I want to see some guns!!

[Travis Gregory]

I have been combing the net for months now looking and kit guns. The only pictures I see are either raw kits or $2000.00 works of the gunmakers art. I would like to see some guns that forum members have built from kits. Some blue collar, done in the garage for hunting purposes, kind of guns. Im especially interested in the early Pennsylvania type rifles.

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

here's one

 

[Mike Brooks]

Some blue collar, done in the garage for hunting purposes, kind of guns.

I build mine in the basement, so I can't be any help. :wink:

 

[Travis Gregory]

Basement, garage, outbuilding, or back bedroom. It doesnt matter as long as Im not seeing guns built by pros who do it for a living. Im wanting to build one and I see these pictures of super fancy relief carving and hand engraved hardware and thats ok. Im just trying to get an Idea of how much frills I should tackle on my first project. Does that make any sense? I build custom semi-auto pistols for a living and the blending and fitting of metal to metal is the "art work" in my profession. It seems that in traditional muzzleloaders the art is in the stock and inletting of hardware to the stock. Making it go bang doesnt make me nervous, its making it look good that concerns me.

 

[Travis Gregory]

Thats exactly what im talking about. Really nice looking rifle. Where can I learn to do the carving on that stock? Is there a book or video that I can buy that shows you how? Do you have a close up of the carving on the cheek piece side of the stock?

 

[mykeal]

.54 cal Lyman Great Plains Rifle.

 

[torn moc]

....have you looked in the 'PHOTO" section of this forum?

 

[54]

thats a nice gun

 

[Franna]

Lovely looking guns! :wink:

 

[qtrhrs7]

A.B.,

Very nice!! I'd be proud of that one!

 

[Kentuckywindage]

.54cal Great Plains Rifle.

Her pet load is 110g FFg Goex. @ 100 yards and swabbing between shots i can get a one hole group @ 100 yards with a home cast .530 ball and .018Pillow ticking/crisco/murphys oil soap patch lube.

71 yards without swabbing. Lowest 2 shots were with 90g and lightly seated, next 2 same load but tightly seated those were with .015 patches.

Next 4 shots by the bulls eye but to the left were 110g ffg goex, I added a little to much prime on my last shot and blew it :shake:
My home cast .530 ball driven by 110g ffg goex @ 58 yards will do perfect on a bull elk, hopefully this fall, Round ball thats mushroomed the most is my hunting ball.

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[Mike Brooks]

It doesnt matter as long as Im not seeing guns built by pros who do it for a living.

Well dang, looks like I'm out again! :haha:
Here's a building tutorial I did that you may find helpfull.
Gun Building 101

 

[rafterob]

Here's one I built in my backroom without a workbench.

A workbench would make things a lot easier! Sorry i don't have a full length picture.Those are the first 4 shots out of the rifle. My 13 yr. old daughter did the shootin, I have yet to match that bullseye! The bottom left shot is a practice shot from my other rifle.

 

[ehoff]

Here's the fusil-de-chasse I finished last year.

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[Goldhunter]

He's a couple of mine, done in the garage.

Dickert "parts" kit from Pecatonica River.

Lyman GPR.

T/C Hawkin with new stock, also from Pecatonica.

 

[Raynor]

Here's another for ya

 

[Vaino]

Here's a fairly plain, iron mounted early Virginia LR....love browned iron furniture....Fred

 

[ehepp]

I put this together this spring from a TOTW parts set, It was my first attempt at building a rifle. I haven't had time to shoot it yet but I'm hoping to get it ready for this deer season!

Norge

 

[bucktales]

Norge,
That's some interesting figure in the stock. :bow:

 

[Bubba45]

Here you go a 75 smoothie :grin: