#2 waiting on Aquafortis

[jimmy82]

My southern mountain chunk gun. Browned eveything. It has a .45 cal match grade Rice barrel and a Durrs Egg percussion. The smallest size Rice could use for the .45 cal in match grade is 1" wide. So it is extreamly heavy. I don't have a scale but I would say somewhere around 10-12 pounds at least.

Went poor boy with this one. The wood has a lot of curl and I figured I'd let the wood do the talking for this gun. Just need the Aquafortis that I ordered to show up.

 

[david50]

nice job! she's gonna look great :thumbsup:

 

[rabjr]

Looking good James but you may want to rethink those lock panels while your waiting for the stain to arrive.

 

[jimmy82]

Good point Swampy. I guess I thought they might look alright but I trimed some fat now. It looks better, it made the wrist seem more slim.

 

[Roy]

Well lets see another pic then :thumbsup: :grin:

 

[jimmy82]

Here ya go. The aquafortis came in the mail run too. Here it is with the first coat of finish drying.

 

[rabjr]

Thats after drying and hitting it with a heat gun?

 

[Roy]

looks more better :grin: Good color too. You can still remove a bit more from around the lock if your brave :grin:

I'd leave the length but just remove more height... especially right in the front of the lock.. in between the barrel and the lock plate...

:v

keep up the good work. :thumbsup:

 

[jimmy82]

Well, not a heat gun. I used the stove burner.

 

[Roy]

looks nice and even :thumbsup:

 

[jimmy82]

Thx :grin: It was a little nerve wracking holding my purddy stock over a red hot stove burner. Had a blow out when I was inletting the lock and my patch job didn't come out quite as hidden as I woud have liked. But all in all it is looking great.

 

[jimmy82]

All done. I polished the hammer screw and the cleaning screw on the drum and left the triggers bare and a german sliver front sight. A few little shinny bits to accent it. 5 coats (I think) of TruOil and I used steel wool and a linen rag to buff it down to a nice smooth matte finish. Rear sight is a little far forward but I don't expect to many problems.