.54 Great Plains Rifle

[Pat B]

Looking good Steve.

[Hawkdancer]

Parnell,
Looking real good!  Takes time and patience and lots of TLC.

Stoner,
Please don't do any rework on those heirlooms, light oil on the metal is all they.  You can contact the National Muzzleloading Rifle Assn. if you have questions or need help id'ing them.
Hawkdancer

[Josh B]

Looks really nice Steve!  How's she shoot?  Josh

[Parnell]

Thanks Josh!  That's a fine compliment coming from you.  I carefully micro-filed in the sights last night and tapped them in.  Haven't shot her yet!  This weekend I'm going to drive out to my bro-in-laws ranch and shoot her in a bit and get the sights on track.  I'll have to pick up some cabbages for targets, or something.

I appreciate the kind remarks, fellas.

Here are some pictures from this morning:

[Stoker]

Turned out real nice.. That'll lay the smackdown on a cabbage
Thanks Leroy

[amateurhour]

That browning job is gorgeous.

I've been to nervous to try that with mine and just done the super blue instead. I've got a .54 flintlock I'm putting together now that might be a candidate though.

[Eric Krewson]

On barrel browning the normal procedure is to brown the barrel then heat it up with a torch and wipe it down with motor oil. Your barrel looks a little dry, did you do the motor oil step?

[Parnell]

I have not.  Didn't know that, thanks Eric. 

[Eric Krewson]

From the LMF website;

To finish the barrel, heat the surface with a torch until it is too warm to comfortably touch with bare hands, about 125 to 130 F. This will drive off any remaining moisture. Next apply a liberal coat of motor oil. Allow the oil to bond with the brown for 24 hours and then polish off any excess with a soft dry cloth. Apply a final finish of a quality gun oil, non-abrasive furniture wax or neutral color shoe wax.

[mullet]

When I did my first pistol I put the barrel in the oven when my wife was gone. Never told her what that smell was.

[Parnell]

Well, that's on my list of things to do this weekend.  Appreciate it.

[Parnell]

Shot my rifle for the first time on Saturday out at my brother-in-laws ranch.  Had an absolute blast.
On the fourth shot it was misfiring and the pan would flash but no ignition of the main charge.  I cleaned out the breech with a paper clip and again...nothing.  So I unscrewed the breech and added powder and boom. 

Pretty good for a first time.  I shot a group of 3 at 75 yards that was within a pie plate.  But the group was about a foot to the right of the target.  Thoughts on this?

Here is a video clip I took of Adam shooting on his ranch...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiLmwy4A9pE&feature=youtu.be

[Eric Krewson]

Rifles seldom shoot spot on out of the box, you may have to drift the back and front sight a little get it on track.

In the video your ignition is way too slow. Factory touch holes are often too small, I drill mine out to 1/16" first and go to 5/64" on guns that shoot 2F and are still slow. 3F will run out of a 5/64 touch hole when you load the gun.

[Parnell]

The video is slow motion.  I didn't take a regular speed video but ignition is pretty much immediate...less than a second I would say.  I'll be taking another clip soon.

[Josh B]

So....I'm guessing that you forgot the powder on the fourth shot ? .  Been there!  Josh