pipascus
40 Cal.
Hello!
So I've been away a long time and am hoping to finally,get back to finishing my rifle and go trekking etc.
Back in 2006 I purchased a flintlock kit: a Mark Silver rifle from Jim Chambers. I fit the barrel and lock, as well as the trigger (though it still needs work), did some carving, etc. Then I came to the touch-hole liner and chickened out at the thought of drilling and ruining the barrel. When I moved, I boxed up the rifle and left it at a friend's house, where it sat for over ten years as I moved all over the country.
A few months ago my friend mailed it to me and last week I unboxed it, and felt the need to finish this rifle, and shoot it!
By now I forgot most of what I had done. I have the book The Gunsmith of Grenville County, but was advised by a knowledgeable person to avoid it, and was told to get the book Recreating the American Long Rifle, which I ordered and received last week. It's a good book, but I am still somewhat lost. I am a visual learner, so I am now looking at a video to guide me.
I am trying to choose between two video sets from American Pioneer Video:
1. A Comprehensive Guide to Assembling Kentucky Rifles from a Kit with Ron Elhert
2. Building the Daniel Boone Rifle featuring Mike Miller
Anyone here seen these and has advice on which one is better for what I am doing?
Don't know if it matters, but I also want to build a Fusil de Chasse after this rifle. I find those smoothbore trade guns to have such gorgeous lines!!!
Also, back then I built a stand for working on my rifle, based on plans I got somewhere-maybe here. It was all wood and had a design that held the rifle while I worked, and also places to put some of the tools. Stood on the floor and came up to just below chest height.
I cannot find the plans, or even photos of what I built. If anyone knows what I am talking about, can you please point me to the right direction to find instructions, plans, or even pictures?
Anyway, thanks in advance!
I have attached a few pictures of what I did so far. I will try and take better ones later.
So I've been away a long time and am hoping to finally,get back to finishing my rifle and go trekking etc.
Back in 2006 I purchased a flintlock kit: a Mark Silver rifle from Jim Chambers. I fit the barrel and lock, as well as the trigger (though it still needs work), did some carving, etc. Then I came to the touch-hole liner and chickened out at the thought of drilling and ruining the barrel. When I moved, I boxed up the rifle and left it at a friend's house, where it sat for over ten years as I moved all over the country.
A few months ago my friend mailed it to me and last week I unboxed it, and felt the need to finish this rifle, and shoot it!
By now I forgot most of what I had done. I have the book The Gunsmith of Grenville County, but was advised by a knowledgeable person to avoid it, and was told to get the book Recreating the American Long Rifle, which I ordered and received last week. It's a good book, but I am still somewhat lost. I am a visual learner, so I am now looking at a video to guide me.
I am trying to choose between two video sets from American Pioneer Video:
1. A Comprehensive Guide to Assembling Kentucky Rifles from a Kit with Ron Elhert
2. Building the Daniel Boone Rifle featuring Mike Miller
Anyone here seen these and has advice on which one is better for what I am doing?
Don't know if it matters, but I also want to build a Fusil de Chasse after this rifle. I find those smoothbore trade guns to have such gorgeous lines!!!
Also, back then I built a stand for working on my rifle, based on plans I got somewhere-maybe here. It was all wood and had a design that held the rifle while I worked, and also places to put some of the tools. Stood on the floor and came up to just below chest height.
I cannot find the plans, or even photos of what I built. If anyone knows what I am talking about, can you please point me to the right direction to find instructions, plans, or even pictures?
Anyway, thanks in advance!
I have attached a few pictures of what I did so far. I will try and take better ones later.