guitar_slinger Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Some photos of my latest Flintlock build: Album of some of the build process http://s18.photobucket.com/user/jeffnles1/library/Copper%20Rifle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tascosa, SASS# 24838 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Sir you are an artist!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_slinger Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Tascosa, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I'm looking at the inletting job around that lock plate. Tight, smooth, consistent ... THAT is some precise work!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_slinger Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Linn Keller, thanks. Takes about 4 or 5 hours for me to properly inlet a lock. About 100 hours +/- for a rifle like this. All hand work with files, chisels, knives, scrapers and sandpaper. Â Some of the more fancy guns get close to 200 hours. Labor of love for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 BEAUTIMUS, JUST BEAUTIMUS. TASCOSA SAID IT ALL. AN ARTIST FOR SURE. Â What caliber, looks to be about .36? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee Trapper Tom Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Lookin good. Everytime I see a lollipop tang I make a vow to never inlet another. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_slinger Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Thanks Pards. Appreciate the kind words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_slinger Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 BEAUTIMUS, JUST BEAUTIMUS. TASCOSA SAID IT ALL. AN ARTIST FOR SURE. What caliber, looks to be about .36? BMC, She's a .32 cal. Little pea shooter squirrel rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_slinger Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Lookin good. Everytime I see a lollipop tang I make a vow to never inlet another. LOL Inletting takes time but it's nothing compered to hand filing one to shape from a long straight tang. I've done 3 and each one I also swear I'll never do another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Inletting takes time but it's nothing compered to hand filing one to shape from a long straight tang. I've done 3 and each one I also swear I'll never do another. One would be enough for me. That metal is thick and harder to remove than meets the eye. I tapered a long straight into a spear point ..that was enough for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cusz M. Dutch SASS Life 55326 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Gorgeous! Does it have a sister? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 BMC, She's a .32 cal. Little pea shooter squirrel rifle. I was going to say a .32 but went with the .36. What do I know. Â It is still a beautiful piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Sweet! Flinters are possibly the most beautiful rifles ever made. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_slinger Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Thanks again Pards. She did turn out pretty nice but at the end of the day, it's just a working man's rifle. Â I forgot to put the specs. For those interested in such things: Barrel: .32 cal 42" Swamped A Weight made by Getz back in the late 1980's. Lock: Chambers Late Ketland. Lock Plate modified (rounded pointy tail, thinned here and there) to be more appropriate with timeframe of rifle. Stock: Maple more or less straight grain. Some figure out toward the muzzle Triggers: Double Set Single Phase (must set trigger to cock rifle). Made by Rice Barrel Company. Length/shape customized by me. Butt Plate, Toe Plate, ramrod thimbles - sheet copper shaped, and formed by me. Held on with iron tacks (and a little epoxy in the nail holes to keep nails from backing out. Have to pre-drill forged nails going into end grain or you have splits. I marked the nail locations, drilled, glued in dowels and then pre-drilled the dowels. Nails actually are going into dowels not the raw wood. Trigger Guard - Iron. Western Carolina Style. bought from Tipp Curtis. Stain: Dark Brown over Chestnut (to give some red sowing through). Alcohol based dye. Finish - Tung Oil. Sights - iron, dovetails in barrel cut by hand (hack saw and file and lots of time). Â GS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I'm impressed! that is beautifully done. My only criticism is that the lock is on the wrong side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Do you want him to be LEFT OUT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorPratt Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Beautiful piece. Someday I'm going to make one of my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 You mentioned shaping the tang. Making it long and pointy is especially difficult. Symmetry is beautiful to look at but hard to achieve, especially when you consider ... the human eye can detect an asymmetry of one-ten-thousandth of an inch. I too know what it is to use Prussian blue and hand work to inlet that lock work. Took me considerably longer than the time you mentioned ... I have all the patience of a skip flea ... you can't do good work unless you are in the mood to do good work, and I have to stop and step away from it at intervals and sometimes I just can't even start ... if I do, it never comes out right. "Good work ... square work, such as I have orders to receive." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Wheeler Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Outstanding GS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grass Range #51406 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Great work and good pics. How do you attach pics without the silly photobucket process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The O'Meara Himself Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 The Kentucky Long Rifle is a true American art form. You are a master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Ryder, SASS # 71353 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Mighty fine looking work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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