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bouldersmith
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my front stuffer
#83881 - 11/08/07 11:22 PM

There is more than 1 way to get to Rome. I wanted to extend my range a bit and thought something like this just might be the ticket. A number 1 military action I convereted to an inline 50 cal. Color case and carbona blue by John Gillet of Classic guns, everything I did. The forend was my pattern for duplication and will get me through the fall.

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DarylS
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Re: my front stuffer [Re: bouldersmith]
#83886 - 12/08/07 01:24 AM

Nice looking rolling block and cool opening lever, quite similar to the ones Fruend and Gove's shop made.
; I am saddened, though that you ruined a great Bp ctg rifle by turning it into an inline. I refuse to call it a muzzleloader. When I load my .50/70 Sharps Carbine from the muzzle ( and I do to increase powder capacity for testing), it is now a muzzleloader? I think not, but it differs not at all from the inlines today or the rifle you've ruined.

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"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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bouldersmith
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Re: my front stuffer [Re: DarylS]
#83888 - 12/08/07 01:33 AM

Not so sure much is ruined....another bpcr barrel could easily be installed. I just threaded in a breech block that takes 209 primers. I had the barrel custom made for it and another could easily be installed. The sidelever ia actually for a left side hepburn, I modified it a bit. By the way, the project started out as a rust bucket old frame and no other parts. I found all the pieces including the trigger gaurd and assembled it from parts. I think its somewhat of an improvement, but that just my opinion.
Steve

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mehulkamdar
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Re: my front stuffer [Re: bouldersmith]
#83990 - 13/08/07 09:13 AM

Bouldersmith,

An OT question. How durable is the Carbonia blue? I like how it looks in pictures and I have two guns that would need to be reblued in the future, one an 8mm Mauser rifle and the other a 38 revolver. I am very careful and gentle with my guns (cheap and ordinary though they may be) and I wonder if I should have these two done up this way to make them a little different...

Thanks for the suggestions and good hunting!

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DarylS
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Re: my front stuffer [Re: mehulkamdar]
#83991 - 13/08/07 10:00 AM

'Ruined' might have been a bit hasty, in my distaste for anything connected to so-called inline muzzleloaders. To me, they are an abomination.
; Re-barreling with a worthwhile ctg. barrel would be a good move in my opinion. Of course, setting that barel back and chambering it for a good round would be the cheapest way to improve the rifle.

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Daryl

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bouldersmith
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Re: my front stuffer [Re: DarylS]
#87318 - 17/10/07 11:57 PM

first blood....a South Dakota buck

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