Brownie
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I have seen them in the past and now want to make one. A leather cover around your lock to protect it from weather and so on.
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Brokennock
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The pattern that @colimr provided is the one I use but I add at least an inch in all directions then adjust the length of the triangular cutouts to leave the same amount of space between the tips as the original.
The original measurements will barely cover the Large Siler lock area on my TVM Early Virginia Smoothrifle, and will not cover the lock area of my Centermark Fusil des Chase.
In the pic showing two covers, the one with no ties was just completed and doesn't have the added dimensions. It is shown on the Fusil des Chase next, it does not offer enough coverage, then shown on the smoothrifle, it is just enough, but the larger cover is better.
The original measurements will barely cover the Large Siler lock area on my TVM Early Virginia Smoothrifle, and will not cover the lock area of my Centermark Fusil des Chase.
In the pic showing two covers, the one with no ties was just completed and doesn't have the added dimensions. It is shown on the Fusil des Chase next, it does not offer enough coverage, then shown on the smoothrifle, it is just enough, but the larger cover is better.
In a pinch, I used one of those plastic bags that are now illegal in NYSSR. I lost my sammich, but got my deer.
Robby
Robby
What thickness are you using?
hanshi
Cannon
Never used one even when I was out in pouring rain. Just stubborn maybe but using my armpit and coattail has always done the trick.
That is the same pattern I use but have adapted a strap and loop system instead of cordage on each corner. Just as secure but faster and easier, at least for me. I think there is one on progress on my desk so if I don't forget I'll snap a pic of it tomorrow and post it.
Brokennock
Cannon
Pretty soft an thin. Kind of like Tandy "buckskin."
I am really bad at guessing leather weight and don't usually keep track of it.
I have some goat leather that I think is still labeled and is similar, I'll check it later.
Of note, there is a lot of neatsfoot and mink oil worked into both sides as well as beeswax melted into the smooth side.
Brokennock
Cannon
I smear a glob of patch lube around the barrel wear the forward edge of the cover contacts steel, and leave a glob in the corner created by the right side barrel flat and top edge of the stock. This combined with cautious carrying practices always seemed to work before I had my matchcoat. But now I use the lock cover and can keep a large portion of the gun covered with the matchcoat.
The cow's knee @Brokennock shows is about 4-5 to 5-6 OZ leather.
Brokennock
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Probably closest to 4oz
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They have never offered me anything good in the rain. Awkward and silly looking,...yes. Then you take it off and you're pan is still full of mud.... No matter, because any buck that you jump, while wearing that stupid cover, will be long gone before you get it off.
Most water runs down along the stock and barrel, right into the pan. So all you need to do is build up a couple water "diversions" using lube or wax to seal around the pan and barrel union...and go hunt.
Most water runs down along the stock and barrel, right into the pan. So all you need to do is build up a couple water "diversions" using lube or wax to seal around the pan and barrel union...and go hunt.
Brokennock
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Hmmm, I must be using it wrong....
Never had any if those issues. Never had wet powder in the pan.
Maybe try not "jumping" that buck
Never had any if those issues. Never had wet powder in the pan.
Maybe try not "jumping" that buck
Patocazador
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If it's raining hard enough to need a cow's knee, I get out of the rain. Like in the truck, a pub, or on my couch watching football.
Here are a couple pics of that cover I mentioned. I haven't stitched this one yet but the strap and loop are glued in place awaiting some red sinew. It is for the pictured .45 rifle with a small lock. By the pattern it wouldn't do very well on a large Siler lock or a Bess, but for small stuff like this rifle it will do fine. I would add an inch or more to each side of the pattern if making it for a bigger lock. Honestly I don't really use these things much. I've been asked to put them in my shop by a few folks but have never added them to my product list. I just make the odd one from time to time and have a couple "in case". I've never had a problem with rain in the pan yet as I just do the best I can to keep it covered with my arm or jacket if out in the rain. And on crappy days I will most likely be packing a cap gun. And like someone else said, if it is raining very hard I will be somewhere else. Like in my shop making more stuff or working on a gun project. Or taking a nacho induced nap with my dog...
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Maybe it's me being too old to play in the rain and the underbrush I use my cover to keep the dust off my lock at home.When the rain comes I go home. I must agree that using one in the field would be a real pain it would seem a sandwich bag or a bandana would be easier if you can't or won't get out of the rain then expect to get wet. Once you take the cover off in the rain to take a shot it is wet which sort of defeats the purpose of having it on to keep the rain off.
Brokennock
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Sometimes I think folks don't think everything, or every situation through.
Is a lock cover really only useful in heavy rain? A light mist can get your lock pretty wet.
Worse, ever been surprised when a clump of snow hits you as it falls from a tree,,,, would be worse on/in one's unprotected lock.
Sometimes just moving through wet or snowy foliage could be enough to cause a moisture issue, especially if that brush moves your frizzen a bit and exposes the pan (which can't happen if the lock is covered).
Sometimes one has no intention of hunting in the rain,,,,, but Mother Nature has her own intentions. I got caught in a very heavy rain while turkey hunting one spring,,,, according to weather report, that storm wasn't due for 4 hours or more. I wasn't so much hunting at that point as I was trying to get back to the truck with my powder dry. Storm blew through before I got there. No birds by quitting time, so I fired that load of shot. It went off just fine.
Is a lock cover really only useful in heavy rain? A light mist can get your lock pretty wet.
Worse, ever been surprised when a clump of snow hits you as it falls from a tree,,,, would be worse on/in one's unprotected lock.
Sometimes just moving through wet or snowy foliage could be enough to cause a moisture issue, especially if that brush moves your frizzen a bit and exposes the pan (which can't happen if the lock is covered).
Sometimes one has no intention of hunting in the rain,,,,, but Mother Nature has her own intentions. I got caught in a very heavy rain while turkey hunting one spring,,,, according to weather report, that storm wasn't due for 4 hours or more. I wasn't so much hunting at that point as I was trying to get back to the truck with my powder dry. Storm blew through before I got there. No birds by quitting time, so I fired that load of shot. It went off just fine.
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