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[Antelope Pete]

Some of you might have seen my questions about slowing down Chambers finish and fouling ring trouble. Well they turned out ok. After several helpful suggestions on the forum the fouling was solved with 70 cycles of green Scotch Brite and oil. I was surprised but it worked...thank you. With the finish I just put it on and wiped it off as fast as I could and still try and make it look as good as my feeble self could.
This my attempt at a Leman style rifle. I didn't install the capbox I bought for it because I couldn't stand the thought of bad inletting ruining it after all I went through. I also bought a brush and ink to stripe the stock but the wood was better than I thought after staining and better than the supplier probably thought too. The wood is actually nicer in some light than the photos show. There are examples of Lemans without a capbox and artificial striping so I can live with that. I looked extensively at the book "Rifles of The American Indians" from Track so hopefully I captured some Leman styling. I put photos on the thread about the crud ring but it's a dying thread so I put some here.

 

[yonderin]

Very nice.

 

[CuNosecap]

Yes, very nice, great color. Well done Sir.

 

[Hermit Tim]

Looks great to me. I think you made the right choice not putting the box in it. But I'm a sucker for a plain rifle. Good job.

 

[snakebit]

You should be proud of that one

 

[Antelope Pete]

Thanks everybody I appreciate it. I also forgot I asked drum questions for this rifle too.

Hermit Tim
Yeah I'm not really a fan of cap boxes either it's just that it's so iconic for a Leman. I also looked at Taylorz1 thread "A few Leman rifles" which show some without.

 

[flatcreek]

Glad no paint strips sometimes the look terrible. Rifle looks great.

 

[CyrusP]

Love that simple elegance. Let the wood grain and the straight lines do the work.

 

[TDM]

You did a great job, it’s very nice.

 

[Gum Slough Muzzleloader]

Beautiful rifle, you did a fine job.

 

[Big Tom 52]

Excellent work!! looks very nice

 

[Songwriter]

I like that a lot. Good job!

 

[tom mesa]

Nice look. Plain is a great way to go.

 

[mtfishn]

Some of you might have seen my questions about slowing down Chambers finish and fouling ring trouble. Well they turned out ok. After several helpful suggestions on the forum the fouling was solved with 70 cycles of green Scotch Brite and oil. I was surprised but it worked...thank you. With the finish I just put it on and wiped it off as fast as I could and still try and make it look as good as my feeble self could.
This my attempt at a Leman style rifle. I didn't install the capbox I bought for it because I couldn't stand the thought of bad inletting ruining it after all I went through. I also bought a brush and ink to stripe the stock but the wood was better than I thought after staining and better than the supplier probably thought too. The wood is actually nicer in some light than the photos show. There are examples of Lemans without a capbox and artificial striping so I can live with that. I looked extensively at the book "Rifles of The American Indians" from Track so hopefully I captured some Leman styling. I put photos on the thread about the crud ring but it's a dying thread so I put some here.

Nice Job!!

 

[Old Shepherd]

I like it without a patch box as well. You did a very nice job on that rifle Sir.
Old Shepherd

 

[gibby]

That is very nice indeed....Great job.

 

[45man]

Very well done. The wood looks great as is.

 

[Pete G]

Painted stripes always look, well, painted.

 

[Antelope Pete]

Thanks again to everybody for the compliments.

Painted stripes always look, well, painted.

You're right but if done like Leman did it they look ok. Having said that I like the natural wood look too.

Looking at photos of original Lemans and other Lancaster guns it's amazing how little wood there is on the sides of the fore end so I rasped off a lot of wood. I took her out for a 2 mile walk and since I'm used to the Hawken rifle feel, the lightness and trim profile of this gun was a joy to carry. On the other side the recoil with 54 cal. is much more noticeable at least off the bench.

 

[Whiteoak15]

A wonderful job. Congrats!