An IX Charleville musket
As promised Richard. The broken stock and bits dropping off remind you of anything?I was looking forward to my date with this French piece. On the lines of the TV series "Allo Allo" I was hoping for a...
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Thanks ahall, sorry to be so dumb but some times I am. Stew.
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Is there the usual Model date on top of the barrel tang? you do not appear to have cleaned the rust off those parts yet. That front sight is exactly like those on the later percussion rifles.
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Hello BillIf you look at the pictures in the other post on the musket you'll see there nothing to be gleaned from the tang or top side barrel. The steel is awful and deeply pitted. Just decernable...
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Jon, Your jig-saw is an inspiration! When I saw the picture of the foam, I instantly thought of that old advert, the one with the polar-bear ......."Frothy, man" ..."Beats the North sea, man" Remember...
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Still oiling the wood up Richard. Very thirsty.Blending in, a little earth pigment, a little of your wood ash, a drop of ground wasp's nest, maybe some Black Bison. Mix well with oil and it'll cure,...
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Double double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble................................ TH
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A bit of time to spare and came back to this old lad. Had the walnut for ages, time to set about making the forend.Not that the gun's really worth repairing, but the practice is good and it'll be a...
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Jon, I have an aluminium yard-stick, and a 2 -foot one. They do indeed leave a pencil-like line on the high spots. Between that and inletting black or a candle, things can be cut back quite...
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Nice tip! I will remember that one. I detest inletting black. Can't figure out how to keep it from getting everywhere and it doesn't clean up nearly as easily as claimed. F&S, your work is...
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Well the workshop is 20' long, 9' wide and hardly enough space to swing a gerbil, never mind a cat, around.Had a tidy up as I knew you'd be looking in Richard. Note Victorian, car boot sale, carving...
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Just to report that the technique works a treat.Flatted the underside first, then 45 degrees either side and round sanded the sharp edges. Literally a few thou " front and back and a light sanding and...
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Help please Not having enough if any stock at the appropriate place I need a photograph of a middle band in situ. The rammer channel is open from front band to rear band. A big step at this point...
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This is how I spliced up the forend Richard. Fortunately the timber from the rear band backwards was good and solid. I prefer the stepped splice as it gives more surface area for the glue to get a...
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Tidy looking job, Jon. Look forward to seeing it all matched up & finished!!
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Thanks fellas.Of course !!! durr ... this splice only works because the joint's concealed. I'd look very sub continent if it was exposed. If, when, I have to splice up in an exposed section I might...
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Two pedersoli repros going on Naturabuy at the moment. Search for "couvre bassinet fusil an IX".
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The link is much appreciated and must be a recent listing as I searched it all last week. At that price I'll await something more reasonably priced and in keeping with the overall condition of the...
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Very nicely done, especially the method of splicing the forend, I've never seen it done that way and will have to keep it in mind for my next job.
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