Thanks MIke Brooks and the rest of you coyotes

[thecapgunkid]

I learned how to put an English style, single bolt lock bolt on this gun because of one of Mike's posts.  Thanks, Mike.



No, I did not learn how to use an extra Brown Bess triggerguard  on a seconds Chambers Little Feller Stock, nor use bone inlays on a sacrilegious gun made of spare and extra parts from Mike,  but my customized smoothbore is a joy to have.


So, thanks to everybody on this forum that has proven to be so rich a source of learning and ideas.
Don't shoot yore eye out, kid

The Capgun Kid

[t.caster]

Mike told you to run the bolt through the lock plate like that???
The only time I have ever done that is on an English double shotgun.
Does it thread into sideplate on the opposite side?

No problem with the rest of the gun!

[thecapgunkid]

Check out Mike's post on an Englkish gun he made were the lock plate, sitting tightly in the mortise, is bolted to the tang.

[thecapgunkid]

his gun is in contemporary collecting entitled Gamekeeper's rifle.   It'll give you a good idea of his knowledge and scope of work.  I had just started a project of scraps and extra parts when I saw it and had to have a lock secured like that.

[Mike Brooks]

I have only seen this application on english fowling guns...maybe rifles as well, cain't remember. Anyway quite often when doing this the side plate was decorated with wire inlay, sometimes even with bolt heads made with wire inlay as well.

[Eric Krewson]

I would brown that bolt head, it kinda' sticks out at you.

[thecapgunkid]

Eric...
"I would brown that bolt head, it kinda' sticks out at you."...

I am more likely to strip the brown off the lock and polish the whole thing up because I prefer guns in the white. for the purpose of this post, yeah, sticking out was the whole idea.
Thanks
Capgun

[Eric Krewson]

I agree on the lock, I browned a couple and really prefer a light grey look now.

[n stephenson]

Capgun, I like your little gun a lot!!! It is always refreshing to see something different. I can appreciate the dilligence and craftsmanship that goes into documentary copies of originals but , I find guns put together from spare parts sometimes have really neat features that couldn't have materialized if the builder was locked into a copy. Nice Job!!!                                                   Nathan