I redid my rather mangled poor boy kit with a new fancy CM stock. I'm slowly starting to get the hang of this. I think for No. 2 I'm going to build a TOTW trade gun for my oldest bro.
The barrel is supposedly .54 but really more of a .52 smooth bore. I polished it up inside quite a bit which will hopefully help tighten the group. I also crafted the stock to pull down just slightly on the end of the barrel. This trick helped stabilize Mosin-Nagant barrels which are also long and thin. Tension is controlled by easing up or tightening the tang screw. Who knows if it will make a difference with this smoothy though.
I've got some gravers on order to work more on proper engraving, but I actually don't mind this one being crude. I'm impressed it's actually legible.
This is four very thin coats hand rubbed BLO. I had to stop because tomorrow is range day. After that I'll probably put a few more coats on. I opted not to stain even though this wood has some imperfections. I prefer to see the wood itself without any additions, esp. the way the tiger stripes shimmer.
The barrel is supposedly .54 but really more of a .52 smooth bore. I polished it up inside quite a bit which will hopefully help tighten the group. I also crafted the stock to pull down just slightly on the end of the barrel. This trick helped stabilize Mosin-Nagant barrels which are also long and thin. Tension is controlled by easing up or tightening the tang screw. Who knows if it will make a difference with this smoothy though.
I've got some gravers on order to work more on proper engraving, but I actually don't mind this one being crude. I'm impressed it's actually legible.
This is four very thin coats hand rubbed BLO. I had to stop because tomorrow is range day. After that I'll probably put a few more coats on. I opted not to stain even though this wood has some imperfections. I prefer to see the wood itself without any additions, esp. the way the tiger stripes shimmer.