My latest build

[Archie Otto]

1884 Trapdoor in a Hawken stock.

 

[4V50 Gary]

Looks nice. May we have another shot of the poured pewter nose?

 

[Pahoo]

I like it !!!

Nice work and my compliments. .....

May we have another shot of the poured pewter nose?

Same here and even the cheek area. ....

Be Safe !!!

 

[Archie Otto]

Here ya go

 

[aarondhgraham]

That's just pretty,,,

That's just pretty,,,
Nice job my friend.

Aarond

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[Hawg]

Looks good. I always have liked those Gemmer Hawken's.

 

[4V50 Gary]

But for the recessed angle, it's very much like a rifle carried by an Indian in The Outlaw Josie Wales. Look for it over the left shoulder of Ten Bears. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWCvi-XvQuo Well done.

 

[gyvel]

Here's a dumb question for ya:

I assume pewter has a melting point of at least several hundred degrees or more; How do you keep it from charring the wood when you pour it?

 

[4V50 Gary]

Pewter has a low melting point and its heat won't harm the wood. In fact, you're supposed to heat the barrel where it'll contact the pewter to improve the flow.

 

[Hawg]

But for the recessed angle, it's very much like a rifle carried by an Indian in The Outlaw Josie Wales. Look for it over the left shoulder of Ten Bears.

The nose cap is kinda similar in that it was poured but the Indians rifle is a muzzle loader.

 

[JWT]

Beautiful piece of craftsmanship indeed!

 

[Tidewater_Kid]

I really like it! nice job!

 

[4V50 Gary]

Hawg Haggen. Yep, you're right. The movie had a muzzle loader and you can see the ramrod. My point of interest though is poured pewter noses. I did two last semester and it's the first time in years that it was done at that school. Sorta-kinda remembered what Hershel taught and besides drilling some holes into the stock to help the pour hold, heavily graphited it to facilitate the pour. Used a pencil and drew all over it and later learned that we had graphite in the tool room. Because of the stock (ramrod channel begins after the cap), I couldn't duplicate that widow's peak as was done in the movie gun or in Archie Otto's gun.

 

[Tidewater_Kid]

Here's a bit better picture of the end...

TK

 

[Hawg]

I've never poured a nose cap but I've poured a few knife butts and bolsters.

 

[Archie Otto]

The pewter will get hot enough to char the wood if you let it. I use a toothpick to test the heat of the pewter. Dip the toothpick in and if it comes out burned it's too hot, wait a hew seconds and try again.