Grease hole

[Banjoman]

Added a grease hole to the .45 percussion rifle. Southern mountain rifles from East Tennessee and western North Carolina sometimes had these. We’ll see how it works.

I got the idea from this,

 

[Nobody85]

Hey looks great! You planning on using it as such, or just looks ?

 

[Banjoman]

Oh, I’ll definitely be using it! Hopefully soon. The grease I put in it is a mixture of beeswax and olive oil and is about the consistency of shoe polish. It’s actually yellow but looks white in the picture.

 

[tenngun]

Oh, I’ll definitely be using it! Hopefully soon. The grease I put in it is a mixture of beeswax and olive oil and is about the consistency of shoe polish. It’s actually yellow but looks white in the picture.

Let us know how it goes, I was alway afraid it would pick up gunk

 

[Banjoman]

Let us know how it goes, I was alway afraid it would pick up gunk

As soon as I can we’ll find out.

 

[Stykbow]

Let us know how it goes, I was alway afraid it would pick up gunk

This seems like a valid concern, but for some reason I always wondered how the lube would hold up in the heat.
@Banjoman no matter what, looks like a good job drilling and I hope you like it in practice.

 

[Banjoman]

I definitely like the way it looks. I always thought those were cool and interesting, a real southern mountain kind of thing. My grease is more of a stiff paste so I think it will be fine. Most of my shooting and hunting is in the fall and winter anyway so melting probably won’t be a concern.

 

[JohnBHM]

I had planned to add one to my SMR but held off as I wasn't sure just how big to make it and just called the project done so I could get to the Finishing. What diameter hole did you do. Your thread has made me want to complete my original plan for this gun. Thanks for posting yours.