StarnesRowan
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Does anyone have a stock pattern for RCA 19 or it's sister rifle.
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Rca 19 pattern?
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You have the pictures, draw one out.
StarnesRowan
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If I knew how I wouldn't be asking
plmeek
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Check with Larry Zornes at Mold & Gun Shop (740-286-2743). He has a complete parts set for RCA #19 that includes stock, lock, barrel, and all the correct furniture.
I've seen and photographed one of Zornes part sets that Jack Brooks put together. It made a beautiful rifle.
Mold & Gun Shop, RCA #19 built by Jack Brooks
I've seen and photographed one of Zornes part sets that Jack Brooks put together. It made a beautiful rifle.
Mold & Gun Shop, RCA #19 built by Jack Brooks
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longcruise
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Does Zornes have a website?
no he does not. have to call
You don’t know how to draw?
StarnesRowan
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Not to make a strong rifle and to make a bench copy of the original
If you can’t draw, your sure are not going to make a bench copy of a rifle. And you aren’t going to make a bench copy by looking at a book.
longcruise
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Do you have the RCA volume? If you do, take photos of sections of the full length of the rifle. Then you can us one of the online photo stitchers or aka panorama stitchers and make a single photo. If your camera has a high definition you can do it with a single photo. Put it into a banner printer and fiddle with the size and print it.
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Sir I am new to this I would appreciate it if you kept your comments to yourself if you have no helpful suggestions to give. I understand you may have more experience but you didn't know how to do it right out of the gate eaither.
StarnesRowan
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Sounds like a great idea. I will have to do that
Well, right out if the gate, you make a drawing. Just like I said in post 2
Regarding starting from a blank and a pile of parts and some pictures- that’s how I started in 1979. Most of the flintlock guns built this way in the 1970s and 80s look like they were built in that era. Information and accessibility and classes were limited.
I’m guessing that 10% of long rifles built today are built from blanks. The rest from precarve stocks and kits. Of those built from blanks maybe half turn out to be high quality in architecture, function, fit, and finish.
Before I suggest anyone build from a blank, trying to achieve a close lookalike to a specific original, I want to see what they have built up till now, and what those builds taught them. It’s not easy. “Just do it” often results in a good functional gun that has a number of issues. Good lessons learned, or a decision that “I’m not going to try that again!”
Here’s my rendition of RCA 19 from 2009 before any castings or precarves were available.
I’m guessing that 10% of long rifles built today are built from blanks. The rest from precarve stocks and kits. Of those built from blanks maybe half turn out to be high quality in architecture, function, fit, and finish.
Before I suggest anyone build from a blank, trying to achieve a close lookalike to a specific original, I want to see what they have built up till now, and what those builds taught them. It’s not easy. “Just do it” often results in a good functional gun that has a number of issues. Good lessons learned, or a decision that “I’m not going to try that again!”
Here’s my rendition of RCA 19 from 2009 before any castings or precarves were available.
