Nice work, Bob! Imagine it to be a lot of fun to shoot. We'll balanced for offhand shooting, from the looks of it.
I could have benefitted from a rod tip like that on my first rifle. I needed something like that the first time I ever loaded a ball without powder. It would have made pulling the ball easy work. I had built an old cva kit previously, but this one was my first build from a slab, and also my first flintlock. I was so excited to have made something that would shoot. The first three shots were such a thrill that I got in a hurry and put the fourth ball in before the powder. Just me standing there by myself in the homeplace pasture field, feeling embarrassed at myself, too embarrassed to trudge home with a stuck ball and get some tools that would have made it easier. I finally managed, after about 45minutes of messing with it, to get it out with a pulling screw that would screw into the rod and continue shooting. I still keep that old ball with a hole in it.
Anyway, I'm rambling. Thanks for posting your photos. Maybe my rambling will remind you of fond memories of your own...
