Brass Barreled Jaeger

[dyemaker]

Iv'e been looking around at brass barreled arms lately. They are real pretty. I was also looking at a brass barreled German fowler and holster pistols. I saw this video of a brass barreled Jaeger. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOAP8aUZgXY&feature=related
Pssst, pssst...wouldn't figured Osage Orange wood stocks look cool with the brass? Hush... the PC police are listening... quick act like we're talking about the weather, here they come.....shhhhhh. :haha:

 

[Zonie]

Although I haven't seen one I'm sure there has been at least one brass barreled Jaeger made and if you want a really heavy gun then build yours out of Osage Orange. :grin:

 

[dyemaker]

I thought about that. Maybe a pistol is a better idea. It WOULD be durable anyway.

 

[dyemaker]

Shhhhh..... here they come again play it off...lol.

 

[dyemaker]

Actually I do recall reading at one point about exotic woods being used on German Jaegers etc. It was a long time ago tho.... shhh dont tell them lol.

 

[rich pierce]

Dyemaker, have you seen aged osage orange? It's brown to purplish brown and boring compared to fresh. I don't know if it's oxidation, UV or both that change it.

 

[Mike Brooks]

The grain is very coarse also, like ash, only worse.
Also as a PC guy I hope you do build the jeager out of osage and make it real fat and chunky too. :wink:
OOOPS! SSHHhhh the anti PC police could be listening.... :haha:

 

[Stophel]

Actually I do recall reading at one point about exotic woods being used on German Jaegers etc. It was a long time ago tho.... shhh dont tell them lol.

The VAST OVERWHELMING majority of German rifles are stocked in European Walnut. A FEW are stocked in a European Maple (the variety I don't know), the VERY rare, occasional gun is stocked in ash. Some are stocked in "fruitwood" (meaning probably pear). That's about it.

Remember that osage orange is native only to a very small region. It was not all over the place like it is now.

I'm wondering where you're gonna find a piece big enough to make a rifle stock out of! :wink: And if you do, you'll have to fight the bowyers to get it! :grin:

 

[Grizzled Roberts]

I seen a brass barreled Jaeger rifle made by Mike Miller. Mike made it early with a carved wood trigger guard. It was displayed at the NRA show In Charlotte NC last year. I tried to take some pictures but my hands were shaking!

 

[Grizzled Roberts]

On the video it did not say Osage Orange for the wood. It did not mention the wood at all. Where did you guys get Osage from?

 

[Stophel]

The original gun is not osage. Dyemaker was just saying he would like to build a brass barreled gun stocked in osage.

 

[Grizzled Roberts]

I do apologize for not reading the post better. I do not like it when I jump the gun so to say. I have tillered a bow of Osage, I could not imagine
doing a rifle stock out of Osage. It would be a good way to beef up the weight on a squirrel gun.
:thumbsup:

 

Hope Dyemaker likes to sharpen tools. Ed Rayl will be happy to make him a Brass barrel, hope he's got the bucks. for a naval bronze barrel.

Bill

 

[Zonie]

Speaking of bronze and brass I'll mention to anyone out there who's thinking, "I just saw some brass the other day. I bet I could make my own barrel!", don't think it.

There are hundreds of different bronzes and brasses available and many of them don't have the strength to even begin to come close to what is needed for a gun barrel and there is no way of knowing unless it was purchased with the material certifications describing its type and condition. :hmm:

 

[dyemaker]

Yes it would be more fitting for a gun from Texas or thereabouts I guess. It might make a good bench rifle stock tho. I also have persimmon.

 

[hoochiepapa]

OO aside, and pc stuff, that is a beautiful Jaeger!

 

[MSW]

Wow- that would look cool (i promise i won't rat you out to the PC/HC police)

post pictures and I'll swear up and down it was someone else who made that beautiful gun ... really!

Good luck with your upcoming build- and pleas edo post photos ... i'd like to see.

(by the way- i built a rifle out of American Lacewood, so there's a PC/HC warrant out for me, too)

 

[Roy]

we made a gun out of persimmon once.. it was harder than osage.. :v

 

[Stophel]

I've only seen pictures of persimmon wood. Looked like coarse birch...but more plain... :grin:

 

[Roy]

The piece we had sort of looked like plain walnut when we finished it.. It would take carving very well..