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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: Grischi on January 19, 2023, 08:34:46 PM

Title: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Grischi on January 19, 2023, 08:34:46 PM: My Jaeger rifle build - Finally it's done.
The kit is finished. It has been a long way with quite a lot new experiences for me, like engraving, wire inlays in steel and wood and a few other challenges.
I proudly present some pictures of the gun and hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
Thank you all for your interest.

Christian

(https://i.ibb.co/m5V3r2t/jaeger-11.jpg) (https://ibb.co/s9dZpNQ)

(https://i.ibb.co/PWmGZSL/jaeger-10.jpg) (https://ibb.co/T0vMBCf)

(https://i.ibb.co/12219Pv/jaeger-18.jpg) (https://ibb.co/q11KRcy)

(https://i.ibb.co/4Vm8yzX/jaeger-15.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VqjgyRz)

(https://i.ibb.co/xS48DSn/jaeger-13.jpg) (https://ibb.co/TBCqkBQ)

(https://i.ibb.co/8mv6Tph/jaeger-16.jpg) (https://ibb.co/S6YRW8L)

(https://i.ibb.co/qNqxWK7/jaeger-17.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QPSXCLp)

(https://i.ibb.co/xhzqvmr/jaeger-14.jpg) (https://ibb.co/8MPg3zQ)

(https://i.ibb.co/khsKJzL/jaeger-12.jpg) (https://ibb.co/rZRk3qB)

(https://i.ibb.co/r2dVr0P/jaeger-09.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gZ4xK91)

(https://i.ibb.co/cyTdG1M/IMG-2147.jpg) (https://ibb.co/p1XptxG)
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: RaiderSix on January 19, 2023, 08:39:18 PM: Impressive work. Lots of tasteful decoration on that rifle.
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: D. Taylor Sapergia on January 19, 2023, 09:00:35 PM: Nice job Christian. My Jaeger rifle was my favourite for many years...they're nice shooting rifles.
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Post by: Rolf on January 19, 2023, 09:06:05 PM: Beautiful clean work. I like it.

Best regards
Rolf
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Post by: Daryl on January 19, 2023, 09:15:41 PM: Very nice indeed.
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Post by: Carl Young on January 19, 2023, 10:02:17 PM: Good job Christian, especially given some of the challenges that being in Europe with our hobby comes with.
Something to be proud of for certain. Maybe in the next project you will plan to make more of the components yourself, and eventually find it easier just to make what you want versus modifying someone else's.
Glad you decided to join us, and keep us posted from the east side of the "Big Pond".
Carl
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Grischi on January 19, 2023, 10:15:30 PM: Thank you all for your kind words. I appreciate that much.
Christian
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Grischi on January 19, 2023, 10:20:39 PM: Quote from: Carl Young on January 19, 2023, 10:02:17 PM
Good job Christian, especially given some of the challenges that being in Europe with our hobby comes with.
Something to be proud of for certain. Maybe in the next project you will plan to make more of the components yourself, and eventually find it easier just to make what you want versus modifying someone else's.
Glad you decided to join us, and keep us posted from the east side of the "Big Pond".
Carl
Thank you Carl.
Two things on my to do list in the near future. Practicing carving and engraving including better sharpening of the tools.
I agree it's not that easy with guns in Germany but manageable.
Glad to be here and to get much input and inspiration.
Christian
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Bigmon on January 19, 2023, 10:24:35 PM: Sir, Where is that kit from? And what caliber is it?
Really nice work. Engraving is on my "to learn" list also. You have done a good job on this.
Where are you located in Germany? My family was from Grunbach in western Germany, way back.
Regards
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Grischi on January 19, 2023, 10:37:50 PM: Quote from: Bigmon on January 19, 2023, 10:24:35 PM
Sir, Where is that kit from? And what caliber is it?
Really nice work. Engraving is on my "to learn" list also. You have done a good job on this.
Where are you located in Germany? My family was from Grunbach in western Germany, way back.
Regards
Thank you.
Well, I don't know the maker of this kit. It's from a german dealer, I think, imported from the U.S. (the parts can all be found at Track of the Wolf) It's a .50 cal 31" Rice barrel.
I'm from Eastern Germany, Saxonia.
Christian
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Bob Gerard on January 20, 2023, 12:01:29 AM: Dazzling rifle! You are really, really talented👌
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Post by: Daryl on January 20, 2023, 12:44:15 AM: Oh yes- that muzzle work is superb, including the bands and artful file work on the muzzle.
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Post by: TommyG on January 20, 2023, 02:56:54 AM: Great job on that one. Very well done indeed.
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Post by: J.M.Browning on January 20, 2023, 04:02:42 AM: Beautiful !
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Post by: Angus on January 20, 2023, 04:14:50 AM: Very nice. Curious to see it again with a sling and how it shoots.
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Post by: Nailcreek on January 20, 2023, 04:27:17 AM: Christian, beautiful work!!
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Post by: Robert Hill on January 20, 2023, 05:34:03 AM: That sure did make a very attractive rifle! Good work.
-Robert Hill
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Post by: Pukka Bundook on January 20, 2023, 07:27:11 AM: That is a very attractive rifle Christian! Lovely clean work!

very best,
Richard.
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: hawkeye on January 20, 2023, 03:07:46 PM: Nice and amazing job you accomplished Christian
Hawkeye from Belgium
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: smart dog on January 20, 2023, 03:53:06 PM: Well done Christian. Very nice and well decorated rifle. One suggestion I can offer, make yourself a little "nudge" tool for doing silver wire work. I made mine from a small screw driver with a 3mm wide tip. Grind the tip round and use it to push your wire before it is filed flush to smooth the curves. That gets rid of kinks in scrolls and curved lines and it works wonderfully well. The photo below shows my nudge tool with its yellow handle.

