Author Topic: Just finished RCA #26 (Read 11904 times)

smallpatch · « **on:** September 02, 2013, 09:04:07 PM »

Well, It took a VERY long time. Hard sugar maple blank, Reeves Goehring hardware, Gunsmith lock shaped as close to original as I could, Getz 48" 50 cal barrel, this is one SKINNY gun. Very different. Let me know what you think.

cunninmp · « **Reply #1 on:** September 02, 2013, 09:08:31 PM »

Really, really nice.
What stain did you use? I really like the color you got.
Mike C.

Paddlefoot · « **Reply #2 on:** September 02, 2013, 11:07:45 PM »

Now that's a nice outfit. Good work all around.

bob in the woods · « **Reply #3 on:** September 02, 2013, 11:21:04 PM »

Very nice. I really like it. Actually, I like your side plate better than the original. I hope you are going to use this rifle !

smylee grouch · « **Reply #4 on:** September 02, 2013, 11:46:18 PM »

Nice job Dane, I like every aspect of the thing. Shur would look good hanging up at Charlie M. gun makers hall this coming March out at Ben Avery.

tallbear · « **Reply #5 on:** September 03, 2013, 12:12:01 AM »

Very nice Dane!!! Nice job on the lock and your final color and finish please let us know what it is,I really like it.

Mitch

smallpatch · « **Reply #6 on:** September 03, 2013, 12:40:25 AM »

Mitch,

The wood is stained with Ferric Nitrate, washed with yellow, then a thinned out brown stain. Sealed with Chambers Oil, patina is Spar varnish tinted with black, then the whole thing has got 3 coats of spar varnish. ( ala Allen Martin)
Got a little darker than I wanted. This is an incredible piece of sugar maple, but the curl doesn't show up as well in the photos as in person.

Mark Elliott · « **Reply #7 on:** September 03, 2013, 01:45:42 AM »

Nice and neat all the way around and I like the mellow finish on both wood and metal.

Tom Currie · « **Reply #8 on:** September 03, 2013, 02:05:13 AM »

Dane, Something different worked really well for you. . Finish and finish is well done and I like the warm mellow yellow glow on the buttstock.

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #9 on:** September 03, 2013, 03:13:51 PM »

very nice! Architecture is great and so is the color.

rich pierce · « **Reply #10 on:** September 03, 2013, 06:21:20 PM »

Great looking gun. A pro builder made a similar gun and showed it at last year's CLA and I loved it. Great choice and execution.

James · « **Reply #11 on:** September 03, 2013, 07:31:35 PM »

#26 is one of my favorite guns. I really like the way yours turned out.

RichG · « **Reply #12 on:** September 03, 2013, 08:17:41 PM »

nice looking gun. how did you finish the metal?

Cory Joe Stewart · « **Reply #13 on:** September 03, 2013, 08:59:39 PM »

Whooooooh!!! I am digging that. Very nice work.

Coryjoe

smallpatch · « **Reply #14 on:** September 03, 2013, 09:09:40 PM »

Coryjoe,

As you all know, Allen Martin is my mentor. Or, as I like to call him, the Lehigh Jedi, and I am but his humble southwest Padawan.

The steel is browned VERY aggressively, way beyond what you'd normally take it. Then the hard part. You sand it all back down again, till all that's left is the pitting from the browning. At that point the metal is blued, using a cold bluing. Then steel wooled back with oil to set the whole thing. Makes a nice, armoury bright that had aged over time.

wattlebuster · « **Reply #15 on:** September 04, 2013, 12:46:13 AM »

Very sharp. great work. great color

duca · « **Reply #16 on:** September 04, 2013, 03:06:10 AM »

Wow! Thats a SWEET Rifle man. Enjoy...

Acer Saccharum · « **Reply #17 on:** September 04, 2013, 03:11:50 AM »

Like! I think your check piece carving is excellent.

smallpatch · « **Reply #18 on:** September 04, 2013, 03:46:09 AM »

Thanks Tom. The original is pretty rudimentary, and I tried to keep it that way. It's more difficult than you might think........no place to hide!!!

Vomitus · « **Reply #19 on:** September 04, 2013, 03:58:31 AM »

Very nice rifle.

Habu · « **Reply #20 on:** September 04, 2013, 08:00:21 PM »

Very nice, all the details fit together very well.

Dr. Tim-Boone · « **Reply #21 on:** September 04, 2013, 09:09:00 PM »

Dane, It is an awesome gun!!

I know that spar varnish was around and that it was flexible and weather resistant. I have used it for doors and such. What brand/type did you use?

smallpatch · « **Reply #22 on:** September 04, 2013, 09:42:12 PM »

Tim,

I think I used Cabot. It's a brand that Woodcraft handles. Very old brand, very good product, but a little pricey.

D. Taylor Sapergia · « **Reply #23 on:** September 04, 2013, 11:18:29 PM »

Dane - nice work! Looks like a peach to shoot.

McLeanWelsh · « **Reply #24 on:** September 05, 2013, 08:56:04 AM »

Very nice! Love the colour in the wood!

Oh funny seeing you here Taylor

Cheers, McLean

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Author Topic: Just finished RCA #26 (Read 11904 times)

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