model Army built from a Uberti kit. This was a bit of an interesting build in that I purchased the kit about 6 years ago and it always seemed to fall on the back burner. That being said I don't have a ton of pictures...

Thanks! I used Laurel Mountain Forge rust blue to re-blue. I stripped the old/factory blue off using vinegar and left the bare metal as is and didn't do any further polishing. I also carded with white Scotch Brite which tends to leave a more matte finish versus a carding wheel.

Overall I'm pretty dang happy with how it turned out along with the new holster I just finished up.

Last was re-blueing the barrel and cylinder along with a trigger job. I didn't document the blueing process since it's pretty straight forward and has already been covered quite a bit on the forum. I did decide however to switch the cylinder out with a fluted variant during this step which I...

Next up were the new grips. I don't quite have a setup to do a one piece grip so instead opted for a three piece grip using some leftover walnut from a live slab counter top I finished up a few months ago.

First up was refitting the brass components and cleaning up all the mating surfaces followed by a mirror shine polish. I refitted the mating surfaces by lapping them on a granite plate and took the polish process from 120 grit to 2500 grit (wet) followed by white rouge. Of course refitting the...