Major Dorman
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I bought the kit from track of the wolf. Anyone have any tips on finishing this gun?
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Pretty broad question; are you just starting working on the kit or are you ready to put the finish on wood and metal.
If you live around Florence I could help you out.
Not the same kit but they are all pretty simmilar as far as construction goes for the most part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJBNg_NLASA&t=10s
If you live around Florence I could help you out.
Not the same kit but they are all pretty simmilar as far as construction goes for the most part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJBNg_NLASA&t=10s
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The key to doing the inletting is to go very slowly, no Dremel tools. You will see sloppy inlets here occasionally when people get too agressive with their tools. If it takes you a whole day to inlet a lock plate to get a good tight fit it is time well spent.
I actually spent weeks inletting an English fowler buttplate because I started with way too much extra wood and thought I needed to inlet the inside curvature as well as the outside edges. I took my time and got a really nice fit but wouldn't do it the same way again.
Way too much wood to go down through one tiny chip at a time;
It came out OK;
I actually spent weeks inletting an English fowler buttplate because I started with way too much extra wood and thought I needed to inlet the inside curvature as well as the outside edges. I took my time and got a really nice fit but wouldn't do it the same way again.
Way too much wood to go down through one tiny chip at a time;
It came out OK;
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Eric,
Good job, looks great! I hate inletting butt plates the most without a doubt.
Flintlocklar
Good job, looks great! I hate inletting butt plates the most without a doubt.
Flintlocklar
Stophel
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One thing Ron Ehlert taught me was to not inlet any more than you have to. Get the trigger in place, get the stock profile cut, work out your pull length where you want the buttplate to be and cut it to length, then turn the buttplate backwards, hold it in position, and trace it onto the end grain of the butt, and then shape the butt down to nearly final dimensions. THEN inlet the buttplate, and you only have to inlet to a depth of the thickness of the buttplate tang, and you don't have to try to inlet through a quarter inch of "extra wood". :wink:
Major Dorman
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I've been really busy with work but I had a couple of hours last Sunday to shape the tang and start inletting the barrel. I worked on inletting the barrel a little today. It's going slow, but, I will have a lot more free time this week.
