Finished fitting the buttplate on the Kibler SMR. Moving right along. Next up pin the barrel!
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Bought a knife there one time long ago. It is a good one!
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Ok here’s the low down on the loaders for my 58 Hawken. Used some plastic water pipe I had laying around. Just cut into a length I thought would be enough for a patched round ball 90 or so grains of powder and a stopper. Cut the wine corks down with my dremel to get a snug but not tight fit. I use a .018 patch so the ball and the patch friction fit well but not tight. The ID of the tube is ,60. When ready to to load, pull the cork, dump the powder and chase it down with the patched ball, cap it and done. Works great. Keep a few in my bag. Makes for a fairly quick reload.
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My new kit from Kibler arrived on Saturday, a SMR in walnut! Christmas early!
Besides working on guns like every day, I rough cut out 2-gun stocks from a blank I bought. I thought I bought Cherry, now, I don't think so. I'm not sure what it is. It looks like cherry but doesn't smell like cherry. Smells more like walnut but doesn't look like walnut. If any wood experts can POSITIVILY ID this wood, I'd appreciate it. Now I can start inletting the barrels. Semper Fi
It could be alder very similar and easy to cross. Alder won't get a nice patina though. I have worked cherry that was scent free also.
Went to the range to prepare for an upcoming chunk gun match. I paid close attention to the difference between the first shot from a clean barrel and the other shots. Will post photos in the fouling shot thread. There wasn't as much difference in impact position at the 60 yard range as I expected.
64Springer
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I think the grain structure is very much like walnut.
But it's very pinkish.
As for being cherry, I don't think it's cherry.
I've seen very pinkish mahogany that had a walnut grain structure to it.
But it's very pinkish.
As for being cherry, I don't think it's cherry.
I've seen very pinkish mahogany that had a walnut grain structure to it.
Walnut sapwood possible but it would still smell like walnut.
64Springer
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Parts of the stock look like Applewood, but that would be a very rare bird.
Mr. Riflesmith,
Take a bit of lye water and apply it to the stock bits you removed. If it turns red/reddish orange it's probably cherry. Hit the wood with some 220 first.
If it turns brown it's probably a different wood.
Mr. Riflesmith,
Take a bit of lye water and apply it to the stock bits you removed. If it turns red/reddish orange it's probably cherry. Hit the wood with some 220 first.
If it turns brown it's probably a different wood.
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Did quite a bit of casting today. Should be good for a while. .360, .370, .440, .500, and .683. The .683 was the first time I’ve used a Tanner mold. It makes a great ball.
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That's a great gift! A walnut SMR is on my list to get.
lubed & sized 100 Minie balls each for the carbine & zouave.
now comes to put charge in the end cap plug that N-SSA requires and place ball to have that part ready for Spring Nationals.
now comes to put charge in the end cap plug that N-SSA requires and place ball to have that part ready for Spring Nationals.
Polished brass for the first time. Cleaned up most of the furniture on my Jukar Kentucky rifle, and I think it's at least an improvement! I used Brasso and elbow grease. Before and after pics.
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I did the same with a recently acquired TC Hawken 1" 54. Shot it a little the other day and the barrel shot as good as it looks. I'm packaging it up tomorrow to send to a grandson for graduation.
Just an arbitrary load 70 gr 3f Scheutzen, JoAnne #40 drill and 535 ball. Only 25 yards in deference to trifocals.
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My wonderful GF gave me a possibles bag for my birthday. Took my accessories out of a box and put them in the nice leather bag.
aussie pete
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That is a wonderful Girl Friend, Medicine Bow! A wonderful gift, both girl and possibles bag.
You have an interesting reading selection there on the shelves
.Pete
The books suggest you are cultivating a child's interest in reading. May God bless you for that.That is a wonderful Girl Friend, Medicine Bow! A wonderful gift, both girl and possibles bag.
You have an interesting reading selection there on the shelves
Pete
I can not positively ID it. Yet.
This from a custom furniture maker's web site:
"But the wood is rich in resins, particularly prussic acid, which rapidly reacts to both light and oxygen, so cherry achieves in six months the patina that oak or maple acquires only after six decades. As cherry is exposed to sunlight and air, it changes color, shifting from a light salmon to a deep, rich reddish-brown."
