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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    I finished shaping and relieving the corner/edge guards and sanded the heel plates with 60 and 120 grit enough to get a peek at the base wood with no stain or grime. When I got the muskets, one of the heel plate nails was covered, one was not. I like the covered look and want to do that for...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    After laying out the heel corner and edge guard patterns, the band saw was used to rough cut everything, followed by several hours of hand filing and bench top sander work. The corner guard edges were bent and trimmed, and now they are ready to relieve and fold. I have been contemplating what...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    Cut two edge/heel guard blanks from the 22 ga steel stock and began laying them out, using the old guards as reference. The old guards attached to the heel with one nail and both have similar cracking. The new guards have slightly longer heel tails ending in the same design as the edge tails...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    After some searching, I came upon an ornate example of what I have: An Afedali musket from the Sous Valley in Morocco. The basic musket and lock are nearly identical, but the lock pictured is missing the lock buffer. A 100 cm barrel length is mentioned, and after looking back at a number of pics...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    The fairly simple materials and construction of this musket are apparent throughout. The stock is straight-grained, fairly clear walnut with minimal carved or embossed designs, and there's no left side lock plate. Though the barrel is channeled, the ramrod is grooved, and the snaphaunce lock is...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    Yes, there's a groove (presumably chiseled, though overall it's not very straight) that runs under the forearm from just behind the aft smaller stock band to where it enters the stock just before the taper. The groove and the stock bands retain the center and front of the stowed ramrod. A long...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    Cut the butt stock heel bevel and trimmed the muzzle end for a 52" total length. The two original heel plates will be used and the nose muzzle setback will be made once the barrel channel and breech tang are inlet, and the barrel band positions have been determined. -Bob
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    First cuts of the new stock blank; butt bevel still to be cut and more initial trimming to be done. There's 1/4" or more margin all around compared to the old stock, and significant planing, filing, chiseling, etc. will be necessary to remove excess wood and shape the new stock. The excess...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    I received the black walnut board (8” x 1-13/16” x 60”, straight-grained, clear, with 4 sides surfaced) ordered for the new stock on Friday 8/9. After laying the old stock on the board, I noticed a knot that can be avoided if the new stock blank is nested just right. There’s plenty of good...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    I PM'd dave_person, who referred me to FlinterNick for the repairs I seek. Nick and I spoke this afternoon, and I will send the disassembled snaphaunce lock and a list of requested repairs to him tomorrow. With both the barrel and the lock out, I anxiously await the walnut for the new stock...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    I’ve searched extensively for English/common walnut to use for a new stock with little success. The English walnut I was able to find was in sizes far too large or small for the intended use. Pecatonica and Dunlop both have American/black walnut, but no English walnut. After reluctantly...
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    Snaphaunce lock repairs

    I'm restoring/rebuilding a 18th/19th century Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce musket to being an active shooter. After disassembling and thoroughly cleaning everything, I discovered a number of parts with cracks and others that could use additional material (see pics). Everything but the stock and...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    Rick- I believe Pecatonica thought I was asking for a precarve, so I replied and asked if they had English or American walnut stock blanks, and if they could do the barrel and ramrod channels. See my follow up and their reply below. So I'm encouraged by that. While I'm confident I can do either...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    Rudyard- I am reusing the two heel pieces attached with nails to the butt stock, but the bulk of the stock is definitely not sound. It's cracked and split as far back as the rear of the largest barrel band, and there's no place to make a scarf joint (see pic). I appreciate your sentiments re...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    I emailed Pecatonica River LRS, and received the below reply this morning, indicating I will need to do all the shaping, inletting, etc. While having them carve the new stock would be nice, I'm sure I can do the necessary work. I'll reply to Pecatonica and ask how much English walnut or...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    I sent an email with pics to Pecatonica River LRS asking if they had an English walnut (aka common walnut) stock blank of the same quality (not curly, as I suspect the original maker didn't use top-shelf wood). I've not heard back yet. I also found a couple sources of English walnut slabs that...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    After doing further research, I now believe the stock was made from common walnut (Juglans regia), not black walnut (Juglans nigra). Though the species is of farther eastern origins, common walnut was used extensively in western European muskets in the 16th - 19th centuries, and most likely what...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    Rick- Having Pecatonica River Long Rifle Supply do the initial work on the new stock should work very well for me. It so happens that I’m driving to Ottawa, IL (~1:15 hr south of their listed Rockford, IL address) in late Sep and will be there for a little over a week. I can bring everything...
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    Moroccan Afedali Snaphaunce rebuild

    Bobby quoted 4-6 weeks, and I told him that was OK with me. I intend to R & R the lock while the barrel is out and hope to bench test it before the barrel is back. I will also order a walnut board for the stock, and brass shim stock for the barrel bands, aft butt stock plate, and edge guards...
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