I finally got the nerve to pour the pewter nose cap on my Vincent Ohio Rifle.
Things on this build have not normally gone right the first time, so I am pleased to say that this went off without a hitch.
I spent about 2 hours yesterday attempting to build the cardstock dam and was never happy with the results. There was always a gap where the fore-end met the barrel.
Today, I made a plug for that small gap by using the fore end and attached barrel as a backing for sandpaper. I then sanded a small square piece of wood to fit the gap on each side, then sanded the other side to fit the cardstock dam.
That seemed to work and I had no leakage.
The pewter filled the counter sunk support holes I drilled in the stock perfectly, and I don't think I have any voids so far.
The barrel came out easily after cutting away a bit of excess pewter.
I thought that this was going to end in disaster, with pewter down the ramrod channel and everywhere else. Phew!
Just so happy I had to post of course!
Cheers,
Chowmi
Things on this build have not normally gone right the first time, so I am pleased to say that this went off without a hitch.
I spent about 2 hours yesterday attempting to build the cardstock dam and was never happy with the results. There was always a gap where the fore-end met the barrel.
Today, I made a plug for that small gap by using the fore end and attached barrel as a backing for sandpaper. I then sanded a small square piece of wood to fit the gap on each side, then sanded the other side to fit the cardstock dam.
That seemed to work and I had no leakage.
The pewter filled the counter sunk support holes I drilled in the stock perfectly, and I don't think I have any voids so far.
The barrel came out easily after cutting away a bit of excess pewter.
I thought that this was going to end in disaster, with pewter down the ramrod channel and everywhere else. Phew!
Just so happy I had to post of course!
Cheers,
Chowmi