It's not all that exciting, but I had a lot of fun doing it. I bought this off of one of my graduated seniors in June for $160. He put a yucky oil based walnut stain on it and assembled it. He's a kid, so I'm sure it was fun to build and quench with stain and hold this capper of the old days...
It took a while, but the stain did eventually come off with lots of sanding. I filed, sanded and polished all the metal bits as well. I also defarbed the barrel less side stamp.
Originally a percussion gun, I was able to find a flintlock lock to with a couple missing pieces for cheap and the parts to fix here locally from Ledfords for a good price as well. Maybe had $85 in total.
I refined the rear curvature of the grips and rounded and thinned the forestock as well. I put on many coats of the rusty walnut and five coats of truoil and this is how she came out. I am really happy with the color. Not too fancy, but an easy, and quickly rewarding project.
It took a while, but the stain did eventually come off with lots of sanding. I filed, sanded and polished all the metal bits as well. I also defarbed the barrel less side stamp.
Originally a percussion gun, I was able to find a flintlock lock to with a couple missing pieces for cheap and the parts to fix here locally from Ledfords for a good price as well. Maybe had $85 in total.
I refined the rear curvature of the grips and rounded and thinned the forestock as well. I put on many coats of the rusty walnut and five coats of truoil and this is how she came out. I am really happy with the color. Not too fancy, but an easy, and quickly rewarding project.
