Making Barnett N.W. gun for Ricky

[Rob M.]

Here's the beginning pics to the build Making a scratch build Barnett style N.W. Trade gun , cherry stock , 42" ,20 ga. Netting barrel ....

 

[Rob M.]

Ive been grinding the flats on the barrel last couple days ....round barrel to oct. to round barrel ...still got a little more grinding then filing to do before flats are done ....

 

[hawkenhunter50]

Been wondering where you been, no posts of working on guns. Thought you took a vacation!! Looking forward to another one to follow.

 

[Rob M.]

Naw , no va

Been wondering where you been, no posts of working on guns. Thought you took a vacation!! Looking forward to another one to follow.

Been wondering where you been, no posts of working on guns. Thought you took a vacation!! Looking forward to another one to follow.

Naw ,no vacation , thats a good one ...just workin around the homestead,preparing for winter and such , always busy on somethin Yep , back on a N.W. trade gun ....thank goodness

 

[Rob M.]

Cut off top of barrel channel and above wrist/ buttstock ... Gotta clean it up a bit then start inletting barrel soon. ..

 

[Rob M.]

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[WALT53]

Been wondering where you been, no posts of working on guns. Thought you took a vacation!! Looking forward to another one to follow.

Yea it’s been kinda slow hear not much action everybody must be vacation except you me andRob lol.Know we have something to look forward to .

 

[Rob M.]

Clean up the rounded area at breech with gouge ... Find and mark your center line for barrel and mark at breech , at tang spot ... everything about this build is dictated by this barrel center line ....

 

[Rob M.]

Follow yer centerline with undersized gouge . Watch yer depth so ya dont gontio deep , stay straight as possible , the back half not near as finicky but half forward ....stay straight ! Some rough guide lines drawn help sometimes ...doesnt have to be pretty just gettin out a bunch of the dead wood right now . At breech , center is marked , then mark width of barrel ...stay in these lines for now , use straight chisel , straight down at breech and get it roughed in . Ive got it all about as far as I can for now ....I can't center barrel and make my first set of guide lines as per usual ...I have to finish grinding / filing flats on barrel first then come back to this ....

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Cool!

Can you please tell us what some of the architecture or differences are that makes it a 'Barnett' style?

 

[Rob M.]

Cool!

Can you please tell us what some of the architecture or differences are that makes it a 'Barnett' style?

There's not a lot of differences between the different makers , and that is exactly what HBCo wanted , no differences , that way one style was not more prevalent than another to the customers . They had a rather ridged pattern but it had ....not loop holes but just wasnt terribly specific and these tiny details are what the differences are . The biggest one about say , a Barnett and a Whately . The Barnett barrel flats were longer than a Whately ,6-7" usually and the buttplate was elliptical , like a tear drop ....Whatelys had a buttplate with parallel sides , and their flats were short , some as short as 4" !! The early Barnett dragons / serpent tails were identical to Wilson tails ...why ?/Barnett apprenticed under Wilson ...then later Barnett s dragon side plates were tear drop shaped .... See ? Nothing major , just small details ....Oh yeah , esp. for this build....Barnett combs were more rounded , Whately combs were like an 90 angle , rather abrupt ...the customer wants a nice rounded comb so ...Barnett it is !

 

[Rob M.]

And grinding ...and grinding ...and grinding ....and grinding ....and grinding .....

 

[Rob M.]

And file , and file, and file and file and file and file and file ....

 

[Rob M.]

And now its an octagon to round barrel ..witness mark on it ., mark top and bottom ...unbreech and mark T.H. location ....

 

[Rob M.]

Tryin to get the breech set down ....in between the two humps at the breech .... Its close but not quite ... I marked some out side barrel lines, these are rough stay inside of them , and I knocked the corners off the temp. channel to get barrel to set down in there a bit more .... mark where the Oct. section ends ...

 

[Rob M.]

Ok , good deal...breech has slipped down between the two " swoops " ,keep it centered! ....draw new lines on sides ....

 

[WALT53]

Ok , good deal...breech has slipped down between the two " swoops " ,keep it centered! ....draw new lines on sides ....

Coming along nicely,I have to say that this we’ll be the first Barnett pattern I’ve ever seen when your done that is .

 

[Rob M.]

At Oct. section , staying just inside lines , chisel down . Gotta start that 90 degree down for the flats ....just a little down .then get that little sliver out of there..easy does it .... Redo lines each time at Oct. section , gets lower each time ... Barrel is .264 high at breech ... Be starting inlet black soon ....

 

[Rob M.]

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[Rob M.]

Alright ...time to inlet black the bottom of the barrel ...