I love my trapdoor so much....

Hey Doc . . . sometimes you just can't put a price on pleasure . . . it's lookin' goooood! Will be anxious to see your progress! :)
 
Parts

Got my thumblatch and cam. Needs a bit of fitting to get it to go into the breach block.

I expect the receiver tomorrow.

Watching a bunch of other parts on the evil bay and on gunbroker.

My father is checking his shop, thinking he has a hunk of cherry that will work for the stock.

Cherry is close grained and should have enough strength for the stock. But it is hard. I hope I am up to this.
 
Willie...

Been thinking about your recommendation for case hardening and bluing.

If I blue anything, I will prolly cold blue it myself.

In fact I am also thinking about case hardening the reciever and breachblock myself.

Something else to study up on.
 
The receiver and breechblock are already case hardened; trying to color them (which is what I assume you mean) will actually soften them.

Jim
 
Two things

Bought a stock last night.

As regards the finish on the rifle I am thinking I will blue the whole thing, receiver and all.

I know....I know, the good looking case hardening on the recent TD replicas sure is pretty.

I like the rubbed metal on my present one. There was no collector value in the rifle at all and that will be true of the one I am building.

We shall see.
 
I am not very good at signing.....

....Never had to learn it because none of my acquaintences are deaf.

Well, I do know one sign which I learned in the Navy but I haven't had to use it in a long time.

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On the serious side....

I put the cam lock in the breach block last night.

Cam lock in the breach block

Cam lock in the breach block

Hmmm....That ryhmes

I grabbed my rifle, trusty, but I found that it was a trifle rusty.



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Had to chase out the threads and make a screw

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Firing pin...

I made up a firing pin from a piece of hard steel round stock.

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The actual pin is a drill bit shank driven into the body of the firing pin.

Also had to chase these threads as well and make a retaining screw for the firing pin.

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Here is the pin at full extension.

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Just picked up....

....A trigger assembly which includes the entire trigger guard and a trigger for 40.00 and a tang for 25.00 from Al Frasca.

Watching a lock and the extractor parts on the evil Bay.
 
Got the stock and receiver

Bought the receiver froma guy on Gunbroker. He is a little haphazard when it comes to service. But the price was not bad at 40.00 for the condition which is dirty but excellent.

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Nuther view

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Everything fits as it should

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Some views of the stock

I am pretty sure this stock started life as a carbine stock

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I picked up a tang from Al Frasca.

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The stock is gong to need a lot of sanding.

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This is a much of the rifle as I have

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Let me say a word about Al Frasca. This guy has a good quality website which he keeps up to date pretty well. http://www.trapdoorcollector.com/

This guy is very knowledgable. He has a good stock of parts. His prices are good and shipping is outstanding.

He is not afraid to hang on the phone and speak about the parts you need and the manner in which they fit. Good with advice.
 
I have the H&R Officer model. My stock isn't much better. Yours has much more red cast. Are you going back to like new? I'd be afraid to take too much character away from it. That project is really coming along nicely. I must say I am amazed at how rapidly you gathered or made the bits.
 
I gotta confess, Strafer

I have not yet decided what I want the final product to look like.

I thought about just smoothing it up a little and also thought about shining it up, bluing it and completely refinishing the stock.

I have a trigger and tang coming yet. Got my eyes on a lock.

Made a great deal on the hingepin, extractor, plunger and spring. Got it for about a third of what I was expecting to pay.

I'll keep posting photos as the project moved forward.
 
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