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  1. M

    Just Off The Bench

    I don't know her weight, as I don't have a scale. But she is light!. My .50 cal southern rifle has a Colerain B weight barrel, 44" long, and this gun feels a pound lighter. My .50 is is a nice slim gun... but she feels like a post immediately after handling this one.
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    Just Off The Bench

    Forgot to mention that I rubbed it back with purple ScotchBrite after blushing. It didn't take very long, with this wood, to expose the running grain to where I wanted it.
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    Just Off The Bench

    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...
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    Just Off The Bench

    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...
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    Red Mapel

    There's sugar maple, which we call hard maple; and red maple. There aren't really different classifications for red maple; and both species vary in their density. I've worked with sugar maple that has soft spots, and red maple that's pretty dense. Red maple is a little harder than walnut, in...
  6. M

    Dixie gun works rifle ID

    There is no factory ramrod for that gun. If you made, or make, one out of a good straight grained hickory rod, then you're good to go.
  7. M

    Kibler lock In Chambers fowler?

    You could also end up with issues regarding the location and placement of the lock bolts, trigger, sear arm, and well as other internal parts. Chambers makes an excellent lock. I've used both their early and late Ketland locks. They're well made, and fast. From where I sit, there's no reason...
  8. M

    Barrel shopping

    A "B" weight barrel in a .40 is not going to be a light gun.
  9. M

    Suggestions—> Broken Screw

    When you do get it out, you might consider replacing them with steel screws.
  10. M

    Penny For Your Thoughts? Pawn Shop Find.

    For a Tennessee rifle, the design and execution are poor. It has a Siler lock, which is Germanic, and wrong for a southern gun. Southern guns used English locks. The lock still has it's "as cast" surfaces; which tells me that things, overall, probably didn't receive the attention they needed...
  11. M

    Trigger sear position

    Yes, check a good resource before proceeding. Single triggers, like yours, were pinned through the stock... and higher up. The trigger plate served to accept the tang bolt, and to stabilize the trigger from side to side. With what you're doing, it's going to be harder to get a nice pull.
  12. M

    This post is for anyone who wants to ask Newbies a build question.

    Will this quiz be a part of my grade?
  13. M

    Set Trigger

    Function aside, I think the geometry on those triggers is a problem. The bottom edges of the trigger bars rest above the trigger plate. Even taking most of the metal off the trigger bars, the sear of the lock is still going to need to be up a ways on the stock. And sears aren't. I make my...
  14. M

    Lock recommendations.

    Here is the Durs Egg for my current project; a left handed Southern Mountain Rifle. I also give it a bit of cosmetic work as well. Some is needed, some is just me.
  15. M

    Lock recommendations.

    I would recommend building the style of gun you want; and choosing a suitable lock based on that. Building around a lock is like the tail wagging the dog. What style is your semi-inletted (from scratch?) stock? And the other parts you've assembled? If the type of gun dictates a late English...
  16. M

    Regrets with L and R lock for Traditions?

    I've used three L&R (Durs Egg) locks on guns. I've gotten them all to be good, fast locks. But you literally have to fuss with every part,. I didn't have to touch the fly on two of them. It takes me a good bit of time. There are better locks; but not for left hand, and not for your gun.
  17. M

    First time screwing up a dovetail

    Your gun doesn't really need an adjustable sight, does it? When we find a good load, we also know what the trajectory is for its effective range. Or, in my case, the effective range of my eyes. Get a chunk of iron and make a rear sight, leaving the dovetail oversized. Then you can gradually...
  18. M

    My blunderbuss options

    A blunderbuss is pretty much useless. Sure, it might be fun to see the effective range of shot on tin cans. But then what are you going to do with it? Shoot more cans at close range?
  19. M

    Southern Mountain Rifle

    The book Kentucky Rifles Of The Great Smokey Mountains by Randal Pierce shows 23 long guns. Of those, 6 are obviously curly maple; most of which have very nice curl. If you mean by "aesthetically enhanced" you mean carving and engraving; as far as I know it's rare, but not unknown. One of the...
  20. M

    Southern Mountain Rifle

    Here are two of the guns I've built. The first is my personal gun; and the second went somewhere else to live and work. On both I used a .50 caliber B weight swamped barrel, 44" long. The barrels are 1" at the breech, which allows for a nice slender rifle with good lines. The weight of each...
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