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    elk antler straightening frustration

    perhaps i am woefully out of my depth, but here goes: i want to use elk antler (or deer, juts happened to have elk) for an inlay. ... but it was too curvaceous ... so i did the inevitable u-tube / google search and found that if the antler was soaked far a day and then boiled for about a half...
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    need finishing tips

    perhaps my kids are right and i'm beyond help, but ... just scored a walnut stocked Kibler SMR in .45 caliber ... i have some tried & true, which have used on ash with nice result... Jim recommends this on walnut, too ... sounds reasonable (he most surely knows more than i about such things i...
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    toe plate ... need advice

    greetings all! i screwed my courage to the sticking point and plonked down my hard earned, over- taxed and God- entrusted dollars for a Kibler SMR. (not that i'm grousing about the price - it's worth every penny!) here's the problem ... i am considering making the toe plate from a bit of...
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    Kibler SMR

    well, i went and did it ... like i need another flintlock project ... but it's really cute, and it followed me home, and can we keep it? please o please o please?? .40 cal with ash stock. by way of dumb questions, does anyone have a recommendation on finishing ash? i've done maple and...
  5. M

    WITHDRAWN T/C three hole tang

    want to buy: three hole breech tang for Thompson Center Renegade (one inch across the flats)
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    .54 Renegade

    My ever expanding 'pile of stuff' completed a T/C Renegade in .54 percussion. This new contraption has what i vaguely remember a QLA at the muzzle ... it looks as though the rifling stops about an inch and a half before the crown. I put a factory Vernier rear sight on it, and i'm searching...
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    T/C thread pitch?

    Recently, i was able to score a tang sight for my Thompson Center Renegade, which has the older style "three hole" tang. One hole in the sight base accepts the wood screw which holds the tang into the stock, and the middle hole in the tang is where for front screw of the sight. Can anyone...
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    Pietta 1860 Colt

    Well, I went and did it … bought an 1860 repro, 'cause I though it looks cool and I haven't made any changes to the collection in about three and a half decades (except the builds, and that doesn't count). Now it's 'dumb question' time... what size caps should I get? what size roundball? or...
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    screwdriver sizes for Uberti 1862

    Recently, i came into an 1862 Colt Navy. It is made by uberti, and i am collecting all the necessary 'stuff' to keep it well fed and happy. Someday, it will be necessary to take it apart, and i have resolved not to use the el- cheap- o screwdrivers that seem to hang around my shop waiting to...
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    good load for 1851 navy & 1862 pocket?

    recently, i came into an uberti 1851 navy and an 1862 pocket police. both have steel frames. what are good loads for these revolvers? don't need thumpers... just hunting the elusive soda can, and the seldom seen x-ring. thanks!
  11. M

    Coning tool

    i remember that someone on the forum makes a multi caliber coning tool, but for the life of me i can't remember this person's name. help? Thanks!
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    Mark Lee #1 Express

    Some weeks ago, I bought a small bottle of this stuff, mostly to see how it worked. I tried it out on the baseplate of the 'Deerslayer' trigger which I bought for the T/C Renegade I'm assembling around a nice stock I found at a show. (Yes, I know ... it's really an extravagance, but I have...
  13. M

    how much filing / how many strokes?

    here's my dumb question: I am trying to get a breechplug into time, and I need to hit the bottom flat, so I can re- use an old barrel. the threads are 1:20, so there is a twentieth of an inch for each complete turn, thus, 1 /20 is 0.05. I need to make this go another two flats, and since this...
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    Bedford County Question

    I'm thinking of doing a Bedford County. (I need another project on the bench like we need to increase the deficit, but you know how it is...) There's a really nice bit of tiger striped maple which I found at the local yard and bought for a really good price. It's been sitting in my basement...
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    new 20 gauge

    well, I went and did it ... sitting in my basement is what started out as a very rusty .54 percussion barrel, which I bought in the knowledge that rust wasn't going to be a problem for long ... sent it off to Bobby Hoyt and shaZAAM!! a lovely new twenty gauge ... he said a few months, but I...
  16. M

    Barrel in flint for my T/C Renegade

    well, I am doing what I swore i'd never do. (but then again, as politicians and their ilk are fond of saying: never say 'never'). I am bidding on a .54 cal barrel in flint for my T/C Renegade. :headslap: but you know it's not made in a .54 ... well, upon closer inspection of the photos...
  17. M

    new powder horn for old friend

    After much procrastination, start - & - stop, and a boatload of i'll-get-to-it-later, here it is! My second horn with scrim, my first with poly chromatic work (don't know if this is HC/PC- probably not). The plug is a bad attempt at bookmatched maple (the figure doesn't show nearly as well as...
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    scrimshaw powder horn

    well i took the plunge and started making a scrimshaw powder horn to attach to my new pouch. being an ambitous so- and- so, i included a quote (not a very long one). now, as i get further into the project, it occurs to me that i'm taking darn near 45 minutes for each letter. should this be...
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    charcoal blue frustration

    AAARGH!! (insert foul language here) this is my third attempt at charcoal blueing. i am trying to blue lock parts and furniture. the results were mixed, with some pieces looking presentable and others not- so-great. as regards procedure, here goes. first, i polished all the pieces to a...
  20. M

    chip out - need help

    (insert tantrum here) ... I made the groove for the ramrod, and bought the cool looking 48 inch ramrod hole drilling bit from TOW, and everything looked cool. I made the little wooden blocks described by Peter Alexander in Gunsmith of Grenville County and everything looked cool. I gently...
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