Building a Fusil de Chasse

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Can’t wait to see a picture of it all done even if the picture doesn’t do it justice.
He// ! The pictures make it look better ! LOL ! :D it'll be a few days , gotta sit with those chemicals on the iron a while
 
Thanks bud . Crazy thing is ... There are still marks from the course sand paper , 40 grit , you can just make out if you look hard enough esp. near the buttplate . There always are and two things ...I'm not sanding it anymore , its too much , AND if I did it would go too low or make a dip In the wood . I have no idea how Ken Netting does it . He uses oil not varnish or shellac , and it shows EVERY little detail and the smallest sanding scratch . He's amazing , I have no idea how he does it ...he must sand for a week . The originals some times had tool marks left so the guns made today certainly have better finishes than the originals did from the maker . Shellac is historically correct and does I deed help hide flaws ....thank goodness . I do smooth the finish and wax it too . I like the looks of that process ...not so " varnishy bright and shiney " if you will
Looks like all that dang sanding paid off. Beautiful smooth stock and finish. Fast ignition, just great!
 
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Disassembled lock ....Wire wheel and de grease ... file off mold lines
 

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Solder on front blade / sight . Use paste flux . I use 50/50 solder . Best . Folks ask where I get my sights . Its nothing but 20 years worth of saved brass scrap . Solder it to barrel then shape it . The originals were tiny tiny ....mine bit bigger .
 

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And this finish job is an experiment of using Laurel Mountain Forge browning solution .Ive messed around d using it but not for a complete brown job on a gun so ....we'll see . Something g tells me I should have stuck with Plum Brown , we'll see ....
 

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Might be a dumb question but I’m a rookie so here goes, why solder they sight on? How do you adjust POI, by moving rear sight ?
 
Might be a dumb question but I’m a rookie so here goes, why solder they sight on? How do you adjust POI, by moving rear sight ?
Hi bud ... Always feel free to ask questions. Its a shotgun so just like modern shotguns the front blade is just like that bead out on the end of a shot , its just a point of reference . If a rear sight were put on this or any other flintlock fowler ( colonial name for shotgun ) then , yeah , the front could be filed down for elevation and the rear sight could be adjusted for windage .
 
Hi bud ... Always feel free to ask questions. Its a shotgun so just like modern shotguns the front blade is just like that bead out on the end of a shot , its just a point of reference . If a rear sight were put on this or any other flintlock fowler ( colonial name for shotgun ) then , yeah , the front could be filed down for elevation and the rear sight could be adjusted for windage .
Oh boy, it really was a dumb question then. LOL
Thanks for the response and I really enjoy your tutorials.
 
Naw ! Dont know till ya ask ... Very kind thanks . So rare to find folks that like to talk trade guns ... Loving this forum . Take care bud
Oh boy, it really was a dumb question then. LOL
Thanks for the response and I really enjoy your tutorials
 
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Rob, thanks for the great conversation yesterday. Just now finding these build threads. These are great! Keep up the good work!
 
Rob, thanks for the great conversation yesterday. Just now finding these build threads. These are great! Keep up the good work!
Oh , hey bud . Was good talkin with ya. Always love talkin trade guns ! Glad yer on here . Take care :)
 
Sorry no pics and or updates lately . The iron parts and barrel were sitting browning and now they are soaking in oil . The Browning solutions are first hard to get them started then afterwards they are hard to get them to stop so I soakem in oil for couple days to stop the process . I'm making a new oil trough to soak my barrels in too . Hopefully couple more days and I'll be doing final assembly on the Fusil de chasse .
 

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Wipin oil off all the iron parts and assembling her . Slowly ... I'm really digging the texture on the barrel and ramrod pipes that Mtn Laurel leaves on the iron parts .
 

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Little trick I learned ... So the oil and solution doesnt leave cr@p on year ramrod ...I sand clean the insides of the ramrod pipes before mountin them on the stock . The entry pipe gave me fits tryin to get it mounted back in stock ....Ughhh !!!! Always somethin ....
 

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So after I asked my dumb question the other day I did a little research and determined that a fusil de chase and a trade gun are both shotguns so what is the difference then, stock design? Hardware? Finish?
 
Little trick I learned ... So the oil and solution doesnt leave cr@p on year ramrod ...I sand clean the insides of the ramrod pipes before mountin them on the stock . The entry pipe gave me fits tryin to get it mounted back in stock ....Ughhh !!!! Always somethin ....

You can also "card" the inside of the pipes with a stiff steel brush or bronze cleaning brush, it leaves the brown so it won't rust anymore later but knocks off all the loose stuff that schmutzes up the ramrod.

I got a heavy-duty hole brush set with brass, steel, and nylon brushes in all manner of sizes from hobo freight for $5 and use it on all sorts of stuff.

Also a question: do you neutralize the LMF with a baking soda solution before oiling it?
 


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