Keb
50 Cal.
I've wanted to do this for years and finally did it. Now I have another bucket list item completed.
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Good for you Keb, I was able to scratch a couple off my list this year.
Keb
50 Cal.
Hows = The gun is a .55 cal smoothbore x 48" long barrel. .980 @ breech tapering .100" x 12" to the wedding band. Round is tapered from .865" to .750 @ the muzzle. The lock is a Chambers Colonial Virginia. I started out with a blank that was sawed pretty much into the shape it is now. I routed the barrel channel & ramrod groove out with a yard sale Craftsman router. Brass appointments & trigger were left over from other projects. The pull is 13 3/4" and it weighs 7 1/2 LBS. I'm still experimenting with the finish. Since the bright blue pics, I've rubbed it back a bit and splashed some stain on the stock. I'm guessing it'll be OK but it doesn't really matter if it isn't. I am having fun with it.
Whys = It's an old guy thing.
Whys = It's an old guy thing.
Some young guys like 'em, too.Keb said:
"Revolutionary Records, Volume I (Virginia)", by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, page 237.
"...the youth of Williamsburg formed themselves into a military corps and chose Henry Nicholson as their Capt.; that on Dunmore's flight from Williamsburg, they repaired to the magazine and armed themselves with blue painted stock guns kept for the purpose of distributing among the Indians, and equip't as the minute men volunteers in military garb,..."
Spence
"Whys = It's an old guy thing." :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Robby
Robby
Keb
50 Cal.
I went to the farm today and shot this gun. 50 gr 3f, .526" ball, .018" pillow tick & spit. I didn't use a vent liner, just a .063" hole & it goes off good with 4f prime. 5 shots at 25 yds in a 2" circle. That's close enough for the girls I hang out with.
