A change of pace.

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Use some very fine sandpaper for the final sanding and it will make your grain stand out more.
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I weighed the gun tonight and was delighted at it coming in at 6.5 lbs. I can see why they were so popular in the Appalachians in colonial times being so light,handy easy on powder and lead. It would have not been so good West of the Mississippi though in .45 cal for buffalo and Grizzly bears.
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feather the wood. hot water on a rag. wet the wood ....let the grain rise....than sand it off With the Grain easily new sandpaper every time. fine grit.
do it at least three times until the grain no longer rises. this will make any curl stand out.

you can use a steamer iron too ...makes it go faster....Ken
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kenny sd wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2020 7:28 am feather the wood. hot water on a rag. wet the wood ....let the grain rise....than sand it off With the Grain easily new sandpaper every time. fine grit.
do it at least three times until the grain no longer rises. this will make any curl stand out.

you can use a steamer iron too ...makes it go faster....Ken
This also works good with a walnut stock, but I use 0000 steel wool than Hopes 100% pure tung oil so it gets deep penetration than finished with Formby's Tung oil.
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Right Kurt. but...if you use Tong oil...buy a fresh one....100% pure Tong oil....and throw it away after you finish. it looses the drying ability after a while.... anyway, what I've found..

ole recipe for stain.

soak a plug of chewing tobacco in ammonia for a week...strain threw a sock....and stain maple...
the tobacco releases nitrite acid ......makes you want to Light Up...Huh?????

this is the old way to bring out curl...I've used it and it works....Ken
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Haven't fired a ML in 15 yrs.... You guys are making me think about it! 😉
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210 year old original with a homemade stain I'm sure. Ken
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Now that is some tiger stripe maple! Love it! I just like the feel of this gun when I pick it up, its so slender and light! I think I got the stock fit to me correctly. I close my eyes, throw it up and open them and I'm looking right down the pike with for and aft sights perfectly aligned for windage and almost for elevation.
I'll do the grain raise several times as suggested. I did notice more stripes as I worked the stock and got more dirt on it from my hand oil so I have some hope of it having better figure than originally thought.
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I have always shot muzzle loaders even before BPCRs. They are just so basic and simple shooting pleasure, especially when made to fit your stature.
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My cousin introduced me to muzzle loading when we were kids. I remember one day we went squirrel hunting and I was using one of his Kentucky flinters in .44 cal. I had a shot on a fat ole fox squirrel just about straight up. Well I touched ole Betsy off and I must have had to much powder in the pan because when it flashed some of the burning debris fell down on my face and forehead. My cousin doubled over in laughter as I tried to put out my face from the brush fire going on! :lol:
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That rifle has one of the old Lolly pop peep sights mounted on the tang , doesn't it Ken ? Very cool, as I don't see them much any more. They are much more accurate than open sights but are harder to use in the deep woods when light is an issue.
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If I still lived on our farm back in Michigan a muzzle loader and self bow is about all I would use for deer, squirrel and Turkey. Don't make much sense for field carry here in AK but sure will at our muzzle loading club matches and especially at Territorials . I also need to get off my butt and attend one of several rendevues they have up here each year.
I have several percussion rifles but until now have never owned a flint rifle. I'm afraid I'm hooked on these old guns and their archaic technology!
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ok. one more 'trick' to bring out the grain.

put a lot of linseed oil on the stock....get a propane torch with the WIDE nozzle, very slowly go over the grain....it will start to bubble on the flame grain first....this will cause the stripe to darken,, but not the surrounding wood. go slowly and you will see the stripe stand out more.
I'm sure my original had that treatment....it's mentioned in old books....oil over a low fire....

I've done it and it works. Ken
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more pretty pictures of the original...Ken
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That is a very nice rifle. I like the lines of the old rifles and I have seen a lot of originals at collector shows and they all seem to have in common with wood and finish.
I had a rifle once that I paid $50. for when I was a kid and it had a dark bore and the muzzle octagon barrel was turned for a fall muzzle with holes and at that time I had no idea what that was all about. It was a flint. I shot that rifle for a long time but I got tired of it and I carried it to a gun show to see if I could trade it off for a fox rifle. I did,t make one round around the tables when I was asked if I wanted to see it, I said yes I'm looking for a .222, he said I don't have a .222 but I will give you $100. for this rifle, I looked him in the eyes and he said it looks pretty rough and the bore is very dark. I took his money.
On the way out I picked up some flyers from the table and when I got home there was a Remington flyer and on the front was a rifle that looked just like the one I just sold. :) I still wonder if that was a Remington :)

I like the plain Jane rifles, but I have a weakness for nice wood and I have several rifles that have it.
Here is one I just could not walk away from last summer. I like the tiger stripe figure and this rifle for being a Walnut is a little out of the ordinary for walnut. I really don't need a .45-2.6 anymore but I overlooked it and took it home. :)
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