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    too much banana..

    I have never really cared for the amount of drop on these locks.. for most builds that is.. Sometimes change is needed. It doesn't look like much, but this raises the tail end up over 1/8".. although many would never know or be able to tell, it will make a big difference on the overall...
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    Shine at bear camp.. first night

    Shine just sent me this pic of him after the first night of bear camp.. .50 rifle 70 grains of 2 F.. I will let him tell you the rest. :thumbsup: Congrats Shine!
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    Opening day of squirrel season..

    Silex took Jane for a walk in the woods... :thumbsup:
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    enough for a meal.. Jane'd..

    I really enjoy late squirrel season. They get a bit trickier with no leaves on the trees. Our season ends at the end of this month so I thought I should get out for a little bit this evening. After patterning Jane again I decided to walk the property a bit and see if I could find one or three...
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    90 degree depth gauge..

    Alright getting a few questions about my barrel depth gauge. Hope these pictures help. A 90 degree angle will work on any round, oct/rnd, oct. swamped barrel along any point. As long as your are inletting the barrel halfway and as long as you have the side profiles properly marked. :thumbsup...
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    Octagon to Round Barrel inlet

    I will start out with Barrel layout.. The only measurements I get are the breech height/width and then at the muzzle. Basic layout lines to start out from. Having removed the waste wood I have found where I want to have the barrel centered. Allowing enough room for the lock panels and cast...
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    killer Jane...

    Well Boys.. and Girls.. Jane has served me well.. 60 grains of 2F over the powder wad and a .600 roundball in .020 pillow ticking seems to do the trick. unofficially 84yds(will check again in the morning) exit wound I shot her in the last moments of daylight. Heard a crack sound right...
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    See Jane shoot...

    This is Jane These are the first three shots at paper out of her.. 25yds offhand. I pulled the first shot left :headslap: This is how she did with 1 1/8 oz of #6's I am very happy with Jane. :grin: For more about Jane you can see her in the Photo section of the Forum :thumbsup:
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    Mine, mine, all mine..

    Been collecting parts for some time now.. And ya'll know I like plain guns.. Well this one is for me. Alrighty.. 46" Charles Burton 20 gauge barrel stocked in walnut sheet brass trigger gaurd and a Davis lock. I jug choked the barrel going to see what she does with some shot :grin:
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    altering a lock..

    Did a little changing to this one.. anyone recognize it?? Shut up Swampy!! (and John Tice!) :haha:
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    New tool for me

    Made by truckwilkins :thumbsup: :thumbsup: I am impressed
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    sort of sad..

    Well this may be one of the last that my Father and I work on together. .575 bore... to shoot the .555 round balls that I have :haha: Slightly aged with steel furniture. Its been in the works for a while now, thought that I would finish it up.
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    New Rum horn

    Thanks to Stumblin Wolf :thumbsup: :haha:
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    .62 rifle

    This is my .62 rifle. I am currently sending it around for various people to hunt with. It has already taken a Buffalo :thumbsup: It sports a 40" .62 swamped rifled barrel by Charles Burton, Chambers lock, curly maple stock and brass furniture... The thimbles, patch box and sideplate were...
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    Jäger #2

    I promised these pics a good while back..
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    aint no Wick Ellerbe..

    So David G came over and said that he wanted to make a knife... this is what we came up with. Made it using 1080 steel, and a phone call :haha: 5 1/8" blade..
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    Jaeger..

    For those who did not follow the topic in the builders bench.. http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/234186/ 29" .58 Rayl Barrel, walnut stock. TRS Poser castings, rosewood rammer horn tip and nose cap and a little work :haha:
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    So Happy

    Took me a while.. and blind holes aint fun :haha:
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    Adding a fly to a lock..

    Sort of a visual how to :haha: I started out by heating it up bright and letting it cool in ash to take the temper out.. Drilled the pivot hole and scribed where I wanted the fly to go Engraved chiseled and filed makings of a fly getting it shaped almost there all...
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    Wheel lock...

    Heres a link to the photo section of a pistol my Dad made. I realize that not everyone veiws the photo section here, but that where it seems that all the gun pics end up :v http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/227484/
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