Fixing up a scabby old Trade Musket

Long story very short, the Tru-oil finish went wrong and took the stain and shadowing with it!

So I refinished it and put on about 8 coats of Humbrol spray acrylic Matt varnish No49 (AD6049) and this is what I got. And my ball mould came so made some ammo for it

https://ibb.co/fGg5C57https://ibb.co/Cn3dKP6https://ibb.co/2FLCBnYhttps://ibb.co/v13gjMx
I am over the moon with the finish, there is not a blemish in sight and very easy to do. Hopefully it will stand up over time, Hmbrol is good stuff, so fingers crossed. I will be scuffing it up with 0000 wool and giving it about 3 coats of the protective Renaissance wax, so that should help and bring a little luster to the finish. If you've not seen renaissance wax, look it up, it's good stuff

Wax and fit all the brass work back on next, then brown the barrel etc.

Got to do some assembly work today, so finally see some progress
A little way to go still.
https://ibb.co/M5DG5hzhttps://ibb.co/qypWSbNhttps://ibb.co/dW1CbtZhttps://ibb.co/h1ZDPyshttps://ibb.co/MP3wnGwhttps://ibb.co/kcmjY3Bhttps://ibb.co/Twq7cHDhttps://ibb.co/wSdSZ6Ghttps://ibb.co/chvhvMLhttps://ibb.co/WyfKrqnhttps://ibb.co/DMH1fj6

Made a flash guard today, brings a bit of brass onto the lock

https://ibb.co/0qbTG9dhttps://ibb.co/Tgr6Z8N

And a finisher for the ramrod.

https://ibb.co/MV0X7Tp

And a new ramrod end.

https://ibb.co/D8b7J3B

Really nice work! By all means, keep us posted on your progress!

Notchy Bob

Tied up a few more jobs today. Browned the barrel, made and fitted the thimble inserts, turned a little more detail into the ramrod end as it was a little plan.

https://ibb.co/nn0HJJ4https://ibb.co/PGFVF0thttps://ibb.co/gZRFQjBhttps://ibb.co/bKbzpjrhttps://ibb.co/MnzjbKqhttps://ibb.co/tL8qL0Hhttps://ibb.co/GRmCGc2

Project Swivels !!
What a load of work for such a small item !!
The sling was made for me by 'Shedtime Handcrafted Leatherwork'.

https://ibb.co/vBwMzzfhttps://ibb.co/9VRBhpNhttps://ibb.co/Z2p7yyVhttps://ibb.co/Z61ftV8https://ibb.co/hWBzhyVhttps://ibb.co/Z1hprHxhttps://ibb.co/hD3WF4Hhttps://ibb.co/R0MNjxqhttps://ibb.co/594hvh8https://ibb.co/BLn7TnZhttps://ibb.co/GsVFGhyhttps://ibb.co/4Yp1BD3https://ibb.co/C5CYynZ

Patchbox lined with velvet and my new 'Possibles Bag' (aka Shotgun shell bag )
Just the wrist plate to go back in now.
I'm also making the range rod and fittings for this Fowler (I always make my own).

https://ibb.co/jDT9bbshttps://ibb.co/4V58VS1

My wrist plate came back today engraved
So once it is set back in to the gun, that's the whole job finished.
I'll take a set of finished pics tomorrow to conclude this thread.
Thanks, and I hope somebody found it interesting at the very least?

https://ibb.co/JxZgwDy

very nice! where did you have the wrist plate engraved?

Thanks,
A lady called Sam in London did the engraving, she also engraves for Purdey

And now finished.

https://ibb.co/Hq2rj9zhttps://ibb.co/VTYb14Y
Have a great day,
Thanks.

Sunbeam said:

Tied up a few more jobs today. Browned the barrel, made and fitted the thimble inserts, turned a little more detail into the ramrod end as it was a little plan.

https://ibb.co/nn0HJJ4https://ibb.co/PGFVF0thttps://ibb.co/gZRFQjBhttps://ibb.co/bKbzpjrhttps://ibb.co/MnzjbKqhttps://ibb.co/tL8qL0Hhttps://ibb.co/GRmCGc2

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Great work. A lot of effort to make a classic in to a modern looking muzzleloader.

oreclan said:

Great work. A lot of effort to make a classic in to a modern looking muzzleloader.

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Well that comes across as a 'dig'.

I can assure you that this 'classic' long arm was almost worthless, I paid £75 for it from a gun dealer, so if bought privately would have been even less, maybe even free just to get it off somebodies certificate?

I can also assure you that this long arm was a butchered mess when I got it, the stock had been very badly restored with lumps cut off and with cross grain sanding scratches all over painted badly in pre-stained gloss varnish. All the metalwork was very crud, like a young child had made it (probably had). The inletting of the lock was a mess and had been hacked into historically and lock it's self was not working correctly. Even the barrel was held on with a masonry nail rather than a proper pin!!

What ever way you look at it, this long arm is now a world away from where it was when I bought it. If it had been in a good unmodified condition when I bought it, I expect your 'classic' comment would have been justified, but it was a very cheap, hacked up mess and worthless.

Now at the very least, it looks a bit better, or at least in my opinion and it has a brand new UK prof so we all know it is 100% safe to shoot.

Congratulations! I doubt very much that I would have had the patience to restore such a piece to shooting condition. Good work.