Well I really had a hard time doing up a post of the hunt Friday.
I hit post reply by accident before the post was done, then had to edit it for every inserted picture-then the upload was painfully slow-but it kind of came together-but I wasn't really set on posting till it was complete.
I need to get the downloading feature sorted between phone and desktop sorted, as trying to do everything off a phone is a pain.
Got the new Deus ll-finally got the controller sorted out (replacement) and the new cuff wireless headphones. So I have gotten out for a hour here and there-only hit a few well hunted iron patches. Just to see if this new would be any better than the previous model-YUP! It gives another level of...
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Thank to @
releventchair for your help in the ID process of the gun, much appreciated in learning what things were and what they were for.
It's one thing finding things, but it takes more time sorting/cleaning/and posting up-and time is a rare thing sometimes it seems.
You're welcome but I was treading water. Worse the more I tried! l.o.l..
I learned a couple parts hand on.
Would be interesting far into the future to watch someone try to figure out what and why I did what I did on my first blackpowder rifle build.
Mistakes were made. And some things learned that if I wasn't stubbornly acceptedly content with my efforts; would have had the rifle hidden away from critique!
But it sure saw a lot of use and good times. Once or twice a month at varied shoots for years.
Too bad I didn't keep track of how many times it was fired the first few years. It was substantial.
But early on......
Friend asks...
Umm , did you put that rear sight on backwards on purpose?
Umm , most folks peen the sight itself to secure it in it's dovetail. But peening your barrel worked too. (Me , blush.)
Then there is the big notch in the side of the stock. No , not to indicate a kill. But rather a caught in a door incident...
Did I mention the stock is an orange / blond color?
I've a French Fusil repro a real craftsman (unlike myself) built.
I need to date the pattern of.
It'll come out around 1727 maybe. Late1600's earliest maybe.
Gifted a friend a rifle another (real) craftsman built out of a piece of tiger maple that might make you scream it's so nice and tightly grained ; that was built after a rifle of the mid sixteen hundreds.
Learned a lot from that rifle and research into others.
Still , it takes me a lot of parts and more to be very sure of anything.
As much can be done by builders, or those modifying old arms.