Thursday, October 24, 2013

Early Transitional Rifle (finished)














Well other than some burnishing and a test firing, this one is done and will be on its way to the owner shortly. My focus on this build was the Christian Springs Rifles in RCA1. I wanted to do some carving but the customer didn't want it. The Rice barrel is a 44" B weight 40 caliber. The lock is a Chamber's gunmaker's lock. The butt plate and triggerguard came from Muzzleloader Builders Supply(guard reworked). The front sight with ivory inlay came from the owner. The rest of the parts I made. The stock finish was scraped, followed with a couple coats of aqua fortis, followed with about six coats of rifined linseed oil, then waxed. LOP is 14 1/2", drop is 3 5/8", and it has 1/4" cast off.

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Early Transitional Rifle-in works







Still a lot of scraping, sanding, metal and wood finishing to go. As well as some molding work along the bottom of the butt stock and the ramrod, a vent pick below the cheek piece and engraving. Going with a slightly aged dark scraped finish.