My .45

[Roy]

[Dryball]

Roy....you aint gettin away with that! Tell us about that rifle!

Ned

[FrankG]

That is sweet !
Send it on out Roy I'll have it broke in for ya when ya get here 

[Roy]

Roy....you aint gettin away with that! Tell us about that rifle!

Ned

Its mine all mine!!!

[Dryball]

Come on now...share with us.

Ned

[Roy]

Well o.k. ...... Its Just a plain ole  roughly b weight .45 Charles Burton barrel  with a Chambers' Deluxe Siler lock.. stocked in maple, stained with aqua fortis and finished with a mixture of turpentine and beeswax.. weighs roughly 7.5 lbs... No buttplate, sideplate, entrypipe or nose cap..  I split out a 5/16 ramrod and flared the end.. this gives it a more slender look.  Really just a fantasy gun.  I got tired of not having one.  Its a perfect cal. for here in GA for a rifle.. legal for anything that I am going to hunt... and a heck of a good cal for targets. 

[Pitchy]

Now that is a dandy, but what`s that critter in the patch bow. 

[Roy]

That would be herman.. 

a bit of tow to keep my cleaning worm from rattlin around.. I need to make a ball puller for it now.. 

[Dryball]

Roy, you brought up something I'm curious about....how was tow used? And does it clean as well or better then patches?

Ned

[Roy]

it works well as a scrubber.. I still use patches to do my finish up work.

It may look like heck on the outside, but the inside of the lock and the inside of the bore are shiny as a big box of shiny things 

[Roy]

I missed the first part of the question...     I just wrap some around my tow worm and start cleaning.. 

not sure if a jag would hold onto it or not.. it should..

[FrankG]

Send er on out so I can see  

[Roy]

no!!!!! 

[tom hargrove]

send it to me so i can try the butt on it i bet it is real comfortable i like it

[Roaring Bull]

get a plastic sheet for it....

Been drooooooling over it for a little while here.