Sweeney
NES Member
I acquired a 1795 Springfield Type II from MajSpud and, as I do, completely disassembled it to give it a full health assessment. It was completely fine and serviceable as evidenced by the pumpkins it had laid to waste in the hands of MajSpud.
I did find things I wanted to address; There was an old repair at the wrist to stabilize a crack. A hole had been drilled and a wooden peg glued in. Time passed and the peg now stood proud and the surrounding wood had chipped away, the chips being later filled with putty. Following Murphy's Law, this protruding peg was right where my thumb would rest while taking aim at menacing paper targets and charging, bull pumpkins.
I proceeded to excise the necrotic tissue to below the surface and inlayed a graft. I didn't want to hide the repair so I used what I figured might be an acceptable technique. Hidden under the trigger guard is a 0.250" carbon fiber rod that transects the fracture to add more strength to the repair.
Moving on, the screw that clamps the flint didn't look like an original type and was pretty rough. It was also a bit bent and the threads were sloppy. I did a little investigating (looked at a picture) as to the style of screw these used, dug up a chunk of cold rolled steel and made a replacement. Major diameter measured out to +/-0.290" and is a 14 pitch. Once I got it made I case hardened. I didn't want it to look too shiny and new so I didn't expend much effort on the finish. Old screw on the left, value destroying, unholy replacement on the right. While in a case hardening mood I also tidied up the frizzen screw and polished and hardened the frizzen face as the old surface had worn away and was gouged.
I think it looks the part...
I've also done a fair mount of stabilizing sections of the lock inletting with wood pins and epoxy and some crack repairs along the fore end.
My one true fear is that I've voided the warranty...
Next I'll free-float the barrel, add an ACOG and convert to belt fed.
I did find things I wanted to address; There was an old repair at the wrist to stabilize a crack. A hole had been drilled and a wooden peg glued in. Time passed and the peg now stood proud and the surrounding wood had chipped away, the chips being later filled with putty. Following Murphy's Law, this protruding peg was right where my thumb would rest while taking aim at menacing paper targets and charging, bull pumpkins.
I proceeded to excise the necrotic tissue to below the surface and inlayed a graft. I didn't want to hide the repair so I used what I figured might be an acceptable technique. Hidden under the trigger guard is a 0.250" carbon fiber rod that transects the fracture to add more strength to the repair.
Moving on, the screw that clamps the flint didn't look like an original type and was pretty rough. It was also a bit bent and the threads were sloppy. I did a little investigating (looked at a picture) as to the style of screw these used, dug up a chunk of cold rolled steel and made a replacement. Major diameter measured out to +/-0.290" and is a 14 pitch. Once I got it made I case hardened. I didn't want it to look too shiny and new so I didn't expend much effort on the finish. Old screw on the left, value destroying, unholy replacement on the right. While in a case hardening mood I also tidied up the frizzen screw and polished and hardened the frizzen face as the old surface had worn away and was gouged.
I think it looks the part...
I've also done a fair mount of stabilizing sections of the lock inletting with wood pins and epoxy and some crack repairs along the fore end.
My one true fear is that I've voided the warranty...
Next I'll free-float the barrel, add an ACOG and convert to belt fed.
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