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Offline Keb

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His 1st build
« on: February 27, 2014, 06:48:08 AM »
About a year ago I gave a young man (18ish) pieces to make a pistol. We worked on it for a few days then it got set aside. A couple days ago he showed up and wanted to get back at it. We only had the barrel, trigger & lock inlet. We got the trigger guard fit & inlet, the pipes inlet and a belt hook inlet. He shaped the gun & sanded it, wicked 3 or 4 times. It looked good. I had some aqua fortis so we splashed some on & applied some heat. Then rubbed oil on it. It hss a small Siler lock & Rayl .50 cal x 7/8" barrel. He's really happy with the way it turned out. You might be able to tell by the picture:

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Offline Acer Saccharum

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Re: His 1st build
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2014, 06:50:44 AM »
Keb, a most wonderful story, and a now a flintlock addict! Thanks for spending time with this young man!
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Re: His 1st build
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2014, 10:39:42 AM »
Keb - That's wonderful!  I was 18 when I built my first flintlock (nowhere as nice as that one), and now I'm hooked on them.  Hopefully he'll become hooked too.  Show him how to shoot it - I still can't shoot a flintlock pistol accurately, though I love building them.  Thanks for sharing,
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: His 1st build
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2014, 04:23:20 PM »
I'll bet he thinks that pistol is the coolest thing he's ever seen. I didn't get started till I was 23.
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Re: His 1st build
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2014, 04:26:55 PM »
I wish I'd have started at that age, but doubt I'd have had the patience. 

Hope he sticks with it!  I had a neighborhood kid I was taking hunting and helped him build a rifle, but he was only 12-13.  Once the bugger hit 15 he found girls and cars and I haven't seen him since.   :(
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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2014, 04:33:33 PM »
That young man should be proud!! Nice gun and a good story , thank for taking the time to teach, who says all the youth are bad , look at that smile ken
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Offline Keb

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Re: His 1st build
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2014, 04:49:33 PM »
He's a great kid. We have taken him to rondyvoo camp a few times, too. I gave him a wedge tent for his High Skoo graduation and enough clothes to camp, buckskin pants, a couple shirts, etc. I always have a gun laying around for him to shoot, too. I'm now amassing parts for a gun for him. I've got a stock blank, a 36" x .62 smoothbore barrel & he can make the rest of the fittings from sheet brass. I'll buy a lock, I reckon. I'm thinking it'll be a Northwest trade gun style since we can pretty much make all the fittings out in the shop. The stock I have is a straight grained maple blank with a 3/4" round channel & rr hole drilled.
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Offline KLMoors

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Re: His 1st build
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2014, 02:42:51 AM »
Well done all around. I wish we had more folks of his age interested in this hobby.
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Offline Pete G.

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Re: His 1st build
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2014, 03:32:49 AM »
He should be happy with the way it turned out, and you should be happy with the way he turned out.
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