Lancaster Rehab - Attempted Reclamation and Rescue of an Old Project Gone Wrong

[David Price]

Cutis,

Nice save on that rifle.  Correcting mistakes is an important part of gun building.  In this case your mistakes made a better craftsman out of you.

The one tip I will give you is, if you have to put a plug in like the one you put in at the end of the barrel tang,  draw your carving design first and put the plug in to match the carving.  That way you are not locked in to the shape of the plug.

David Price

[Curtis]

Thanks 577sxs and David! 

And David, thanks for the tip as well.  It sounds like the logical way to do it, to put the cart behind the horse!

Curtis

[flatsguide]

Curtis, I really enjoyed reading this thread. The way you solved problems is inspiring, it was nice seeing how the plug for the tang turned out to be an invisible fix. It was also a treat to see the filing on the rear sight along with your carving. Thanks for posting and photographing your work, it is a real treat here’s Richard

[J. Talbert]

Curtis, nice job.
Pretty slick job on the patch and carving combo.
Turned out great.

Jeff

[Curtis]

Thanks fellas!  The rifle is my favorite squirrel gun.

Curtis