Hi,
I don't post too much but I've read and learned a lot here. Here's the result of two months worth of putting together a pile of previously unrelated parts. I got a CVA trigger and lock missing a hammer in a pile of junk from an auction. The stock is from a slab of birdseye maple a coworker gave me. I bought a barrel, breechplug and hammer at Friendship in June. The barrel is a cut off piece of Green Mountain 3/4" 32 cal trimmed to 10". Triggerguard, pipes, sights and a few other parts are scratch built from hardware store steel stock. I made a lot of mistakes but learned even more.
It isn't built to any particular style. Just what was required to make the parts work together and what looked good to me. I guess in reality that might be more authentic in keeping with what the original builders did than trying to copy their work. The biggest departure is the ramrod made from a piece of carbon fiber arrow shaft with ferrules glued in both ends. It still looks good and I know it won't break. I got really lucky on drilling the ramrod hole. It went right where it was supposed to without breaking through the barrel channel or hitting the lock screw.
I have an Armstrong kit from Pecatonica River. Kind of backwards to do a scratch build first but I would rather learn on this than something I spent a lot of money on.
I don't post too much but I've read and learned a lot here. Here's the result of two months worth of putting together a pile of previously unrelated parts. I got a CVA trigger and lock missing a hammer in a pile of junk from an auction. The stock is from a slab of birdseye maple a coworker gave me. I bought a barrel, breechplug and hammer at Friendship in June. The barrel is a cut off piece of Green Mountain 3/4" 32 cal trimmed to 10". Triggerguard, pipes, sights and a few other parts are scratch built from hardware store steel stock. I made a lot of mistakes but learned even more.
It isn't built to any particular style. Just what was required to make the parts work together and what looked good to me. I guess in reality that might be more authentic in keeping with what the original builders did than trying to copy their work. The biggest departure is the ramrod made from a piece of carbon fiber arrow shaft with ferrules glued in both ends. It still looks good and I know it won't break. I got really lucky on drilling the ramrod hole. It went right where it was supposed to without breaking through the barrel channel or hitting the lock screw.
I have an Armstrong kit from Pecatonica River. Kind of backwards to do a scratch build first but I would rather learn on this than something I spent a lot of money on.