dave

(https://i.ibb.co/yg9mq6g/silver-wire-inlay-tools.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0Y7prCY)
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: alacran on January 20, 2023, 04:31:00 PM: You did a great job Christian. Working within the limitations of a kit is both challenging and frustrating.
You got the basics right, which is inletting. Too many times I see highly embellished guns that have less than stellar inlets.
Kits pre inlets makes that very difficult sometimes.
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: flatsguide on January 20, 2023, 04:55:03 PM: A very handsome rifle. Very nice file work.
Cheers Richard
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Grischi on January 20, 2023, 05:19:42 PM: Wow, great community.
Thank you for your kind words and much appreciated input on improving my skills.
Christian
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: satwel on January 20, 2023, 05:42:22 PM: Very nice work on the Jaeger. I built the same kit during the pandemic, but in .54 caliber. While I'm happy with how mine turned out, I admire the extra work you put into the details on your rifle, such as how you enhanced the screws and the muzzle. I particularly like your horn muzzle cap and ramrod tip -- the perfect detail for a jaeger. I'm confident you will enjoy shooting your rifle as much as I do mine. You will love that Rice barrel.
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Grischi on January 20, 2023, 05:52:21 PM: Quote from: satwel on January 20, 2023, 05:42:22 PM
Very nice work on the Jaeger. I built the same kit during the pandemic, but in .54 caliber. While I'm happy with how mine turned out, I admire the extra work you put into the details on your rifle, such as how you enhanced the screws and the muzzle. I particularly like your horn muzzle cap and ramrod tip -- the perfect detail for a jaeger. I'm confident you will enjoy shooting your rifle as much as I do mine. You will love that Rice barrel.
Thank you. Do you mind to show some pictures of yours?
By the way, though it might look like horn, the muzzle cap and ramrod tip are made from ebony.
Christian
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Rado on January 20, 2023, 09:11:46 PM: Wow!
Fantastic use of fantastic materials with an excellent result. Congrats!
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Grischi on January 21, 2023, 04:32:15 PM: Thank you all.
For those who may be interested in, here a close up of the proof marks (blackpowder proof, Suhl proof house). No legal shooting in Germany without them.
Christian

(https://i.ibb.co/Bzcr5jk/IMG-2680.jpg) (https://ibb.co/TvYbxRy)
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Ed Wenger on January 21, 2023, 05:09:13 PM: Very nice, Christian! Congratulations on a fine looking Jaeger, and thanks for posting. Best,

Ed
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Post by: Jim Filipski on January 27, 2023, 04:32:41 AM: Very Nice! Well Done! I like it!
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Post by: Nailcreek on January 27, 2023, 05:27:02 AM: Beautiful work!!
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Grischi on January 30, 2023, 09:52:39 PM: Again, thank you all for your kind comments. I feel honored.
Just finished the last details on the rifle.
I filed the front sight flush with the barrel and made a sling from a canvas belt and some leather I had laying around.
Christian

(https://i.ibb.co/sHgRDnY/pixlr-20230128164138814.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0tn2WTb)

(https://i.ibb.co/YZvq58B/riemen03.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ySLbz5F)

(https://i.ibb.co/HxhVVgq/riemen04.jpg) (https://ibb.co/pRhxxXd)

(https://i.ibb.co/bQpkCYZ/riemen01.jpg) (https://ibb.co/S5qzMH8)

(https://i.ibb.co/YcBKvSx/IMG-2697.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZBzwyr0)

(https://i.ibb.co/s11XxPv/IMG-2705.jpg) (https://ibb.co/944dKv9)

(https://i.ibb.co/fHkRBV1/IMG-2706.jpg) (https://ibb.co/SBtTWDs)

(https://i.ibb.co/GxDjFTm/IMG-2704.jpg) (https://ibb.co/r7hJvs9)
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Nailcreek on January 30, 2023, 09:56:36 PM: Phenomenal work ... Christian!
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Daryl on January 30, 2023, 10:08:45 PM: Really nice work, Christian. Does your Jaeger produce the required joules for hunting Chamois, deer or boar?
Do you hunt?
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Grischi on January 30, 2023, 10:17:22 PM: Quote from: Daryl on January 30, 2023, 10:08:45 PM
Really nice work, Christian. Does your Jaeger produce the required joules for hunting Chamois, deer or boar?
Do you hunt?
Thank you Daryl.
I'm not sure about the muzzle energy it produces and I don't care much about it because I live in Germany and it is nearly impossible here to hunt legally with a muzzleloder. So I'm restricted to target shooting or reenactment.
Christian
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Grischi on January 30, 2023, 10:18:15 PM: Quote from: Nailcreek on January 30, 2023, 09:56:36 PM
Phenomenal work ... Christian!
Thanks. 😀
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Post by: dadybear1 on April 24, 2023, 05:33:15 AM: bEAUTIFUL WORK---VERY TALENTED
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Post by: t.caster on April 24, 2023, 05:30:00 PM: Very nice workmanship and pleasing to look at! You will have a blast shooting/hunting with that!
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: Grischi on April 24, 2023, 07:30:00 PM: Thank you.
Indeed I enjoy shooting it. Unfortunately just at paper targets. As I wrote previousely it's nearly impossible here in Germany to hunt with a muzzleloader legally.

Christian
Title: Re: Jaeger rifle kit finished.
Post by: J. Talbert on April 24, 2023, 10:25:47 PM: Nicely done Christian.
Great first effort on the carving, wire, and engraving.

Jeff