Basically done for now. I suppose none of my projects are ever really done. I plan on polishing the lock. Started with some stones I bought for the purpose on the frizzen. Slow, but it will get the job done. Inside wintertime project.
You real gun builders will know exactly what happened when I knew I got finish in some of the inlets. I had to go back and scrape them all clean. Fortunately I had purchased a set of Richard Miller's scrapers. They worked just outstanding for getting the finish out of any inlet without damaging anything else.
Metal has been left in the white. Polished up the brass. Not to a mirror finish. Barrel was lightly drawfiled and the sharp edges on the flats lightly rounded with a file. Fitted the ramrod today. Sanded, whiskered, and stained it.
The entire rifle has a coat of tool wax. About a week old or so. Should be plenty dry by now.
A few poor pics in the sun in my front porch workshop. Couldn't see in the sun on the iPhone, so I missed part of the barrel in one pic. And this iPhone, as my other ones in the past, always seem to make pictures just a little more red/orange than they really are. The curl appears gold to my eye. But the iPhone makes it look Bengal tiger colored.
The club has an open house this next Saturday. I have no excuses and should be able to get some shooting done.