That funny forearm thingy?

[nhmoose]

Read post 1 first sentence. You read the usual thread drift that occurs.

 

[ord sgt]

This is a 1970's CVA kit. .45 calibre . This was given to me by a friend. He bought it and never assembled the kit. Some pieces were missing when I got it. This is the joint between the two pieces of the stock. BTW, the little rifle shoots very much good. Spanish barrel and lock, but who cares?

 

[Zonie]

I am confused? I thought we were discussing CVA, DBL'S. not the non doubles, ones with a two piece stock??

We are discussing the CVA Kentucky rifle kit. The single barrel rifle that has the brass plate where the forward end of the forestock meets the main stock.

The only reason I posted the picture of the CVA double barrel shotgun was to show that a water/alcohol based walnut stain works nicely on the Beechwood stock. There are some, like me, who don't like the look of blond Beechwood and using a oil based stain usually ends up making the gun just a little darker than blond and applying more of a oil based stain has no effect on the final darkness.

Using a water or alcohol based stain works nicely on Beechwood.

 

[Mulebrain]

I tried making a wooden spacer to take the place of the brass piece. I got really frustrated, and the brass won.

 

[toot]

??

 

[Feltwad]

Nothing new about this device it has been around for 250 years
Feltwad

 

[longcruise]

I tried making a wooden spacer to take the place of the brass piece. I got really frustrated, and the brass won.

I thought of that too. In the end I decided that it would probably not match and so may as well keep it "original".

Looking at the picture posted by @ord sgt , his seems very dark.

 

[ord sgt]

I thought of that too. In the end I decided that it would probably not match and so may as well keep it "original".

Looking at the picture posted by @ord sgt , his seems very dark.

There is a piece of brass sandwiched between the two pieces of the stock. It's just hard to see. Years of shooting have darkened the stock and brass. The kit was built sometime around 1985-1986.

 

[ord sgt]

We are discussing the CVA Kentucky rifle kit. The single barrel rifle that has the brass plate where the forward end of the forestock meets the main stock.

The only reason I posted the picture of the CVA double barrel shotgun was to show that a water/alcohol based walnut stain works nicely on the Beechwood stock. There are some, like me, who don't like the look of blond Beechwood and using a oil based stain usually ends up making the gun just a little darker than blond and applying more of a oil based stain has no effect on the final darkness.

Using a water or alcohol based stain works nicely on Beechwood.

This stock was done with a Minwax oil based stain.

 

[Ontario47]

Repair of "duffle cut" War souvenir stock (cut in two) to fit in a duffle bag.

 

[bpd303]

I have an original German Jaeger that had the "duffel bag cut" that I restored. I made the spacer out of polymer clay to match the horn trigger guard. I posted a thread on the rebuild but all the build pictures were lost when Photobucket dropped the photo hosting site I used.
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/jaeger-project-rifle.93808/

 

[Tumbledown]

Depending on how much effort you want to put into it, the stocks can be permanently joined. Here are two I have done I reshaped the wood significantly and made new endcaps. Leather dye makes great stain.

Search my posts for more details on each gun.

 

[longcruise]

@JB67

Those are very nice.

 

[Tumbledown]

@JB67

Those are very nice.

Thank you!