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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: will payne on June 22, 2018, 02:43:05 AM
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My dad is building me a 50 cal smoothbore
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Are you gonna help him?
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I've crowned the barrel.😊
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Take some photos and keep us updated on the progress! Do you know any of the other details? Lock type, barrel length, etc?
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Length of the barrel is 36 inches. I can't post pictures for some reason my iPad won't let me.
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The lock is a left hand early classic flint from L&R.
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The barrel is a Colerain 7/8.
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I helped my dad put in the barrel pins on 6/22/18.🙂
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Hopefully you are taking many pictures, even if you can't share them with us. You will cherish them and the gun forever. A journal would be great as well, to record your thoughts during the build.
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Ok thanks for telling me that great idea.
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Hi, Will. Your dad should be able to take and post photos; he's no worse with technology than I am. Tell him I said take the pics and post them; it's easy to post on this site.
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My dad started to inlet the trigger plate.😊Today
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Length of the barrel is 36 inches. I can't post pictures for some reason my iPad won't let me.
iPads are included on this tutorial http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=43575.0
Dennis
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Thank you Dennis I will try to post pic this afternoon.
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This the lock and I crowned the barrel.
(https://preview.ibb.co/djxvzo/image.jpg) (https://ibb.co/eGXTKo)
(https://preview.ibb.co/nh0nC8/image.jpg) (https://ibb.co/j0xZs8)
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You did a nice, neat job on that barrel crown. Obviously you took your time - looks great.
soon you will be building your own long rifle. All of us had to have a first one, and you are lucky that you are able to help your dad in the shop.
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Soon I will be posting more pictures.
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It looks like that web is about 1/4". Pretty thick. You might want to think about thinning that up by dropping the barrel some, particularly at the muzzle. Thick webs often result in a gun that looks "heavy". That will mean you will probably have to re-drill the pin holes, but those plug up easily enough with toothpicks.
Also, be careful about using a rounded rat-tail file for your lock panel sweeps. They generally yield a radius that is too severe. You might think about using something like a half-round file for them, (particularly in the nose) and adjust the radius from there with scrapers. Mostly those radiuses are changing dimension all the way around the lock, so that it looks like it sort of grew out of the stock, rather than having an "applied" look. But again, that varies somewhat based on the various schools of the different builds. Look at lots of originals within your chosen school. Lock panel margins are often a difficult thing that many struggle with for a while before they get it right.
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Thank you for the advice Mr. Bubbles.
It looks like that web is about 1/4". Pretty thick. You might want to think about thinning that up by dropping the barrel some, particularly at the muzzle. Thick webs often result in a gun that looks "heavy". That will mean you will probably have to re-drill the pin holes, but those plug up easily enough with toothpicks.
Also, be careful about using a rounded rat-tail file for your lock panel sweeps. They generally yield a radius that is too severe. You might think about using something like a half-round file for them, (particularly in the nose) and adjust the radius from there with scrapers. Mostly those radiuses are changing dimension all the way around the lock, so that it looks like it sort of grew out of the stock, rather than having an "applied" look. But again, that varies somewhat based on the various schools of the different builds. Look at lots of originals within your chosen school. Lock panel margins are often a difficult thing that many struggle with for a while before they get it right.
thank you for the advice Mr. Bubbles
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My dad has removed quite a bit of wood from the stock underneath the Barrel. But he won't have a lot to time to build it because he has been working 60 hours a week :-\
Will
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My dad has gotten really fare with my rifle he told me he’d probably be done with it next month.