What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[deerstalkert]

Don’t believe I’ve ever heard you mention that before.

You’ll love the .50.

I am kind of sorry that the barrel is a Rice. makes it harder for me to sell! maybe i will keep it as a match color and finish wise to the one i built from cherry for my wife. at least she glommed onto it with THAT look in her eye, so i of course said it was built for her.

 

[Polecat_Tom]

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Tom, you make really nice beaded sheaths - about how long do you estimate it takes you to do one like this?

First, thank you for your nice comments. I would estimate that there is probably ~ one hour for layout, nine hours beading in this one and then around an hour in making the inner rawhide case and a couple of hours sewing it all together. So, all together around 14 hours,

 

[Polecat_Tom]

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Nuthin' ... it's my birthday. Polecat

From one Polecat to another, Happy Birthday.

 

[waarp8nt]

Nothing custom like you fellows, just a simple low dollar project picked up here on the forum. A Jukar Colonial, I had a couple of caplocks Colonials from an auction, so I wanted this one to convert to flintlock.

The lock to barrel fit is close. I may have to add some slivers of wood to the back of the lock mortise to fill a couple of gaps. Plenty of wood left on the stock to get rid of the scratch towards the front of the lock. Kroil, brush and steel wooled the bore, lot of gunk came out. Cleaned up the outside of the barrel. Removed the drum, going to have to make a new one as it's one of those silly break bleeder style drums. 10mm×1.25 bolt and a little lathe work should do the trick. Will need to stop by the local farm store to get a metric bolt, they are in short supply here on the old hobby farm. Oh yeah, almost forgot, the trigger is going to need set in a little deeper as it barely hits the sear on the lock and doesn't have enough pull to make the hammer fall.

 

[garypl]

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First, thank you for your nice comments. I would estimate that there is probably ~ one hour for layout, nine hours beading in this one and then around an hour in making the inner rawhide case and a couple of hours sewing it all together. So, all together around 14 hours,

You have a lot of patience and a good eye for detail - you really do a beautiful job on these sheaths and I'm glad folks on this forum will see how many man hours it takes to create this artwork.

 

[Frontstuffer070]

After having it for years I finally got off my duff and put a tiller (handle) on my handgonne. Turned one out of purple heart. It looks killer to me. Can't wait to shoot it.

 

[painter]

Happy birthday Dale!

Had mine last week.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Shot my flinter at the club range, looked like rain a bunch of times but held off to shoot for a couple of hours.

 

[TDM]

Nothing custom like you fellows, just a simple low dollar project picked up here on the forum. A Jukar Colonial, I had a couple of caplocks Colonials from an auction, so I wanted this one to convert to flintlock.

The lock to barrel fit is close. I may have to add some slivers of wood to the back of the lock mortise to fill a couple of gaps. Plenty of wood left on the stock to get rid of the scratch towards the front of the lock. Kroil, brush and steel wooled the bore, lot of gunk came out. Cleaned up the outside of the barrel. Removed the drum, going to have to make a new one as it's one of those silly break bleeder style drums. 10mm×1.25 bolt and a little lathe work should do the trick. Will need to stop by the local farm store to get a metric bolt, they are in short supply here on the old hobby farm. Oh yeah, almost forgot, the trigger is going to need set in a little deeper as it barely hits the sear on the lock and doesn't have enough pull to make the hammer fall.

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I’m hoping to get my pistol back together tomorrow and was going to post the mods I made to the trigger several years ago. I had the same problem, hard trigger pull and lots of slop. I spot welded a thin piece of mild steel above my trigger arm and filed it down until it didn’t touch the sear and no creep. Added brass shims on each side to eliminate the wobble. I’ll show photos tomorrow.

 

[waarp8nt]

I’m hoping to get my pistol back together tomorrow and was going to post the mods I made to the trigger several years ago. I had the same problem, hard trigger pull and lots of slop. I spot welded a thin piece of mild steel above my trigger arm and filed it down until it didn’t touch the sear and no creep. Added brass shims on each side to eliminate the wobble. I’ll show photos tomorrow.

Looking forward to seeing it!

 

[Metalshaper]

Trying to put a power point together for this weekend. Attending the Oregon Gun Makers guild meeting and
was asked to give a lil talk on Mule ear/side hammer locks and history. Hoping to take three locks with me?
one is mostly done, one needs a new sear trip made and the third has a hammer so far.

windows getting replaced today, so not much will get done during the day..


Respect Always
Metalshaper/Jonathan

 

[Hatman/2nd line]

Happy Birthday Dale!

 

[deerstalkert]

just put the last (number 7 ) coat of tru-oil on the Colonial. want to polish the lock but don't have the getup and go this morning. guess it got up and went.
maybe this afternoon.

 

[TDM]

Got the Pedersoli Kentucky .50 pistol remake back together. I guess it looks better, looks different anyway. There’s a couple of before photos that show the unsealed pores in the stock and some carving that didn’t fit the bill. I had already tuned this pistol up a couple of years ago. I didn’t shoot it much after building it because it had a terrible, long, wobbly, hard trigger pull and the lock ate flints. I welded a strip of mild steel to the trigger arm, then filed it down until it cleared the sear with minimal creep. I fixed the side wobble by shimming with some sheet brass. Took the lock apart and gave it a good polishing and thinned the mainspring at the bend, think I thinned the frizzen spring a little too but don’t remember for sure. Any way it’s back together and ready to shoot.

 

[waarp8nt]

There’s a couple of before photos that show the unsealed pores in the stock and some carving that didn’t fit the bill. I had already tuned this pistol up a couple of years ago. I didn’t shoot it much after building it because it had a terrible, long, wobbly, hard trigger pull and the lock ate flints. I welded a strip of mild steel to the trigger arm, then filed it down until it cleared the sear with minimal creep. I fixed the side wobble by shimming with some sheet brass. Took the lock apart and gave it a good polishing and thinned the mainspring at the bend, think I thinned the frizzen spring a little too but don’t remember for sure. Any way it’s back together and ready to shoot.

Sealing to pores made a world of difference, looks way better to me!

I really like what you done with the trigger. I tried to slip a piece of windshield washer hose over the sear to temporarily take up some slack, it didn't help much and certainly not the cure. I'm definitely going to have to add on or make a new trigger.

 

[TDM]

Sealing to pores made a world of difference, looks way better to me!

I really like what you done with the trigger. I tried to slip a piece of windshield washer hose over the sear to temporarily take up some slack, it didn't help much and certainly not the cure. I'm definitely going to have to add on or make a new trigger.

Thanks. And what I did to the trigger took care of all the problems. If you don’t have a welder you could braze another piece on or find a good welding shop close by, then shape it as needed.

 

[longcruise]

Got the Pedersoli Kentucky .50 pistol remake back together

The whole project looks very nice

 

[TDM]

The whole project looks very nice

Thanks!

 

[Donny Ray]

Got halfway thru in letting a side plate on a pistol. Next is to polish the lock, inside and out.

 

[flconch53]

Finished these 2 today