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  1. 27-03-2021, 08:15 PM #16
    Micky Duck
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    NOW FEEL FREE to correct me if Im wrong....but wouldnt you be better off to install the rear sight as far back as possible??? so your already long sight radius is longer still...meaning your aiming will be more precise and any adjustment/drifting sideways of either component make a smaller difference....
    really enjoying watching this build.
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  3. 27-03-2021, 08:23 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
    NOW FEEL FREE to correct me if Im wrong....but wouldnt you be better off to install the rear sight as far back as possible??? so your already long sight radius is longer still...meaning your aiming will be more precise and any adjustment/drifting sideways of either component make a smaller difference....
    really enjoying watching this build.
    Well @Micky Duck I would shift it a lot further back if it was a peep or tang staff sight.
    But its a primitive / traditional long rifle sight so it needs to be out on the barrel a wee way
    Remember its a 42" long barrel so its still around a 32" long sight separation
    So it will still shoot pretty well I expect
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  4. 27-03-2021, 08:35 PM #18
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    lol...perfect,it looks very good now and will be awesome when finished.... pleased I did nt offend with comment.... 32" IS a long separation....
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  5. 27-03-2021, 08:45 PM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
    lol...perfect,it looks very good now and will be awesome when finished.... pleased I did nt offend with comment.... 32" IS a long separation....
    There is also not much adjustment there so to shoot it any great distance he’d need an additional tang sight, so it’ll be plenty accurate


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  6. 27-03-2021, 09:09 PM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by MSL View Post
    There is also not much adjustment there so to shoot it any great distance he’d need an additional tang sight, so it’ll be plenty accurate


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    Correct @MSL windage on both sights and elevation by filing down the fore sight
    So it will be get it up to speed at around 1800 fps
    File down the fore sight to bring it up to poa at around 50m and then it's just Kentucky elevation from there out to wherever you want to shoot

    Round ball loose speed and power really fast
    So a .50 cal is stretched on a red deer at 75m
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  7. 27-03-2021, 09:12 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
    lol...perfect,it looks very good now and will be awesome when finished.... pleased I did nt offend with comment.... 32" IS a long separation....
    No offence taken
    It's a steep learning curve
    Next one might have a Skinner sight on the base of the barrel
    Looking for a reliable 100m hunting flintlock rifle for both power and accuracy
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  8. 29-03-2021, 01:24 PM #22
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    Just re shaped the island around the lock and made a template of it with the lock screw locations as a reference

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    Transferred it to the other side

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    And shaped it to the lines
    Now both the sides are practically identical

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    So now I have stripped some of the brass parts and started working off the tool marks
    A couple more little jobs to do and then it's on to finishing the stock and Browning the barrel, lock and trigger plate
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  9. 30-03-2021, 01:26 PM #23
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    Last push now
    Very happy with the colour and feature on the stock
    Exactly what I wanted it to look like

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  10. 30-03-2021, 01:29 PM #24
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    All the metal parts are being browned now and will take a day or two to finish
    Gives me time to get another dozen coats of schaftol on the stock
    This is the fun bit after a lot of very tricky bits
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  11. 31-03-2021, 11:41 AM #25
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    Got bored waiting for the Browning solution to get its job done
    So stuck a block of mild steel in the mill and whittled it into this period correct front sight
    It has plenty of height for me to file down and lift the point of impact to what ever I decide works
    I will face the back edge with silver solder once it's the height I want

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  12. 01-04-2021, 11:38 AM #26
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    Done
    Browning went very well and has nice deep old rust colour and texture

    Just needs a trigger guard big enough for the double triggers

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  13. 01-04-2021, 07:21 PM #27
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    Wow, what magnificent work you have done on this rifle, sorry I missed it early, very impressive stuff & thank you for taking the time to post it up !

    I have here a ML Double 12bore rifle that would come up nicely with the help of your workmen ship lol !
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  14. 01-04-2021, 07:52 PM #28
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    @Scout you are a glutton for punishment with a stack of projects with me already !

    But you know I am a sucker for double rifles and muzzleloaders
    So a muzzleloading double rifle is like drugs to an addict
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  15. 01-04-2021, 08:12 PM #29
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    WONDERFUL WORKMANSHIP....look forward to seeing photos of her in action.....
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  16. 01-04-2021, 08:16 PM #30
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    Fantastic figure in that stock!

    What solution are you using to brown the steel?
    "Sixty percent of the time,it works every time"
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