Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Muzzleloaders => Topic started by: Mike Yancey on May 04, 2020, 02:31:52 pm
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I have started an new rifle, A Southern mountain rifle in 45 caliber. It is being stocked in walnut from a slab and has an A weight swamped Gain Twist in 45 caliber from Colerain. I love these Southern style rifles.
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Barrel channel is chiseled in.
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Ramrod channel is done
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Mike, you are a gun building machine, I wish I had your work ethic.
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Starting to slim up. Still way over sized but I saved many hours in about three minutes on the band saw.
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Nice looking piece of walnut. :OK
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Got the butt plate on today
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Starting to shape up the cheek piece
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Losen weight, and lookin' good ! Bob
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Looking good! Nice work!
Hawkdancer
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Shaped the tang and installed the breech plug and inlet it all. Now I can thin the wrist area and inlet the lock!
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Got the barrel lugs dovetailed and installed and the barrel pinned. Inlet the lock plate today and reduced the lock panel some, still a little proud at the nose of the lock. Soon I will reduce and shape the lock panels.
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Starting to look right. If I do my part, this little dandy is going to New Mexico the end of August on an antelope hunt.
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Nice :OK ! Bob
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Lock is in and ready to bolt. Then its the triggers.
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Looking good Mr. Mike
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Lock and tang bolt in and tapped. Ready for the touch hole liner and trigger guard.
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Most of the southern rifles I see have a little less height at the nose of the comb. It seems like I read if you put a straight edge on the top of the butt stock it should intersect with the tang bolt.
Here is the way Kibler did his;
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My .40;
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A good reference is the ALR virtual library on southern rifles.
https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?board=112.0
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Its less than 1/4" at the very nose! I think I can fix it!
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Looking good! A little change can make the lines flow better.
Here is one with a high comb, it looks a little unbalanced and clunky.
https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=8921.0
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Shaping up the lock panels and inlet the lock bolt side plate.
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Made the front sight from a boars tusk that Butch Stone sent me. Butch told me that he found the tusk 50 or so years ago under a bluff overhang when trapping. No telling the story behind this piece of tusk and will add some real medicine to this rifle.
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That is some good inletting, better than I usually do.
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Got all the ramrod stuff done. All thats left is penning the trigger guard the touch hole and nose cap. Then the patch box. Starting to loose weight now!
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Got the patchbox lid inlet and ready to screw down. Then remove the cavity wood and latch and spring it.
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Ready for the latch and spring. Latch and spring in!
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Lookin' good Mike - really like the knot ! Bob
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I struggled with the latch on my patchbox, I made at least 5 before I got one to work properly. I made my last out of a piece of reciprocating saw blade.
Here are the failures with the one that worked;
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That’s a very handsome rifle. That piece of Walnut looks great. Really like those Southern guns.
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Made the toe plate today.
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Getting ready to pour the pierced chevron nose cap.
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That looks great, Mike. What a nice combination. Really like that pewter nice cap work.
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Sight from Butches boars tusk is in and the gun is done. Drilled and tapped the touch hole liner today then ran out in 100 degree burning sun and shot it for the first time @ 30yards.
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I will post pictures of the finished gun in a few days once I get it sealed and back together.
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Looking good Mike. :OK
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With out a doubt your best so far!
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Thank you Eric, I had fun with this one.
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That's a Beauty for sure :OK ! Bob
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Beautiful! It looks like it's ready to go play.
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Mike, beautiful build you did, excellent architecture, smooth lines and great job of inletting.
As they used to say in the mountain country: That thar smokepole should make meat.
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Turned out really beautifully.
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Very nicely done Sir. :OK