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i had a hankering for a 50 cal for a while now and decided to make myself a winter project.
i ordered a dixie hawken flintlock kit, i just spent the weekend taking the rough cut gem, and assembling her for finishing off.
as held by my assistant.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...ps4138aad7.jpg
started on the sanding and have a fine piece of walnut coming thru.
updates to follow
greg
I will watch this with eager anticipation
The assistant has that gleam in his eye,my new rifle.An it's a southpaw
You'll enjoy that,nice big cal makes them easy shooting.
:cool:
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excellent :cool:
hope you ordered a second kit, coz I think you going to have a hard time getting it back from the assistant :thumbsup:
whats the all-up weight ?
Sweet cannon being made right there. :cool: Looking forward to the next installment.
A flinter too, good choice :thumbup:
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Could send ya half a dozen good english flints if ya need some spares. . . .
Keep a small headed brass hammer handy for knapping. . .
. . and, dare I say it, check the angle of yer cock and hardness/temper of yer frizzen ! :thumbup:
I like it :thumbsup:
where did you order the kit from?
i will be happy to grab the flints if you dont need/want them. thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by redbang
pm me your details and i will transfer you your costs.
Cool mate, will organize when I'm back on the computer.
Bought shit loads when I got my flinter, still have plenty :)
Send me your addy,
0212944293
now that i am reattached with the 21st century ::)
a couple pics.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...psaddf82ac.jpg
rite out of the blueing salts.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...psa5b68cf1.jpg
sanded the stock down to 600 grit (coz i had the brass fittings on it at the time and flushed them at the same time) starting to come up realy nice i think.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...ps5fe964f4.jpg
not yet sarted on the brass polish yet so still a wee way to go.
greg
What a craftsman you are greghud
Looks really nice so far greghud. Are you going to stain the timber at all or keep as is?
iam using a hand rubbed boiled lindsead oil finish, so i it will darken nauraly, i am up to 5 or 6 coats now and i is looking bloody nice, but i do like the BLO finish.
greg
i have not update for a while so thaught i had better.
well its complete, and i am as hooked as a crack addict!
the powder horn throws 50 grains exactly so that seemed a no brainer.
i cast up a bunch of .495 round balls and used cotton patch material soaked in hoppes elete black powder cleaner/lube. easy.
i will have to chronograph this load but needless to say, the recoil is a pleasant shove and the groups were a tennis ball size, i figure thats as good as my aim.
time for a hunt!
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...ps661214b1.jpg
took a young fella out from work who was keen to try out a "big banger" so i sugested he use my 45.70 and i would take the .50.
we were out scanning for a goat on a block that is being over run and realy need thinning out. what better a chance to blood the .50
we bashed our way through heavey cover and came around a bend in the river to see a few goats out feeding on a rocky bluff, they were a long way off, far to far for an accurate shot with a 45.70 and a peep sight and an as yet untested fifty front stuffer.
but i saw a rock that if we snuck up to it we would be underneath the animals and may get a good shot.
sure enough the plan worked, i was realy hopeing to get the young bloke onto a goat with the 45.70 as he had not shot it before. but he was not confident that he could take the shot at the distance we were from the goats.
i guestimated it to be about 120 mtrs, i was feeling quite confident that i could take the shot, so i handed the camera to him and asked him to video the shot for me.
i settled the bead over the chest as it fed and set the trigger, as i saw the shot present, i touched off, all doubts were settled when the goat emphaticly dropped instantly, the 50 works!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZwlY...G3HltAVEDAdNYQ
a photo of where i was the rock where the goat was is almost directly above the barrel and slightly left.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...pse79e1f6a.jpg
next project is to take a deer with it.
greg
Fantastic :cool::thumbup:
Excellent :thumbsup: Similar feeling to catching trout on a rod you built yourself and flies you tied, you must be stoked !
Awesome work
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Brilliant GH, cant wait to see/hear about your first deer kill.....
Excellent
And wearing a forum Bloody Blue Blazes too by the look of it, on yer Greg, well done!