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DaveH:
Wes,

Mighty fine, looks terrific. :clap: :clap: :clap:

 :beer:
DaveH

spuddevans:
Very nice looking work there, Wes  :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:


Tim

jgroom:
Wow!  :clap: :clap: :clap:  Looking good Wes!!  :headbang:

Cheers

Jeff

Rob.Wilson:
 :D :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: looking mighty fine Wes  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:


Nice one ,,Rob  :thumbup:

Powder Keg:
Thanks again for the compliments. :mmr:

Earlier I found some pictures of guns that had the barrels "coned" after the coning the muzzle was decorated with a little file work. I thought it was pretty neat and wanted to try it out. I first layed out my design with a black sharpie.



I then cut out the nicks with a triangle file. Then I cut out the half circles with a round smooth file.



I had to cut off the smooth ends of the files. This worked out pretty good and I am happy with the result.

Now I didn't cone the barrel on this one. I just filed the decorations into the muzzle. Coning involves using a tappered mandrel that you wrap emery paper around. This is twisted around making the bore, ever so slightly bigger, near the end. This allows the ball and patch to be started easier while loading.

Later,

~Wes~

 :wave:

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