My first scratch build - FINISHED

[gunmaker]

Har !  woody's not bit---he's infected.  No hope for him on this planet. Keep it up & more pic's the better.  ....Tom  "bitten in 1977 and never recovered"

[woody]

Har !  woody's not bit---he's infected.  No hope for him on this planet. Keep it up & more pic's the better.  ....Tom  "bitten in 1977 and never recovered"

Infected?......well I guess you might be right  .....look what happened today while I was waiting on a small glue up to set, I got involved in another project. It's a 50 cal. rifle. I also started inlaying another pistol!!   OK, OK..I'll slow down now. That makes five projects in the works and I'm still trying to get my first one finished. 3 pistols, a GPR rebuild and this rifle. INFECTED...

Today's pistol progress. Installed a white lightning vent liner and did a little more shaping.

[Razor62]

There ya' go Woody. Just surrender and let the demons have their way with your poor, possessed gun building soul. 

Your pistol is coming along nicely. Let's have some details with regard to the other projects...

[gunmaker]

Yea ! Let's here more on that rifle,  What is that cool OTR bbl.  I love those things, my .54 has one. Just go with it---may the force be with you.   ....Tom

[woody]

When I started this pistol build I was thinking I would try a long gun next. Because I had spoken for the .36 caliber GPR Mongrel was going to build I made a deal with him to just purchase the components and try that as my next project. I decided to go with the .45 cal. barrel instead of the .36 .

The GPR project is using a Numeric Arms .45 cal. barrel, converting the percussion stock to accept a Investment Arms flintlock.

The .45 cal. pistol is utilizing the 9 inch section of barrel cut from the Numeric barrel from the GPR project I got from Mongrel. I had the 15/16 barrel turned to half round. The stock is cherry, the lock will be a small Siler. I'm still deciding if it will be a full or half stock.

The next pistol is a 9 1/2 inch .32 cal. 7/8 octagon Green Mountain barrel cut off I also got from Mongrel along with the GPR build. This one will either a KY
or dueling style cap lock with nickel silver furniture built around a Turner Kirkland lock.

The last is a custom  7/8 x 36 inch .50 cal. octagon to round barrel that I was given. The original owner made it but wasn't pleased with how it shot. I plan on refreshing/lapping it. It was a half stock originally, but I plan on making it a full stock. I will be using a Chambers deluxe Siler lock. The stock is maple.

[woody]

Haven't had much time to work on the pistol lately, it's been somewhat crazy around here for the past couple of weeks plus my eight year old granddaughter was attacked by a pit bull. She is doing ok, very sore and scared but stitched up and healing. Luckily her injuries were to her thigh area only.

On a little brighter note I was able to get a little work done today. I made my side plate today and will start the inlet work sometime in the next day or two barring any set backs.

I also started re-cutting the cheek piece on the GPR rebuild to the earlier style instead of the beaver tail that comes on the GPR. before the ---- hit the fan around here.
 

[mongrel]

Well done on both points. I knew there'd be more than enough wood for the older-style cheekpiece.

Sorry to hear about your granddaughter. I don't have a problem with that breed of dog, precisely, but I do have a problem with a lot of the owners of that type of dog, and there's no denying that the power and aggressiveness of the breed makes it more likely than most to inflict severe injury if it once takes a notion to bite. Glad the damage was relatively minor (there are areas of a child's body that it would be far worse to have a dog latch onto), and my best wishes for her full recovery.

[gunmaker]

I can tell you what to do with that pistol----if you get my drift.  A friends 8 year old son had his left forearm severed by one of those dogs.  The same Dr. that put me back together after a work place accident, took 8 hours to get Bobby's arm at least back on.   Watch those things- Mongrel's right the owners (not all)  are the main problem.  ....Tom

[woody]

Got the side plate I made inlaid today. 

[Hawken50]

  As Freddy Pince used ta say........ looookin goood!

[Hanshi]

  +1

[CampbellClan]

Lookin good Woody! Hope your Granddaughter is healing up as well!

[woody]

I started prepping the stock for stain and finishing. I will do the metal finish while the stock is drying as well as any final tweaking and parts assembly. Hopefully my next post will be the finished pistol. 

[Razor62]

Lookin' good Woody! Love that Queen Anne lock. Your inletting shows off your skills. Very nice work. Can't wait to see her completed.

[woody]

Well I just wanted to post one more progress report before I get her finished. I got the stock stained and oiled with linseed oil and will be hand rubbing it once it dries. I also will be trying to give the pistol somewhat of a overall patina. Ken did the engraving for me. I am really happy with it so far. I hope to post the finished pistol soon.