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CowboyCS
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16 Bore Purdey style SxS Muzzleloader
      #243937 - 17/03/14 11:34 AM

This is the beginning of the next project, a 16 Bore(.669″) Purdey style caplock side by side muzzleloader. This project is going to be very similar to the 10 Bore double rifles that I built last year so I’m not going to be doing a lot of video with this build. I will be posting some update pictures as I go along though just to let everybody(especially my customer) know how things are progressing. If you'd like to see the videos of the 10 Bore builds you can visit my blog at stolzergunsmithing.wordpress.com


I Started by turning the barrel blanks down to a straight taper, then breeching them and then clamping them to a steel plate for soldering together.


I use silver brazing rod and flux to join the barrels for the first couple inches at the breech end.


Both sides of the valleys were fluxed and soldered.


A shot of the muzzles… .669″ bore.


I don’t run the barrels exactly parallel with the bore line, I actually like them to convert slightly, so that later on when it comes time to regulate them I can drive the wedge in and spread the barrels as needed. After some careful measuring I determined that parallel would leave a .215″ gap so I went .200″.


The next step is to make the top and bottom ribs, to machine the radius in the bottom rib I soldered it onto a piece of 1/2″ x 1″ bar stock so it would be easy to clamp in the mill and easy to clamp in my vise to clean up and fit the ramrod pipes to it.


As you can see it makes it very easy to machine this way.

That's it for this update, I’m actually a little farther along but those pictures will have to wait for the next update.

Colin

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tinker
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Re: 16 Bore Purdey style SxS Muzzleloader [Re: CowboyCS]
      #243940 - 17/03/14 02:04 PM

Excellent.

16bore is the one!





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Matabele
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Re: 16 Bore Purdey style SxS Muzzleloader [Re: tinker]
      #243944 - 17/03/14 06:43 PM

Fantastic! Really enjoy your builds Colin. I too think 16 gauge is perfect.

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Re: 16 Bore Purdey style SxS Muzzleloader [Re: Matabele]
      #243958 - 18/03/14 03:27 AM

Well appointed, Colin.

16 bore is, I think, the ultimate for a NA hunting rifle, and a double rifle in that calibre, best of all.

Were I more interested in India or Africa, a 14 or even a 12 bore would hold my interest more.

My single 14 bore is/was nice here for our larger game, but I do honestly feel a 16 bore would have actually been a more practical size. Lowered recoil and a one ounce ball would meet all requirements for the ungulates to 200yards and big bears closer in, of course.

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Re: 16 Bore Purdey style SxS Muzzleloader [Re: DarylS]
      #247353 - 12/05/14 07:38 AM

I meant to update this last weekend but ran out of time to get it done.

All the metal work is finished to the point of being ready to inlet into the wood.

The ribs and pipes are completely soldered on and mostly cleaned up.


Trigger plate, Triggers and Triggerguard all filed and fitted together. The Tang is fitted to the barrels as well.


Locks have been modified and fitted and every thing is ready to start inletting.

I’ve also polished up the buttplate and made the entry pipe, front sight and rear sling swivel but I didn’t get pictures of them.

Enjoy

Colin

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Re: 16 Bore Purdey style SxS Muzzleloader [Re: CowboyCS]
      #247386 - 13/05/14 04:13 PM

Looks great Colin! I look forward to seeing this one getting regulated. What is the sighting arrangement going to be?

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Re: 16 Bore Purdey style SxS Muzzleloader [Re: Matabele]
      #257846 - 14/12/14 02:22 PM

I didn't do a complete documentation of this build because it is a match for the 10 Bore L/H Maple Double Rifle I built last year. I fully documented that build in detail so I didn't see a lot of reason to repeat all the same steps again.

Here are the final pictures.








I'm very happy with the way the regulation came out.


The pair together.



Colin

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Ash
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Re: 16 Bore Purdey style SxS Muzzleloader [Re: CowboyCS]
      #257851 - 14/12/14 05:03 PM

You certainly know how to build 'em *thumbs up*
Nice work, as always, Colin.

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Re: 16 Bore Purdey style SxS Muzzleloader [Re: Ash]
      #257872 - 15/12/14 06:03 AM

Nicely done, Colin.
The 'stocks' would not fit me, but when making fitted rifles, they are what is ordered.
One thought, does a reduction of 10 to 15gr. of GOEX bring the barrels slightly closer together?

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Re: 16 Bore Purdey style SxS Muzzleloader [Re: DarylS]
      #257879 - 15/12/14 09:54 AM

Way to go Colin!

Neat stuff there for sure.
Did you do tools and cases?

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Re: 16 Bore Purdey style SxS Muzzleloader [Re: tinker]
      #257899 - 15/12/14 11:32 PM

Fantastic Colin, great work! Have you been building any more Jones underlevers?

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Re: 16 Bore Purdey style SxS Muzzleloader [Re: Matabele]
      #258360 - 29/12/14 11:44 AM

gorgeous!

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