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Love my coffee , boy do I miss it .!! ...but .... My Afib and high blood pressure has been being hard on me lately and coffee doesn't help unfortunately .
I'm turning 79, I attribute to caffeine. i was started on at about 6 mos. and haven't stopped. It lubricate my stent!
 
I'm turning 79, I attribute to caffeine. i was started on at about 6 mos. and haven't stopped. It lubricate my stent!
So are we all , I am 80 on the 22 march, still got some hair , and on immunology for old kidney cancer , next target is 90 I guess , love from London
 

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Had to go to a city today , ich , so not much time for work . Made ramrod pipes then inlet and pinned them . Then I very quickly knocked down the forearm etc. forward of mortices down to roughed in shape ....
 

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Had to go to a city today , ich , so not much time for work . Made ramrod pipes then inlet and pinned them . Then I very quickly knocked down the forearm etc. forward of mortices down to roughed in shape ....
Well sir it’s really starting to look like trade gun,some more with the rasp and a few odds and ends and maybe we’ll get to see a video of the builder shooting his new TG.looking very nice.Rob just so you know this has been very informative and very very interesting especially for us none gun builders,thankyou for taking the time to walk us threw this adventure.👍walt
 
Weighed it before I took the front down to " roughed in " ....it was 5.40
Well sir it’s really starting to look like trade gun,some more with the rasp and a few odds and ends and maybe we’ll get to see a video of the builder shooting his new TG.looking very nice.Rob just so you know this has been very informative and very very interesting especially for us none gun builders,thankyou for taking the time to walk us threw this adventure.👍walt
Why thank you Walt , very kind ..... makes it worth it . I'm glad you like it . I'm getting gitty with anticipation . :)
 
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Weighed it before I took the front down to " roughed in " ....it was 5.40

Why thank you Walt .... makes it worth it . I'm glad you like it . I'm getting gitty with anticipation . :)
Rob I don’t think your the only one hear that’s getting gitty,I’d say there’s a few ofus that are waiting to see the end results.walt😁
 
Well sir it’s really starting to look like trade gun,some more with the rasp and a few odds and ends and maybe we’ll get to see a video of the builder shooting his new TG.looking very nice.Rob just so you know this has been very informative and very very interesting especially for us none gun builders,thankyou for taking the time to walk us threw this adventure.👍walt
For real! With how niche this hobby is and with how old a lot of the builders are, it’s great to have as much building content available as possible.
 
Carved in the comb flutes and wrist extension into the butt stock ....then carved and refined the lock and S.P. mortices .... I need to stop and get back on the other gun ! LOL ...I am getting ready to cut out and make the buttplate for it .....
 

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Love my new scale ! LOL ... :D I gotta get back on the other NW Trade Gun ... Mine is in pretty much in " roughed in ' and usable shape once I get the sear spring then I'll put on a front blade .... Then, even if I do no more work to it for awhile I can still bust some turkeys and such ....
 

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Rob what are you using to Finish the barrel? In Canada here I might be limitted to BC super blue or plum Brown?
Hi bud ...I'm going with plum brown . I've used it for years . its slow but it looks good when done . Funny thing ....recently I was looking for a replace because how slow plum brown is but even though I had a dozen suggestions they all had so many steps , techniques , dos , donts, hang it here , bring the barrel there , boil this , swab with this , heat gun, steam this, eye of newt and voodoo rituals involved ! LOL ... I was like ...no thank you . I'll just stick with plum brown . Just apply a coat every day and see what it looks like ...it'll get done eventually ..... :)
 
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Most the time just a front blade, thats traditional and its a fowling piece . My NW trade gun will have a front and rear sight. I'll leave the barrel in the white until I'm sure that it is shooting to point of aim , then I'll brown it later .... My barrels are just like the originals ,thin, hence the light weight , so the rear sight has to be soldered on instead of dovetailed . Gonna be great ! Getting excited ! Love having it on the wall here in the cabin ! :)
Rob what do you normally do for sights? I plan to just have a front site on my smoothbore. I have a fusil solder on front site coming from Track
 
Hi bud ...I'm going with plum brown . I've used it for years . its slow but it looks good when done . Funny thing ....recently I was looking for a replace because how slow plum brown is but even though I had a dozen suggestions they all had so many steps and techniques and voodoo rituals involved ! LOL ... I was like ...no thank you . I'll just stick with plum brown . Just apply a coat every day and see what it looks like ...it'll get done eventually ..... :)
That's what I was thinking of doing, even though the lock is already blued.
 
Most the time just a front blade, thats traditional and its a fowling piece . My NW trade gun will have a front and rear sight. I'll leave the barrel in the white until I'm sure that it is shooting to point of aim , then I'll brown it later .... My barrels are just like the originals ,thin, hence the light weight , so the rear sight has to be soldered on instead of dovetailed . Gonna be great ! Getting excited ! Love having it on the wall here in the cabin ! :)
I thought I ordered the steel site but what I received was a brass one. Will that affect the barrel browning process if I solder it on first?
 

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