poured entry?

[Scott Semmel]

This may be a moment of stress induced insanity having just completed the inletting of an entry pipe. But has anyone poured a cap in the place of an entry pipe on a fullstock? I make “kinda looks like” guns with no real intention of being precise in following a specific school or replicating an original. This may be due to a lack of skill or a flaw of character but it’s what I like to do.
I like poured muzzle caps and was thinking a poured entry would make the poured cap look less lonely. And best of all I wouldn’t have to inlet the pesky thing. I have poured caps and decoration on knife handles and nothing is coming to mind that makes me think pouring an entry cap would be undoable. Just wonder if it’s been done or if I’m missing some thing in my analysis that makes me think it would work?
I would put a polished stainless steel rod in ramrod hole and mold around it then remove rod and shape with files.

[northmn]

Just as a SWAG I would think pouring the thimble would be more work than inletting.  Some tasks get easier after you do a few such as entry thimbles and nose caps.  I inlet entry thimbles even on half stocks, even though it can be combined with the nose cap.   You would also be using materials like pewter or tin that would be rare as an entry thimble. 

DP

[Dennis Glazener]

Not sure what style rifle you are building but remember that  many southern mountain rifles do not have entry pipes. I seldom put entry pipes on my
Gillespie NC rifles.

Take a look at these two http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=2902.0
Dennis

[northmn]

I have seen a simple type entry thimble on a Southern rifle that could be poured, but why do so?  On my Southern rifle I used a standard thimble and butted it up against the opening so that I had an entry thimble with no tang.

DP

[Scott Semmel]

I'm thinking more about balancing a poured muzzle cap then I am trying to avoid the inletting. I like poured caps but they are out there on their own even with iron mountings they seem to stick out, I need to qualify that statement by saying, to my taste, I may be the only one with that opinion. My thought was a poured entry that matched the style of the cap would pull things together. I was wondering if anyone ever gave it a try.

[Ken G]

I can't say I have ever seen a poured entry pipe on a full stock southern gun.  They may be out there though.  What I have seen is pewter inlays along the upper forearm. 
Ken