boltons75
04-03-2012, 03:44 PM
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I received this 50 cal flint lock pistol from my uncle back in 93' as a high school graduation present from my uncle, in its current condition. We were planning on finishing it together, but jobs and girls put it on the back burner back then. And unfortunately he passed away at the age of 44, from an unexpected stroke, and we were never able to finish it. This has been in the back of my gun safe for way too long now, and I feel a need to finish this the way he wanted it done.
I inherited his 54 cal Hawkin, hand made muzzleloader and will attach a link to photos of it so you can get an idea of his craftsmanship. The only thing he didnt make by hand on the rifle was the G. Mountain barrel.
Now i know the gun needs the dovetails cut for the sights, I need a set of sights that will look right on the pistol. His plan was to build a sweat box and brown, "rust" the gun for a finish. I know that the frizzen still needs to be hardened, should this be done before the rust process? The flash hole hasnt been drilled, and that I am assuming is an after finish process. Other misc. things, finish the stock, he had only roughed it out. The oval plates behind the barrel pins I need to get ahold of.
I would appreciate any suggestions from some of you guys that have built your own, especially on the rusting process. My wife works at Kettering University and I think I can have one of the techs mill the barrel for the sights, rather than using the hack saw method for the dovetails. I will also get some better photos of the rifle he built, the lighting in these arent the greatest.
Here is a link to the photos
http://s1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc431/sbolton36/smoke%20sticks/
I received this 50 cal flint lock pistol from my uncle back in 93' as a high school graduation present from my uncle, in its current condition. We were planning on finishing it together, but jobs and girls put it on the back burner back then. And unfortunately he passed away at the age of 44, from an unexpected stroke, and we were never able to finish it. This has been in the back of my gun safe for way too long now, and I feel a need to finish this the way he wanted it done.
I inherited his 54 cal Hawkin, hand made muzzleloader and will attach a link to photos of it so you can get an idea of his craftsmanship. The only thing he didnt make by hand on the rifle was the G. Mountain barrel.
Now i know the gun needs the dovetails cut for the sights, I need a set of sights that will look right on the pistol. His plan was to build a sweat box and brown, "rust" the gun for a finish. I know that the frizzen still needs to be hardened, should this be done before the rust process? The flash hole hasnt been drilled, and that I am assuming is an after finish process. Other misc. things, finish the stock, he had only roughed it out. The oval plates behind the barrel pins I need to get ahold of.
I would appreciate any suggestions from some of you guys that have built your own, especially on the rusting process. My wife works at Kettering University and I think I can have one of the techs mill the barrel for the sights, rather than using the hack saw method for the dovetails. I will also get some better photos of the rifle he built, the lighting in these arent the greatest.
Here is a link to the photos
http://s1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc431/sbolton36/smoke%20sticks/