Crockett transformation pics

[brudford]

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/574295866MsyQJV


At the above site you can see what used to be a Traditions Crockett .32 cal 1:48 barrel twist .
I dropped the pistol about a year ago and cracked the stock in about four places . I cut down the front of the stock as well as the handle . The wood putty was difficult to use as a filler and get a nice smooth finish . I used a wooden wheel
for a toy car for the handle butt and filled in with wood putty . Red antique stain and about five coats of lacquer . Removed all the blueing and polished with a dremel and coated with a metal wax . The triggers on theses Spanish imports are horrible a little stone work and some fitting and it still has some creep at about 4 lbs. pull . Took it to the range today and it shoots dead center with no right or left windage adjustment needed . Shoots exactly 4 inches high at 50 Ft.
Used a .310 lead ball behind 18 gr. of 3f . Also included in the pics my homemade brass funnel made for two bucks . Bought a brass candle holder for .25 Cents at a flee market and brass tubing at a hobbly store and solder together .I wish there were some clubs here in Western PA that held muzzleloder pistol shoots .

 

[RADeO]

Nice salvage job. I really like your loading funnel too. Would you care to give us some information on how you made it? :thumbsup:

 

[brudford]

Sure, It was a simple small candle holder with a brass saucer with the candle holder screwed into the base saucer , If you look at the top of the funnel you will see a round ring this was soldered to the candle holder base . After removing the base You need to drill a hole in the funnel part , Any Hobby shop well sell the brass tubing . I then polished it real good and just used a propane torch and some regular solder and flux that you would use to sweat copper plumbing pipe , took abot 15 min to make .Then soldered the ring to the top of the funnel for a holder , You do not need much heat with brass, just make sure it is very clean .