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hwatson

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Source for barrel Hand Stamp?
« on: November 02, 2012, 05:51:26 PM »
I'm looking for a hand die stamp to  mark the barrel flat of my muzzleloaders.  Can anyone recommend a source?   Thanks!.....hwb

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Re: Source for barrel Hand Stamp?
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2012, 06:10:04 PM »
Contact Chris Altland...he can get them made for you. He's got a website, which I don't know without googling.
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Re: Source for barrel Hand Stamp?
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2012, 06:17:21 PM »
Not sure what you're interested in stamping, but here are some things to cinsider...  A full name stamp is going to be difficult to stamp well.  A lot of surface area and will require a great deal of force.  Marks on the oblique flat are generally smaller, but if of the inset variety, it's going to be difficult again unless it's pretty small.  These were generally done hot I suspect.  If just a small outline stamp, it won't be any problem.

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Re: Source for barrel Hand Stamp?
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2012, 09:18:35 PM »
Hwatson,

I posted some information that might be of help a while back on stamping and marking and making stamps.  Here's the link.  Let me know if you have any questions I can help with.

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=1138.0
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Re: Source for barrel Hand Stamp?
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2012, 09:23:59 PM »
and this tutorial for simple stamps: http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=8.0
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