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I just finished this left-handed Southern Mountain Rifle for a friend, and thought I'd share it.

The barrel is Rice's Squirrel barrel; which is just 13/16" across the flats at the breech, and makes for a very slim rifle. This barrel is 44" long, and .40 caliber. The L&R Durs Egg lock received some cosmetic attention on the outside, and a complete tuning on the inside. It functions smoothly, has a nice trigger pull, and throws a good shower of sparks.

All of the iron furniture was hand made by myself. I also make my own double set triggers (triggers, trigger bar, springs). I do buy the bolts and screws though. The metal was grey'd using Jax Black.

The wood is a nice piece of Sugar Maple. I build from a blank, and do all of the work myself. The stock was not sanded, but received a scraped and burnished finish. Color was achieved upon the fourth try of combinations of tannic acid, iron nitrate, and stains. The final finish is Chambers oil finish.

Length of pull is 13 3/4", drop to heel is 3 1/2", cast-off is 3/16"; and the she balances right at the forearm transition.

I think she turned out nice!
 

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Mgbruch said:
I just finished this left-handed Southern Mountain Rifle for a friend, and thought I'd share it.

The barrel is Rice's Squirrel barrel; which is just 13/16" across the flats at the breech, and makes for a very slim rifle. This barrel is 44" long, and .40 caliber. The L&R Durs Egg lock received some cosmetic attention on the outside, and a complete tuning on the inside. It functions smoothly, has a nice trigger pull, and throws a good shower of sparks.

All of the iron furniture was hand made by myself. I also make my own double set triggers (triggers, trigger bar, springs). I do buy the bolts and screws though. The metal was grey'd using Jax Black.

The wood is a nice piece of Sugar Maple. I build from a blank, and do all of the work myself. The stock was not sanded, but received a scraped and burnished finish. Color was achieved upon the fourth try of combinations of tannic acid, iron nitrate, and stains. The final finish is Chambers oil finish.

Length of pull is 13 3/4", drop to heel is 3 1/2", cast-off is 3/16"; and the she balances right at the forearm transition.

I think she turned out nice!
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Absolutley Beautiful! Very nice job! :thumb:
Larry
 
deerstalkert said:
Beautiful ! may i ask what you used to get the red high Lites?
i am finishing a Kibler Colonial at the moment and the patch box cover is coming out red like that while the stock is not. same stain, same prep, same same.
making me crazier than usual!
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This piece of wood was a little resistant to taking stain. I experimented four times before getting what I wanted. I ended up with two coats of tannic acid, and one coat of iron nitrate. I let the stock dry between coats, then blushed it all. After that came a coat of LMF Maple stain, followed by a coat of their Cherry. I used Chambers oil finish, and mixed some with the cherry stain for the third coat of oil. It has five coats of oil in all.

I'm no expert, but your patch box may have come from different wood than your stock. I don't know if Kibler does that or not. Wood is wood... and it's all different.
 
Mgbruch said:
This piece of wood was a little resistant to taking stain. I experimented four times before getting what I wanted. I ended up with two coats of tannic acid, and one coat of iron nitrate. I let the stock dry between coats, then blushed it all. After that came a coat of LMF Maple stain, followed by a coat of their Cherry. I used Chambers oil finish, and mixed some with the cherry stain for the third coat of oil. It has five coats of oil in all.

I'm no expert, but your patch box may have come from different wood than your stock. I don't know if Kibler does that or not. Wood is wood... and it's all different.
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thank you! like the saying says "try and try again"
 

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