I like the rifle Roger. She's a working girl for sure. I think you've done a great job on the entry pipe/lower forearm transition. Rear sight's way down the barrel where we could see it. Wonderful curly stock, stain and finish. Is the barrel parallel, straight taper or swamped. I know you said you filed the sights...front sight is really high. I do this too, 'cause it's easier to file the front than the rear for sighting in.
Comb looks a little high - butt stock pretty straight - for my face. Is it a cheek cracker? You're a long piece of work Roger...how does she fit you? What calibre?
A JP Beck's comb line usually ends up intersecting the middle of the wrist...your's shoots off over the breech. Makes my think you started with a narrow plank. And a nice one at that!
Compliments on your workmanship lad. Nice rifle.
Well thanks ahead of time makes my hat feel tight. Parallel barrel. I had that frt sight in a drawer so I used it figured I had plenty of files and enough time.
That straight line from heel to wrist was pretty much dictated by the plate angle (I did cheat a little by filing a tad lower angle on the heel part of the plate). She fits well dryfiring offhand. Been shooting off the bench to place the group on the X at 30 yds, so I'll find out if the ol cheek gets black and blue later. Off the bench and the leaning onto the stock she lets me know she means business. So, we'll see. Oh yes, 50 cal.
btw. I go for that redish undertone rubbed out in the wear areas with many coats of handrubbed ol tyme leaded boiled linseed oil. She has nitric acid and heat, PP rubbed in to the low areas, some diluted cherry stain, then some maple stain then that linseed oil as described above. Of course the grain was raised more than a few sessions. And I wonder why it takes me forever to do a rifle...
Come on boys and girls you can do better than this picking this new gal apart. Use your good eye.
