Jessesky
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Not completely on the back burner, I was working on it yesterday.
I purchased a bubba’d and broken 1879 Hotchkiss rifle a while back. I’m reshaping the stock, reinforcing the wrist with a threaded steel rod, adding an ebony forend tip, there is no rear sight so I’m using an 1896 Krag rear sight. I’ll also be brazing on the front sight blade and using an 1884 trapdoor sight hood. Eventually I’ll rebarrel it to a 30” half octagon barrel.
The ebony tip is what I worked on yesterday
I purchased a bubba’d and broken 1879 Hotchkiss rifle a while back. I’m reshaping the stock, reinforcing the wrist with a threaded steel rod, adding an ebony forend tip, there is no rear sight so I’m using an 1896 Krag rear sight. I’ll also be brazing on the front sight blade and using an 1884 trapdoor sight hood. Eventually I’ll rebarrel it to a 30” half octagon barrel.
The ebony tip is what I worked on yesterday