Author Topic: Just in time for Christmas (Read 4836 times)

Daryl · « **Reply #25 on:** December 25, 2019, 09:05:23 PM »

Quote from: D. Taylor Sapergia on December 25, 2019, 08:10:02 PM

We spoke yesterday on the phone, and he plans to come north when the weather improves, to shoot it and take it home. I will be test firing it first of course to make sure everything is working as it should, and to file down the rifle front sight to get it into the black.
Great design.

ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME!
Looking forward to this. Bit chilly today.
Exceptional, Taylor, as always.

Daryl · « **Reply #26 on:** December 25, 2019, 09:08:40 PM »

Taylor, I had to go back and enlarge the lock bolt picture. Absolutely marvelous.
An especially nice job!
All of it, wonderful!

flinchrocket · « **Reply #27 on:** December 25, 2019, 09:33:20 PM »

Beautiful set-up, is the 54 going to be the first to get dirty?

smylee grouch · « **Reply #28 on:** December 26, 2019, 01:55:14 AM »

Taylor, thank you for that explation. The engraving coverage and detail is my favorite aspect of your build. I will be starting a new project that will use that style trigger guard and but so would love to do some thins similar to mine. Again very nice work as usual.

D. Taylor Sapergia · « **Reply #29 on:** December 26, 2019, 01:56:10 AM »

Yes. It being the unusual barrel for this style of gun, I installed the rifled barrel first. So it'll get sighted in to get it ready for final adjustments this spring.

jerrywh · « **Reply #30 on:** December 26, 2019, 07:22:39 AM »

super nice Taylor as all your gans are.

Ed Wenger · « **Reply #31 on:** December 26, 2019, 07:27:53 AM »

Beautiful piece, Taylor..., and lovely engraving!

Ed

Nordnecker · « **Reply #32 on:** December 26, 2019, 03:23:22 PM »

I agree with everyone else. Very fine, indeed.

t.caster · « **Reply #33 on:** December 26, 2019, 05:54:30 PM »

Every portion of this piece is beautiful and precise, as always in your work! You might have started a trend with the two barrels in one gun, interchangeable!

Prospector8083 · « **Reply #34 on:** December 26, 2019, 05:55:47 PM »

I can tell you built this rifle at a glance! The smoothness and blocked to perfection! I am still trying.

Marcruger · « **Reply #35 on:** December 27, 2019, 05:04:10 PM »

With no caption at all, I would have known you built it. Fine work just glows from that gun. The many hours show. Well done. Well done indeed. God bless, Marc

Daryl · « **Reply #36 on:** December 27, 2019, 09:42:57 PM »

Quote from: Prospector8083

I can tell you built this rifle at a glance!

Quote from: Marcruger on December 27, 2019, 05:04:10 PM

With no caption at all, I would have known you built it. God bless, Marc

I know what you guys mean. That old goat hide gives it away.

Jim Spray · « **Reply #37 on:** December 27, 2019, 09:47:49 PM »

Your finish and engraving look great! Very nice!

Richard · « **Reply #38 on:** December 29, 2019, 08:40:27 PM »

Absolutely beautiful work Taylor. A cherished gun for a cherished friend.

Richard

Mick C · « **Reply #39 on:** December 29, 2019, 11:29:38 PM »

Whoa!! My mind is officially blown. Incredible.

WKevinD · « **Reply #40 on:** December 30, 2019, 12:10:19 AM »

Taylor, exceptional rifle/fowler in every respect and a master "practice" piece.
Can you share your technique for the rear sight metal lifting and forming?

Kevin

D. Taylor Sapergia · « **Reply #41 on:** December 30, 2019, 01:45:15 AM »

Thanks everyone for your very nice comments.

Kevin: I cut a rectangular notch in the barrel about .032" deep, just a little smaller than the minor dimension of the sight's dovetail. I sharpened a cold chisel that is wider than the barrel flat...It likely has a sharper angle than when new, but it comes to a sharp edge. Rice, Getz, Colerain and the like barrels form easily...Green Mt. and Rayl, not so much. I lay the flat of the cold chisel in the notch, and use a 3 pound sledge to whack the chisel, tipping it slightly so that the metal on the outside of the dovetail moves first. Then I rotate it so that the other corner gets lifted, just a tiny bit. The third strike is with the chisel at ninety degrees to the bore. The chisel must lay flat in the bottom of the dovetail inlet so that the force is lengthwise, not DOWN. Otherwise, you risk denting your bore...very bad! Then I do the other side of the dovetail. When I have a significant amount of steel lifted, I use a safe-sided three sided file to clean up the bottom where the chisel has 'bruised' the dovetail, and bring the dovetail itself to finished shape. The rear sight should just start at this stage, and taps with a light hammer and a drift will not drive the sight in. I drive it back out, and continue to file until the sight goes in snuggly but not too tight.
Now I dress down the top of the raised steel creating a little flat, and shape the raised steel to yield clean angles...the raised steel is a lump before the filing. Also, the angle flats get dressed down, because the raised steel protrudes out the angled flats as well, and that is un-necessay metal.
One advantage of this type of dovetail, is when the sight is too loose, within reason, one can use a flat punch to tap the dovetail tighter. Raising the metal more than doubles the amount of steel closing on the dovetail of the sight, giving a very positive solid dovetail.

Here's another couple of examples: an original Kuntz and my copy of it. Notice the lovely ground for witness marks once the rifle is sighted in.

smart dog · « **Reply #42 on:** December 30, 2019, 03:40:09 PM »

Hi Taylor,
I am late to the party. Been away for the holidays. Very beautiful gun as always and you have really learned lessons from Schipper very well. The engraving is stellar.

dave

Pete G. · « **Reply #43 on:** December 31, 2019, 01:37:49 AM »

Quote from: Daryl on December 27, 2019, 09:42:57 PM

I know what you guys mean. That old goat hide gives it away.

Don't talk about your brother like that!!!

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Author Topic: Just in time for Christmas (Read 4836 times)