My English Sporter

[SR James]

Almost done. Have to blue the buttplate and rub down the stock finish after it cures a few more days. Although I've rust browned a number of barrels, this was my fist rust blue. Came out a little rougher than I wanted. I may redo it.
The wood has much more figure than shows in the photo. The lock was done with Van's cold blue. It's not very good for bluing but one to two carefully applied applications give a mottled, almost color cased look. Pics aren't great; light wasn't too good and the buff hide is too close to the stock color.

 

[agill]

Looks good! :thumbsup:

 

[Capt. Fred]

Looks nice. You've probably already answered this but whose kit is that? What are the specs? Thanks.

 

[SR James]

Hi Capt. It's not really a kit, just a collection of parts from different sources. AFAIK, no one currently markets a one stop kit for this type of gun. The stock is Peccatonica's English shotgun. Some of the English rifles of this type had a cheekpiece and some did not so the shotgun stock works. The lock is a Davis Late Ketland; any late (1800-1820) English lock would work. The barrel is a Colerain 31" swamped Jaeger bbl. in .54. Tapered barrels are also appropriate. Most of the parts were obtained from TOW but most of the major parts suppliers have them. The nosecap is cocobolo. Sanded in oil finish. Metal rust blued.

 

[hatchetdan]

pretty fancy Digger! now we see if it will shoot!

 

[Capt. Fred]

Thanks for the info. Have fun with it.

 

[jetcanoe]

Really Neat - lets have a range report!