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Joe d:
Hi guys (especially Rob, since you asked...)

I didn't have enough to do over the winter, so I've got stuck into building a flintlock rifle.
Started over the Christmas holidays, and here is the progress to date:







This was the easy part, next is to try to do all the traditional carving on the stock
without completely stuffing it up... :doh: :doh:

Cheers, Joe

Divided he ad:
That looks very well made Joe  :thumbup:

Am I correct to assume it's in working order?

How are you going to carve the stock, routers or more traditional?




Have you got any pictures of the early stages of the build?



Ralph.

Rob.Wilson:
  :drool:    :clap: :clap: :clap:  now is that not a thing of beauty  ,, Joe  :med: 

Looks like ALLOT of work has gone into the project  :dremel:  ,,, Just out of interest how long is it ?  and whats the Ye oldie reason for the extra material on the stock (second photo) .

Reckon you could shoot your dinner with it  :poke: :lol: :lol:


Rob 

Joe d:
Hi

Ralph: since you asked:

This is what it started out like: (that's a 4' rule next to it for scale)


Removed a fair amount of excess wood on the band saw with the  :proj: in-feed
and out-feed tables


here was the butt in progress.. lots of shavings yet to go


The carving yet to come (purely decoration) will be chisels & knives, and is a bit worrisome as I've never
tried that yet.  Oh well, that's why I do these things... to try something new... :bang:

Rob:

the barrel is 50 caliber, 44", the whole  thing comes in bang on (pun accidental, but I like it so it stays...) at 5'

the little slab on the end of the butt is a removable cover for the so-called patch-box, wherein one may store
patches for the projectiles, cleaning stuff, or even a snack...


I will take it deer hunting in the fall, if past non-success in this pursuit keeps on, I'd better bring a snack in the patch-box!

cheers, Joe

Divided he ad:
Thank you Joe,


Very much more informative with the early pic's   :thumbup:

That butt took a lot of reducing! One heck of a diet!   :lol:



How long did it take BTW?



Ralph.

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