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Offline Mike Yancey

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36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« on: April 04, 2018, 04:28:29 pm »


Started a new 36 caliber southern style rifle from a blank.
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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2018, 04:29:56 pm »
Got the 36 caliber Colerain barrel breeched and timed.

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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2018, 04:31:15 pm »
Inlet the barrel and tang all by hand

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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2018, 04:32:46 pm »


Chiseled the ramrod channel and drilled the ramrod hole in the forstock.

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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2018, 04:35:48 pm »


Lock plate pretty much in now ready to start adding the internal parts and fully inlet the lock. Then its the trigger.
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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2018, 04:37:38 pm »


Starting to look like a slim trim Southern rifle. There will be a bunch more wood come off the front end before I'm done.
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Offline Parnell

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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2018, 09:18:33 pm »
Great pictures Mike.  Lots there to study.  Looking forward to watching the build.
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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2018, 09:53:29 pm »
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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2018, 05:58:07 am »
Looking good.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2018, 11:08:49 am »
Pea shooter .36's are dear to my heart, since my first flinter was (and still is) one.  They are certainly economical to shoot, both powder and ball.  But I wonder, sometimes, if that economy is lost in the number of patches it takes to clean mine compared to the larger bores.
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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2018, 11:18:22 am »


Lock is completely inlet and working, the sear is marked and triggers ready to inlet once I bolt the lock. This thing is close to being able to go bang, but far from done.
 
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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2018, 08:43:43 am »


Taking a little break from the real construction and doing a little thinning and sanding. There's some curl starting to come out now which is a bonus because I didn't think that this piece had any!
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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2018, 05:22:40 pm »


Lock and triggers are in after a little readjusting! Took all day to get the lock and triggers to work but its all ready to bolt up and start getting everything buttoned up.
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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2018, 01:00:54 pm »


I love cutting dovetails by hand for the barrel lugs.
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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: 36 Caliber Southern Rifle
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2018, 01:03:09 pm »


All the lugs are in and the stock is ready to pin. It was good to take a break from the wood work and drag out the hacksaw and files for a change.
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