New guy in Arkansas

[Alphawolf45]

I live in southwest Arkansas ..
I am building my first muzzle loader..Not trying for anything fancy...Its an Allen boxlock action that I am machining from barstock ....Figure I have to make some mistakes and allow myself chance to learn the details..I have built a number of cartridge guns.. I probably know a few of you guys..Generally I finish a gun and fire it a couple times and if it looks good , functions correctly and dont blow up in my face I call it good and hang it on the wall and go build something else.......I might want to build a second or several more ML's, I dunno....I never owned a muzzleloader before :wink:

 

[ny griz]

:thumbsup: welcome,yer hooked :rotf: Griz

 

[DanC]

Welcome! Sounds like you'll be keeping the gun builders forum going pretty strong there.

Dan

 

Welcome to another Arkansan
Great bunch here :hatsoff:

 

[CaptainKirk]

Welcome to the forum! :wink:

 

[mazo kid]

Welcome from Wisconsin! Maybe you could post some pictures of your progress with the box lock action? Would be interesting to see another take on it.

 

[longshot one]

Welcome to the MLF! Glad you found our camp. Sure would like to see some pic's of your project when you get it done. Pull up a stump and we have a place at the fire for ya.

 

[Alphawolf45]

Welcome from Wisconsin! Maybe you could post some pictures of your progress with the box lock action? Would be interesting to see another take on it.


Well Mazo kid..If I read that right you have built an Allen Boxlock action yourself? Did you buy the action or build one from barstock as I am doing?
I have a lots of tools and 30plus years experience working..I am almost casual in my efforts but I do pretty good..Sure I will start a thread in a few days and show pictures but I mostly interested in reading and seeing what others are doing... I started this gun week and a half ago and will finish it in a few more weeks....Will color case harden the receiver and rust blue the barrel,,Will cast a bronze buttplate for it....I dont get real fussy with any of this . I'll never be as good as lot of you guys but I am quite good at satisfying my own standards.....

 

[mtdew]

Welcome from another Arkie!

 

[bangfxr]

Welcome. You'll find a wealth of knowledgeable folks here to help you down the right trail. So have a seat, fill yer tin cup as the coffees jest finished boiling.

 

[S.Kenton]

Welcome from Ohio! This site is a lot of fun..and very informative! I'm sure any questions you may have will be answered here.. :hatsoff: