Progress on the Tennessee......

[The Appalachian]

 

[Ames]

Any patchbox on the other side?

 

[The Appalachian]

Any patchbox on the other side?

No, not doing a patch box on this one.

At least tentatively not doing one.

Can't rule it our completely though.......

 

[sb 54 cal.]

Going the right way with a lefty.

 

[The Appalachian]

Pipes and drum fitted......

 

[The Appalachian]

Nose cap from solid steel

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

Wow ! That is a chunk of steel ! Looks good.

 

[The Appalachian]

Wow ! That is a chunk of steel ! Looks good.

Just a touch heftier, and a whole lot truer than what was sent with the kit. There's a reason for a little heftier, which I'll post later.

 

[The Appalachian]

Drum fitted/indexed and drilled for the nipple. Too bad I had to buy a new drum and redo what the kit supplier did but it's right now.

 

[The Appalachian]

Totally unnecessary for the fit and function of the ramrod, but putting this groove in the nose cap has stuck in my head ever since I found the picture of the cap I wanted to reproduce. So it's a small detail that I like.