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Offline ettoreR

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54 caliber smooth rifle "schimmel"
« on: December 03, 2022, 02:43:11 AM »
Finally bit the bullet and decided to build some simple utilitarian guns. I like rupp's work and went off of that for this gun. Is a 44 inch smooth swamped 54 caliber barrel by rice,  lower grade curly maple, it'll have no buttplate, and very minimal hardware. Still alot of shaping to do here









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Offline Daniel Coats

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Re: 54 caliber smooth rifle "schimmel"
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2022, 03:48:13 AM »
Looking just like it should to my eye nice work!!
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Offline silky

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Re: 54 caliber smooth rifle "schimmel"
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2022, 03:54:48 AM »
That's looking very nice!  I have almost the exact same project (.54 smooth, plain maple, no butt plate, etc) just about in the finishing stages now. Looking forward to seeing how yours turns out.

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Offline tooguns

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Re: 54 caliber smooth rifle "schimmel"
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2022, 05:05:15 PM »
That's quite schimmely! Looks great, maybe the only furniture is a single ramrod pipe. Just "lock stock and barrel" and a coat of barn red milk paint.
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Offline ettoreR

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Re: 54 caliber smooth rifle "schimmel"
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2022, 10:21:29 PM »
Quote from: tooguns on December 03, 2022, 05:05:15 PM
That's quite schimmely! Looks great, maybe the only furniture is a single ramrod pipe. Just "lock stock and barrel" and a coat of barn red milk paint.

I'm think two ram rod pipes, lock. Barrel, trigger guard. I'm playing with a scraped finish right now, we will see how it is! Paint may be in the future
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