Moravian inspired build

[Hatchet-Jack]

Getting some more work done. Here's a few pics.

Shaping the stock

Laying out the patch box.

The thimbles are almost done so I can start inletting them.

 

[Loja man]

I’m seeing some pretty wood starting to show!! Will it have a wood patch box?

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

I’m seeing some pretty wood starting to show!! Will it have a wood patch box?

More curl than I expected with this stock.
It will have a wooden patch box patterned after the original.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

I recently got to look at and study two Moravian guns made by contemporary builders. One built by Mike Gahagan and one by Judson Brennan.

Below is Gahagan's build based on the Valentine Beck (attributed) what some refer to as RCA #42

Below is a Brennan Moravian inspired gun. The Patchbox looks like the Albrecht patch box .

I got to lay my current build next to the Gahagan. It was a great feeling to see how well it matched in architecture.

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

Those are great examples to go by.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

Those are great examples to go by.

It sure beats looking at pictures!

 

[dneprdude]

I love the color treatment on the lower wooden patchbox rifle. Very warm

 

[Jim K]

Best to work on it with a clear head and no distractions. That’s where I’m at too. I want to get all my spring chores done while it’s still cool. The chores are as close to work as I get. Then I’ve got all summer in an air conditioned shop to work on my builds.

I love the color treatment on the lower wooden patchbox rifle. Very warm

Same here. I really like that rifle.

 

[Jim K]

I’m enjoying your build Jack. Thank you for allowing us to follow along.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

I’m enjoying your build Jack. Thank you for allowing us to follow along.

Thank you sir!

 

[HighUintas]

Today I went to my teachers shop and worked on the rifle for a few hours.

Our next step was to square up the back of the barrel.
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Then cut the breech plug tang down and file it square.
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Installing the breech plug. My teacher has all of the cool tools!
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After we had the breech plug installed we made several small bends in the tang to match the line of the wrist.
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Here we're taking a look at how the Davis double set triggers will line up with the sear.
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We did some work on the the trigger guard tenons so I can continue to file and shape in my shop.
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What Davis trigger did you use? I used their dst 6 on my build and the trigger bar was much shorter than yours. I had to solder on a piece of metal to properly reach the sear bar.

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

Jim Chambers is the only one I know of that sells Davis triggers with extra high blades.

 

[HighUintas]

Jim Chambers is the only one I know of that sells Davis triggers with extra high blades.

Thanks for the info!

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

What Davis trigger did you use? I used their dst 6 on my build and the trigger bar was much shorter than yours. I had to solder on a piece of metal to properly reach the sear bar.

Davis 4's from Chambers as Mike said.
While out at friendship I noticed R.E. Davis was selling 4s with the tall blades.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

Howdy folks!
Yesterday I worked on inletting the front and middle ramrod pipes. Boy my back was sore!

Below are the tools used to form the pipes. These are available at knob mountain muzzleloading.

I used a Pilar file which comes with safe sides to create the flats on the pipes.

And a Nicholson triangle file with a safe side I ground down on a belt sander to file the grooves to form the wedding bands.

The mandrel from the pipe tool comes in handy when inletting to keep from deforming the pipe when tapping it with the mallet and aligning it to the channel.

Well two down and now on to inletting the entry pipe!

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

Cool beans man! Closer every day.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

Cool beans man! Closer every day.

I see a little bit of light at the end of this long tunnel and then I have a Pecatonica kit I'll be teaching my 12 year old son on, and 3 more barrels for more builds.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

I'm finally getting back to this build. l just finished inletting the entry pipe. I'm pretty sure I could have assembled a Kibler in the time it takes me to put one of these in lol!

Alright on to making the patch box!

 

[hawkenhunter50]

Looks very nice. Enjoy making the wood box, I really enjoyed making one. Very time consuming step, but a step I really liked doing.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

Looks very nice. Enjoy making the wood box, I really enjoyed making one. Very time consuming step, but a step I really liked doing.

Thanks! I've never made one. I'll be getting some help from Jeff Talbert over at his shop.