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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: smallpatch on September 02, 2013, 09:04:07 PM
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Well, It took a VERY long time. Hard sugar maple blank, Reeves Goehring hardware, Gunsmith lock shaped as close to original as I could, Getz 48" 50 cal barrel, this is one SKINNY gun. Very different. Let me know what you think.
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Really, really nice.
What stain did you use? I really like the color you got.
Mike C.
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Now that's a nice outfit. Good work all around.
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Very nice. I really like it. Actually, I like your side plate better than the original. I hope you are going to use this rifle !
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Nice job Dane, I like every aspect of the thing. Shur would look good hanging up at Charlie M. gun makers hall this coming March out at Ben Avery.
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Very nice Dane!!! Nice job on the lock and your final color and finish please let us know what it is,I really like it.
Mitch
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Mitch,
The wood is stained with Ferric Nitrate, washed with yellow, then a thinned out brown stain. Sealed with Chambers Oil, patina is Spar varnish tinted with black, then the whole thing has got 3 coats of spar varnish. ( ala Allen Martin)
Got a little darker than I wanted. This is an incredible piece of sugar maple, but the curl doesn't show up as well in the photos as in person.
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Nice and neat all the way around and I like the mellow finish on both wood and metal.
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Dane, Something different worked really well for you. . Finish and finish is well done and I like the warm mellow yellow glow on the buttstock.
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very nice! Architecture is great and so is the color.
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Great looking gun. A pro builder made a similar gun and showed it at last year's CLA and I loved it. Great choice and execution.
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#26 is one of my favorite guns. I really like the way yours turned out.
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nice looking gun. how did you finish the metal?
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Whooooooh!!! I am digging that. Very nice work.
Coryjoe
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Coryjoe,
As you all know, Allen Martin is my mentor. Or, as I like to call him, the Lehigh Jedi, and I am but his humble southwest Padawan.
The steel is browned VERY aggressively, way beyond what you'd normally take it. Then the hard part. You sand it all back down again, till all that's left is the pitting from the browning. At that point the metal is blued, using a cold bluing. Then steel wooled back with oil to set the whole thing. Makes a nice, armoury bright that had aged over time.
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Very sharp. great work. great color ;D
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Wow! Thats a SWEET Rifle man. Enjoy... ;D
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Like! I think your check piece carving is excellent.
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Thanks Tom. The original is pretty rudimentary, and I tried to keep it that way. It's more difficult than you might think........no place to hide!!!
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Very nice rifle.
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Very nice, all the details fit together very well.
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Dane, It is an awesome gun!!
I know that spar varnish was around and that it was flexible and weather resistant. I have used it for doors and such. What brand/type did you use?
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Tim,
I think I used Cabot. It's a brand that Woodcraft handles. Very old brand, very good product, but a little pricey.
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Dane - nice work! Looks like a peach to shoot.
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Very nice! Love the colour in the wood!
Oh funny seeing you here Taylor :P
Cheers, McLean
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Awesome gun, I keep looking at the picture from time to time, was that spar varnish straight, or was it diluted with something else?
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McLean...are you the Highlander I just met at Heffley?
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The rifle's wonderful, but I like the powder horn maybe even better!
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rick,
That's my Sibley horn. Has two of my favorite slogans on it.
"In His grip" and "In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king"
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It is a well done piece. Good for you!
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Nice work Dane, very well done.
Tim C.
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Thanks so much for all the complements guys. So far, the only negative I've gotten was in reference to the thickness of the buttplate. Did I mention just how much I hate filing brass??
I was shown this gun a couple of years ago by John Getz. He said... look at RCA 26, it's a really neat gun. Then, last year at the CLA, I got to see the bench copy that the Emigs did, and was smitten. Between photos of his rifle, and the ones in RCA, I worked it out. I extended the buttstock just a bit, I believe the original only had a 12LOP, I extended this one out about 1 1/2". (I'm short, but not that short)
It became a labor of love. I've built mostly Early Lancaster's and Lehigh's, this one is REALLY unusual. Shoulder's beautifully.
I plan on sighting it in this weekend. Not sure if I'm gonna sell it yet..... it will be a tough decision.
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Very nice. Like it.