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Offline volatpluvia

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Re: new build
« Reply #25 on: July 30, 2011, 04:46:55 AM »
Arrrrgggghhhh...
I was going to say: make it horn.  Just my thought.
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hoochiepapa

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Re: new build
« Reply #26 on: July 30, 2011, 05:33:41 AM »
I thought about horn, but that cap in the book kept haunting me, calling to me, I wondered how I could have it cast, but then I thought, "I can do that!"
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wetzel

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Re: new build
« Reply #27 on: July 31, 2011, 12:44:11 AM »
Looking good Hoochiepapa!  I like the looks of that muzzlecap photo and am looking forward to seeing how it comes out.  Good luck.
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welafong1

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Re: new build
« Reply #28 on: July 31, 2011, 02:32:22 AM »
in regard to the stockmaker's pins you are using.what size are they and how are they made
thank you
Richard Westerfield
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hoochiepapa

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Re: new build
« Reply #29 on: July 31, 2011, 05:17:47 AM »
The pins are 1/16" music wire I got at a hobby store. THey bend pretty easy, and hold their shape. You can get different diameters.
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welafong1

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Re: new build
« Reply #30 on: August 01, 2011, 07:10:53 AM »
thank you
richard westerfield
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hoochiepapa

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Re: new build
« Reply #31 on: August 02, 2011, 08:49:05 PM »
Here's a blurry pic of what is eventually going to be a muzzle cap.

TOday I made a little progress, next is to fit it to the muzzle.
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hoochiepapa

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Re: new build
« Reply #32 on: August 03, 2011, 05:55:09 PM »


Filing and shaping. THink I'll stop here and shape the forend first.
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Daryl

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Re: new build
« Reply #33 on: August 03, 2011, 05:57:31 PM »
Interesting - isn't it quite heavy material - ahhh - layered to get the bulbous end from tapering, I assume. I'mnew to thiss tuff - interested, but new.  Horn wold have been neat.

That side plate's incredible.
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hoochiepapa

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Re: new build
« Reply #34 on: August 07, 2011, 08:02:57 PM »
Thanks for the compliments. I thought about horn until I saw this muzzle cap. I just had to try and make one. Who knows, I may revert back to horn. I think I can use this when it's done to get some castings made, there's a foundry about 1/2 mile from my house.
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hoochiepapa

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Re: new build
« Reply #35 on: September 26, 2011, 10:44:26 PM »

Lots going on around here, but I fainally got the trigger guard inletted. Working on the pipes now, and then...back to the muzzle cap.
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hoochiepapa

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Re: new build
« Reply #36 on: November 04, 2011, 09:23:06 PM »
Been a while since I've posted, been doing lots of engraving. Rear pipe.

Gave this to a friend.

I gotta admit, this is fun.
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Offline longcruise

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Re: new build
« Reply #37 on: November 04, 2011, 09:31:33 PM »
Mike, that bird is cute!

Been playing with my eagle and am not sure where it's going to go yet.  It's a bit too large for the cheek rest on the rifle so I'm  looking at other options.  It needs to be where it will get properly noticed!  Am thinking of setting it into the flap of a largish shooting bag to go with my new (not yet built) flint elk getter.
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hoochiepapa

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Re: new build
« Reply #38 on: November 05, 2011, 01:25:33 AM »
I was thinking that very same thing awhile back. It would look good on a bag. I wondered if it would be too big for your cheek piece, sorry, I should have made it smaller.
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Offline longcruise

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Re: new build
« Reply #39 on: November 06, 2011, 02:24:41 AM »
Absolutely nothing to be sorry about!!  Everyone that I show it to loves it and has some excuse for why it should go into a project for them.
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