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n stephenson

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Trigger Guard Modified
« on: January 02, 2018, 05:36:03 PM »
I am building a Danish flintlock rifle for a friend. It is based on an original in the back of the Shumway Jaeger book. I didn't have access to a guard like the original , and I have never cast brass before, so I took a Brown Bess guard and, whittled this one out as well as I could. It is not an exact copy but, it is a pretty good representation . I am posting this , to show those who haven't done it , that as long as you start out with enough "meat" , you can whittle out what your looking for , or as close as you can get without the ability to cast your own. Casting mounts IS on my bucket list by the way. Thanks Nate






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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Trigger Guard Modified
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2018, 05:45:54 PM »
Nifty, I would never guess that started as a Bess guard. I hope you're charging accordingly. ;)
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Re: Trigger Guard Modified
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2018, 06:13:12 PM »
Quote from: Mike Brooks on January 02, 2018, 05:45:54 PM
Nifty, I would never guess that started as a Bess guard. I hope you're charging accordingly. ;)
Against my better  judgment  Mike, I will admit that from start to finish this only took a little over 2 hours. I used my 4 1/2 inch grinder with a cutting wheel for the majority of the stock removal , this took about 15 minutes , the balance of the time was filing.
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Offline James Rogers

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Re: Trigger Guard Modified
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2018, 08:10:19 PM »
Looks good Nate! I have seen quite a fee earlier English pieces that looked to me to be fancied up guards from a standard military plate of the time.
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Offline D. Taylor Sapergia

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Re: Trigger Guard Modified
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2018, 08:12:58 PM »
Great work Nate.  Creating the furniture you need from what you have is always a neat project.
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Offline Chowmi

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Re: Trigger Guard Modified
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2018, 08:15:43 AM »
Quote from: n stephenson on January 02, 2018, 06:13:12 PM
Quote from: Mike Brooks on January 02, 2018, 05:45:54 PM
Nifty, I would never guess that started as a Bess guard. I hope you're charging accordingly. ;)
Against my better  judgment  Mike, I will admit that from start to finish this only took a little over 2 hours. I used my 4 1/2 inch grinder with a cutting wheel for the majority of the stock removal , this took about 15 minutes , the balance of the time was filing.


And here's how I know I'm doing things wrong....
It takes me more than two hours to clean up a cast trigger guard, without doing any modifications.

Nice work Nate, never would have guessed that was a Bess guard.

Norm.
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Offline BOB HILL

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Re: Trigger Guard Modified
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2018, 08:23:23 AM »
Nice looking conversion, Nate. Like what you've done here.
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