Author Topic: vent pick advise please (Read 3705 times)

Turtle · « **on:** January 08, 2016, 02:26:44 AM »

I am going to build a southern rifle. I have put brass vent pick inlays on my rifles and want to have a gun mounted pick in this one. I think something else would be called for. Ideas?
Thanks,Rich

ricktull · « **Reply #1 on:** January 08, 2016, 03:01:03 AM »

I'd use steel, or maybe more authentic would be a hole for a feather in rear of cheekpiece or in the toe area.

L. Akers · « **Reply #2 on:** January 08, 2016, 05:38:08 AM »

I have used 2 small iron staples set just under the cheek-piece to hold a feather.

David R. Pennington · « **Reply #3 on:** January 08, 2016, 05:42:12 AM »

Just a couple plain iron staples driven in under cheek piece to hold clipped feather or a wire pick. Or hole drilled for a feather. I am very fond of feathers for clearing vents. They work about like a pipe cleaner, they are PC, won't damage the vent, and are free. (Doves leave them under the bird feeder for me).

Robby · « **Reply #4 on:** January 08, 2016, 03:59:54 PM »

Not sure if these pictures will help you turtle but they are the same general type rifles your talking about. The pins holding the pick are made from 1/16" diameter rod, filed flat to 1/32", bent around a piece, the diameter of the pick, soldered and the hole reamed clean. I pilot drill the holes in the stock, rough up the shank of the pins with a sharp chisel and tap them in, I put the pick through the pin hole while tapping to prevent the hole from deforming.

Robby

WadePatton · « **Reply #5 on:** January 08, 2016, 05:05:15 PM »

I am fond of the feather and a hole. During hunting season when I leave the gun loaded, a quill stays in the vent so long as there is a charge in the bbl and it can't do much damage to the vent or the cover or pan.

The forest is littered with feathers.

Dave Marsh · « **Reply #6 on:** January 08, 2016, 05:59:07 PM »

I like the feather idea and would like to add one to my gun. Anyone have pictures of the feather in its hole??

Thanks,

Dave

Robby · « **Reply #7 on:** January 08, 2016, 07:14:21 PM »

Be careful of what kind of feather you use. It seems that most species have some kind of protection and possessing their parts is against federal law, and from what I have heard, they seem to enjoy enforcing this particularly onerous statute. Not starting anything, its just the way things are.
Robby

http://infinitespider.com/illegal-feathers-and-the-feather-atlas/

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