Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing those pictures. With this projected build I plan on doing something similar to what you have... Yet I'm leaning towards a simple poor boy design with simple hardware.
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My advice... If you are going to USE the rifle, put a buttplate on it & a toeplate....... Every one I have seen used ALLOT that didn't have them, ended up with a broken toe. A toe on this style of rifle is very fragile, and you can actually break the toe just by loading a tight combo, if you don't rest the buttplate on a log, foot, etc. You can also break the toe by a 6" vertical drop striking on the toe..... so I put a buttplate & toeplate on ALL of them of this style.
Forget doing the Over-The-Tang feature, it is very delicate & not for the faint of heart. You screw it up & the rifle is ruined & you get to start all over ! Much better Not to have it, than to have it inlet or installed poorly.
It is same thing with carving a rifle before ya learn to build. You learn to build Correctly & efficiently, THEN you practice carving & learn it. Then you apply it to a rifle. Most carve on a rifle before they know how, & many a well built rifle ruined by poor carvings.
Sorry..
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Keith Lisle
My advice... If you are going to USE the rifle, put a buttplate on it & a toeplate....... Every one I have seen used ALLOT that didn't have them, ended up with a broken toe. A toe on this style of rifle is very fragile, and you can actually break the toe just by loading a tight combo, if you don't rest the buttplate on a log, foot, etc. You can also break the toe by a 6" vertical drop striking on the toe..... so I put a buttplate & toeplate on ALL of them of this style.
Forget doing the Over-The-Tang feature, it is very delicate & not for the faint of heart. You screw it up & the rifle is ruined & you get to start all over ! Much better Not to have it, than to have it inlet or installed poorly.
It is same thing with carving a rifle before ya learn to build. You learn to build Correctly & efficiently, THEN you practice carving & learn it. Then you apply it to a rifle. Most carve on a rifle before they know how, & many a well built rifle ruined by poor carvings.
Sorry..
ff Keith Lisle
Loving the hardware, mind sharing what you have on your rifle and were you purchased the items? Thanks for the advice!
The TG came from Tip Curtis & the Buttplate came from Tip, but I modified it & made the return longer. I made the RR pipes, Entrypipe, Nosecap & Toeplate. The Lock is a modified Chambers Late Ketland, and the triggers are modified Davis DST6 trigger asm.
Sometimes I use cast trim I buy, and sometimes I make all of the trim. Right now I am making one in curly Cherry with a GR Douglas barrel, more detailed furniture, & all of it is hand made including the sights.
Keith Lisle
Sometimes I use cast trim I buy, and sometimes I make all of the trim. Right now I am making one in curly Cherry with a GR Douglas barrel, more detailed furniture, & all of it is hand made including the sights.
Keith Lisle
Very nice! I really like the styling. Thanks again!
Very nice! I really like the styling. Thanks again!
