Fusil de Chasse , for fella in N.H.

[WALT53]

Man ....she is really fighting me .... Lordy , I sure love building N.W. trade guns ...... Sheeeeeeew ........

That’s just that 100 year old metal not wanting give in Rob ,they don’t make it like that anymore such a shame.

 

[Rob M.]

D@mn French ...... meh :/

That’s just that 100 year old metal not wanting give in Rob ,they don’t make it like that anymore such a shame.

Man! ITs some tuff stuff !!

 

[Rob M.]

Ah ...I'll just leave it like this . He won't mind , looks fine to me ! ...

 

[Flintandsmoke]

Ah ...I'll just leave it like this . He won't mind , looks fine to me ! ...

My shoulder would thank you to not haha

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Ah ...I'll just leave it like this . He won't mind , looks fine to me ! ...

Well ... it is French c'est la vie!

But did you ever see the HUGE 5/8" diameter (or larger) dome headed screws used on the butt plates of Dutch contract military muskets? Now THOSE would hurt!

 

[Rob M.]

My shoulder would thank you to not haha

Ah!! Yer tough !! LOL !!

 

[Rob M.]

Well ... it is French c'est la vie!

But did you ever see the HUGE 5/8" diameter (or larger) dome headed screws used on the butt plates of Dutch contract military muskets? Now THOSE would hurt!

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Good gawd !!!! LMAO !!! Wow !!

 

[Rob M.]

Got er bud ...the two homemade screws up high ....

 

[Rob M.]

Ok ....here are the start ,beginning pics for roughing in the shape to the buttstock ... Mark the wrist extension and comb lines first .... break out that 1" chisel and sharpen er up !

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Love how you carried the balustered wrist all the way down ... too many miss that on FdC builds!

 

[Rob M.]

Love how you carried the balustered wrist all the way down ... too many miss that on FdC builds!

I love the long wrist into the buttstock. So many reproductions go not even a third of the way back , love how some of the originals go 2/3 back or even bit more , love the way it looks .... Its a pain to do though but worth it !

 

[Rob M.]

Chisel along your wrist line then chisel out some of that comb ....and repeat ....just keep on doin it until its down to or close to the line you drew on top of the comb . That line on comb is a reference point for me as the line should be a bit rounded , not straight . Now .... Be careful and see how your grain is running , when you find out might want to leave a note ...the one side on here I'm buckng the grain going towards the front , goes DEEP ....gotta be careful ....so I turned the gun around went in the other direction so I dont accidentally go too deep and pop out a chunk and ruin the stock .... Stop at the line I'm pointing at , no chisel work from there to B.P.

 

[Rob M.]

Love how you carried the balustered wrist all the way down ... too many miss that on FdC builds!

One I made for my buddy .....Ya can see how far back I like the wrist to go..... Oh yeah , and the reddish one for another buddy ....

 

[Rob M.]

And ....keep taking out that dead wood until you get close to your lines . Im sure I could get closer but its scaring me ! Lol

 

[Rob M.]

Flip her over and do same on the he other side _see which way grain is going then get to it ....

 

[Rob M.]

Then ....mark your mortice boundaries , pic is S.P. side of course , .... Get the wrist , where shooter will be holding it , to size vertical and horizontal.... Once thats done then you can start the even symmetrical sweep from buttplate to mortices .....knock down your corners first then start the flow . Keep looking down on it and at diff. angles make sure doing good and symmetrical .... Starting to get some form ....

 

[Rob M.]

....and the pics ....

 

[TDM]

Very, very sweet @Rob M.!

 

[Rob M.]

Very, very sweet @Rob M.!

Thanks bud ,appreciate it

 

[Flintandsmoke]

....and the pics ....

She’s starting to look real!!!