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Offline SHARPS4953

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Poured nose cap
« on: November 17, 2016, 06:04:07 AM »
Im building a Chambers Virginia  rifle which is brass mounted.  Ive always liked the look of a poured pewter nose cap. My question is, would this be historically correct?
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Poured nose cap
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2016, 02:20:35 PM »
More of a later thing than and early thing.
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Offline Pete G.

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Re: Poured nose cap
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2016, 04:30:29 PM »
The pewter is usually found on a later style iron mounted rifle. Since you have an early style rifle with brass mounts I would go with a one piece brass nosecap. Build it yourself to fit your stock rather than trying to make your stock fit a commercially made cap.
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Offline PPatch

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Re: Poured nose cap
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2016, 05:13:22 AM »
What Pete said, fitting a cast nose cap is a bear compared to installing one you've made yourself for the project at hand.

Here are two tutorials on making them:

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=24785.0

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=9.0

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Offline SHARPS4953

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Re: Poured nose cap
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2016, 02:58:52 PM »
thanks for the replies. Ive made both types of nose caps but want to stay historically correct. I prefer iron mounted but Jim doesnt offer this parts set in iron. I guess this is an excuse to build another one out of steel ;)
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