Bone stock Woodsrunner hunting rifle

[Docgp]

Thought I'd drop mine in here. Forgive the terrible photography, but not my strong suit. 54 cal Woodsrunner with extra fancy maple, Browned all the steel, used brass black rubbed back on all the brass and screw heads. Applied the yellow dye to stock first, then 2 coats of Aquafortis blushed out. Finaly about 4 coats of Permalyn sealer and 2 coats of wax. Going to be my whitetail and hopefully mule deer rifle.

Anyhow, there are so much more talented folks here than me. Just thought this might be an encouraging post to those who are afraid to tackle one of Jim's kits. Take your time, file, sand, finish carefully and you will have a fine rifle. This one will be taking a lot of abuse in the woods, and will be a working rifle, so I didn't do any carving or embellishment. Also, I was lucky enough to obtain one of the carved kits to build as a "barbeque gun".

Doc

 

[64Springer]

He has an itsie bitsie teeny weeny tan polka dot powder horn doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

 

[jay3]

Looks nice Doc.
I'm one of those trying to muster up the courage to do one myself.
Thanks for posting this.

 

[James Kopp]

Yellow dye? as in Rite dye?..I have a Wood runner coming in extra fancy. If USPS could ever get their game straight....Love they way is brought out the grain

 

[winter1857]

Looks fantastic to me. Well done.

 

[Docgp]

Yes sir, the Rit dye diluted with alcohol. I thought I had a good picture before the aquafortis, but after staining the stock yellow, I had an "OH manure" what have I done! I now have a bright yellow gun!! But it all turned out fine when I applied aquafortis.

Doc

 

[Daveboone]

Thought I'd drop mine in here. Forgive the terrible photography, but not my strong suit. 54 cal Woodsrunner with extra fancy maple, Browned all the steel, used brass black rubbed back on all the brass and screw heads. Applied the yellow dye to stock first, then 2 coats of Aquafortis blushed out. Finaly about 4 coats of Permalyn sealer and 2 coats of wax. Going to be my whitetail and hopefully mule deer rifle.View attachment 252197View attachment 252198View attachment 252202View attachment 252203

Anyhow, there are so much more talented folks here than me. Just thought this might be an encouraging post to those who are afraid to tackle one of Jim's kits. Take your time, file, sand, finish carefully and you will have a fine rifle. This one will be taking a lot of abuse in the woods, and will be a working rifle, so I didn't do any carving or embellishment. Also, I was lucky enough to obtain one of the carved kits to build as a "barbeque gun".

Doc

Be sure to seat that flint tight against the bolt Looks great!

 

[James Kopp]

Yes sir, the Rit dye diluted with alcohol. I thought I had a good picture before the aquafortis, but after staining the stock yellow, I had an "OH manure" what have I done! I now have a bright yellow gun!! But it all turned out fine when I applied aquafortis.

Doc

what was your dilution ratio? dye vrs alcohol ( i am assuming rubbing alcohol)

 

[Docgp]

I did not measure, but I tried to eyeball about a 10:1 dilution. I had a can of denatured alcohol in the shop that I used.. Actually had forgotten I had it and stumbled upon it at the right time.

And forgive me James, I was wrong on my first response. It was Trans-Tint dye from Jim's website, not Rit dye......sorry.

Doc

 

[nchawkeye]

Looks good!! Will kill good...

Let us know what load yours prefers, going to try 70, 75, then 85 FFF Goex with mine, hopefully one day this week...

 

[Thingamajiggy]

Looks great, nicely done.

 

[RMH]

Looks Great. Love the wood.

 

[TDM]

Doc it looks great! And it should get the job done nicely.

 

[longcruise]

He has an itsie bitsie teeny weeny tan polka dot powder horn doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

He probably just wore it for the first time today!

 

[SDSmlf]

He probably just wore it for the first time today!

Not the first one I’ve seen.

 

[Docgp]

That's my poor boy setup. Fast and light. Made to cover ground.

Doc

 

[longcruise]

But is it itsy bitsy teeny weeny?

 

[Dale Rohrbeck]

Looks great. Nice job!

 

[Salty Cracker]

Looks great. Hope you kill a pile of deer with it.

 

[Notchy Bob]

That looks like a no-nonsense deer getter, Doc! Good luck on your hunts!

I like the whole rig, including the native-styled pouch and horn. I've seen photos of old horns with painted dots like that, and I'm pleased to see someone going with that style.

I like the idea of a flintlock "barbecue gun," too. Yours might be the only one in Texas! We'll be wanting to see some pictures, you know...

Best of luck to you, bud!

Notchy Bob