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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3347592" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>Scary? Oh yeah! This is one thing I wish they could do at the factory. But I understand why they don't; and really; why they can't. With the amount of fitting I had to do to get the breech end of the barrel flush with the top of the stock, in as much as removing some wood on order to drop the barrel down some, it would have thrown those holes all out of alignment anyway, especially the holes near the muzzle end. In my mind, this has been the hardest thing to get right in building this muzzleloader. I even bought a nice new digital caliper off Amazon to make sure my measurements were spot on.</p><p></p><p>If you are off on your measurements just a tiny bit, you run the risk of missing the barrel tenon entirely, or clipping it on it's bottom edge, or you could hit the bottom of the barrel itself as you drill through the wood stock and the metal tenons. There's also the fact that once you stain and finish the stock, that could possibly throw you off just a tiny bit too, if you let it goop up in the barrel channel for example. Hence, the earlier advice on freezing the tenon pins and heating the barrel tenons to help ease installation. One thing for sure, once I <em>DO </em>get the barrel installed in the stock, it's darn sure going to be stable. </p><p></p><p>I did a second and third coat of stain today. Blued the barrel with Oxpho-Blue. Tomorrow, its supposed to be in the low 80's, so its on with the Min-Wax Satin Polyurethane for the stock , and another pass of Oxpho-blue on the barrel. If all goes well, I'll have a fully functional .50 caliber black powder percussion fired Kentucky Long Rifle by week's end. </p><p></p><p>In the pics below, you can see one of the two holes in the stock where the pin will go through the stock and the fitted barrel tenon to help hold it in the stock firmly. At the breech end, there is a long tang screw that goes through the top of the stock and secures the barrel through the breech end to the trigger plate. At the muzzle end, there are two screws that go through the brass muzzle cap and into the barrel near the muzzle. In between, you have these two barrel tenons and their pins, so there are actually 5 screws holding the barrel securely in the stock. Probably a good idea too, since there may be a bit of recoil when you bust a cap on this .50 caliber rifle. </p><p></p><p>I'm anxious to shoot the darn thing! I needs me a coonskin cap now so's I can act like I'm Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone, out to kilt me a big ol' grizzle bar way out up thar in them the hills in ol' Ken-tuck'!</p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200406/e41a4f31b45ccd5255172f4f76ccc7a4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200406/df46eec4c8433adf70f67ab8f395059d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200406/dc5315f6887c0e8432bd70fcbbf15f74.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200406/a296f1db96d20a0c35cd55ed009ccb62.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3347592, member: 10465"] Scary? Oh yeah! This is one thing I wish they could do at the factory. But I understand why they don't; and really; why they can't. With the amount of fitting I had to do to get the breech end of the barrel flush with the top of the stock, in as much as removing some wood on order to drop the barrel down some, it would have thrown those holes all out of alignment anyway, especially the holes near the muzzle end. In my mind, this has been the hardest thing to get right in building this muzzleloader. I even bought a nice new digital caliper off Amazon to make sure my measurements were spot on. If you are off on your measurements just a tiny bit, you run the risk of missing the barrel tenon entirely, or clipping it on it's bottom edge, or you could hit the bottom of the barrel itself as you drill through the wood stock and the metal tenons. There's also the fact that once you stain and finish the stock, that could possibly throw you off just a tiny bit too, if you let it goop up in the barrel channel for example. Hence, the earlier advice on freezing the tenon pins and heating the barrel tenons to help ease installation. One thing for sure, once I [I]DO [/I]get the barrel installed in the stock, it's darn sure going to be stable. I did a second and third coat of stain today. Blued the barrel with Oxpho-Blue. Tomorrow, its supposed to be in the low 80's, so its on with the Min-Wax Satin Polyurethane for the stock , and another pass of Oxpho-blue on the barrel. If all goes well, I'll have a fully functional .50 caliber black powder percussion fired Kentucky Long Rifle by week's end. In the pics below, you can see one of the two holes in the stock where the pin will go through the stock and the fitted barrel tenon to help hold it in the stock firmly. At the breech end, there is a long tang screw that goes through the top of the stock and secures the barrel through the breech end to the trigger plate. At the muzzle end, there are two screws that go through the brass muzzle cap and into the barrel near the muzzle. In between, you have these two barrel tenons and their pins, so there are actually 5 screws holding the barrel securely in the stock. Probably a good idea too, since there may be a bit of recoil when you bust a cap on this .50 caliber rifle. I'm anxious to shoot the darn thing! I needs me a coonskin cap now so's I can act like I'm Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone, out to kilt me a big ol' grizzle bar way out up thar in them the hills in ol' Ken-tuck'! [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200406/e41a4f31b45ccd5255172f4f76ccc7a4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200406/df46eec4c8433adf70f67ab8f395059d.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200406/dc5315f6887c0e8432bd70fcbbf15f74.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200406/a296f1db96d20a0c35cd55ed009ccb62.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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