wattlebuster
69 Cal.
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- Aug 21, 2010
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First my hats off to you guys who build for a living :hatsoff: You dont get paid enough. I wanted a 40 cal an being Im always broke I had to build it myself. I want a virginia/early virginia style an chose all the components myself so some of it probably wrong but I like it anyway so here she is. The stock is from Pecatonica. I told them as plain of maple as they had. I just wanted the barrel and ramrod inlet an let me do the rest.Turns out it has some curl but not much Id say 20% at the most.I put a 1/4 inch castoff and lop is 13 an 1/2 inch. The barrel is a Rice 38 inch 40 cal with 1 in 56 twist round bottom groove that I've coned like all my other rifles.The lock is a Chambers round faced english built by mr LC Rice himself an its smooth as deer guts on a door knob. The buttplate is from Curt Lyles. The patchbox and trigger is from Randy Heil of the other TVM. The triggerguard, ramrod pipes, nosecap, and rear sight are from track of the wolf. The sideplate is of my own making as is the the patchbox release of my own design. Crude but it works good. I cant engrave so I had Smitty from Oklahoma put my name in the barrel an I name all my guns so the rifles name is in the sideplate. I made my front sight from a 1962 silver quarter since thats the year I was born. I mixed a couple different stains to get the dark I was looking for an its got 15 coates of tru oil buffed with 0000 steel wool. Im gonna let it age on its own but to knock the bright shine off I helped it along with some mustard and the brass with some powder fouling. I made lots of mistakes such as I know the triggerguard is back a tad too far but it is now what it is. She's a plain gun an that was what I was after. I hope to get to shoot her saturday an work on some loads so I let ya know what she likes an how she shoots as soon as I know. I hope ya like :thumbsup:
