here is one in cherry, believe it or not, that i just finished up this morning. it is in 40cal. i fire blued all the iron. the photos are lacking in how good it looks. i my sell it, i haven't made my mind up yet.
kibles wild cherry SMR,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Awesome!! 
What processes / materials did you use on the cherry?
What processes / materials did you use on the cherry?
Absolutely awesome, OS. Congrats.
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It's beautiful and elegant!
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very nice! i am fast becoming a great fan of Cherry wood. put some heart and hard work into it and end up with a beauty.
In for details on the wood finishing
a beautiful rifle, I would be interested in the process you used to finish the stock, as well as the steel parts.
MountainSmoke
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Beautiful job, that is one nice piece of wood you got.
well, the wood i used LMF maple 2 coats, then LMF nut brown two coats. then 4 coats of chambers buffed back between coats with 0000 wool. then two coats of a natural varnish that was used in the renaissance, the metal was fire blued with heat only. the barrel was lightly fire blued with cold blue on top,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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to say it turned out nice is an understatement.
I like that. My next rifle will be a cherry stock and I do believe fire bluing is yet another thing to add to my list things to learn to do so I can ditch the cold chemical carp.
Fantastic work.
That's as pretty a rifle as can be made...
That's as pretty a rifle as can be made...
That’s a beautiful piece of cherry Olskool. Well done!
Fire bluing, are you just getting to that color and taking the heat away? Or do you go above that heat range and it settles back? No concern about metal integrity on parts like the cock?
Just curious cuz I've never done it.
Just curious cuz I've never done it.
no i have no concerns, i am not getting things that hot. i completely dissembled the lock, i did not put any heat at all on the frizzen/hammer, i cold blued that part.
Would the fire blue potentially soften the cock and frizzen? And should be avoided.
