perldog007
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That will be most attractive. I'm going the opposite way that Mike did on his Kentucky. Rounding down sharp edges, polishing metal, and smoothing out the stock hand rubbing it with linseed oil. Also finishing my self bow "Twisted Sister" with boiled linseed oil. It's a gum tree sapling we whittled down into a hunting bow drawing about 60 lbs at 29" draw with a near center shelf due to the 'twist'
It's not kiln dried, we did dry it out over small fire while carving it down. It's lighter than the walnut of the Pedersoli but near as porous from what we can glean. May try tinting some of the latter coats with walnut hulls. The idea is to start on the bow first as a test medium.
Will go with commercial finishes if any doubt arises.
My inspiration was a reviewer who simply banged on the sights and called it a day. From Dixie:
That and another reviewer who was unhappy with his factory lock on a trade gun and managed to re-inlet for an r.e. David lock.
https://www.dixiegunworks.com/produ...ews_id=2288&osCsid=g0sgmck6i9752anq0g0uvnip52
We hope to 'get away' with the factory lock, if not the price of components is reasonable to our imagination, even if we end up with an entirely new stock. if we 'get away with the factory lock ( on a plinker.. ) even better.
We were going for the trade musket kit, but decided to try a pistol first. Might end up just buying a finished flinter, but I want to see if i can put something in to it. The price of the DPS Kentucky kit or the LYman is within our tolerance.
The Barrel attachment is unique, accurate to all accounts and one of our fine members from France advises with with 60grains of fffg and a 230 gr real slug you want to hold on tight to avoid knuckle busting.
OTOH, there is a live hunt with a flint lock Lyman .50 pistol on youtube taking down a nice doe...
It's not kiln dried, we did dry it out over small fire while carving it down. It's lighter than the walnut of the Pedersoli but near as porous from what we can glean. May try tinting some of the latter coats with walnut hulls. The idea is to start on the bow first as a test medium.
Will go with commercial finishes if any doubt arises.
My inspiration was a reviewer who simply banged on the sights and called it a day. From Dixie:
https://www.dixiegunworks.com/produ...ews_id=8943&osCsid=g0sgmck6i9752anq0g0uvnip52Awesome already assembled! I installed the sights, inspected and cleaned it, trigger pull is good, and flint makes a spark. Can’t wait to load some powder, paper, and a 45 caliber lead ball down the tube and see it work.
It really looks tough the way it is and I don’t plan on doing anything to it unless cleaning it after shooting and replace flints when needed.
That and another reviewer who was unhappy with his factory lock on a trade gun and managed to re-inlet for an r.e. David lock.
https://www.dixiegunworks.com/produ...ews_id=2288&osCsid=g0sgmck6i9752anq0g0uvnip52
We hope to 'get away' with the factory lock, if not the price of components is reasonable to our imagination, even if we end up with an entirely new stock. if we 'get away with the factory lock ( on a plinker.. ) even better.
We were going for the trade musket kit, but decided to try a pistol first. Might end up just buying a finished flinter, but I want to see if i can put something in to it. The price of the DPS Kentucky kit or the LYman is within our tolerance.
The Barrel attachment is unique, accurate to all accounts and one of our fine members from France advises with with 60grains of fffg and a 230 gr real slug you want to hold on tight to avoid knuckle busting.
OTOH, there is a live hunt with a flint lock Lyman .50 pistol on youtube taking down a nice doe...