Hi all, I am new to this forum and have been directed here by others elsewhere as maybe some of you can help me out.
I have been searching everywhere for a small metal part to help complete a project I am currently working on. It is a restocking of a Ruger inline Muzzleloader. I have eliminated the original barrel band in favor of a forearm screw to secure the barrel. This is via a hidden ramrod thimble in the barrel channel with a screw boss to accept a screw from under the forearm. I cannot however allow myself to use an exposed screw to secure the barrel.
What I need is a small, thin, round or oval trap door to inlet in the bottom of the forearm to hide the screw...Can someone dirrect me to where I can find such an animal? I am awaiting the arrival of the Brownell's catalog and suspect one will be in there...but I thought maybe someone here can shed some light.
Roy, this is the part you asked about. Unfortunately I do not remember where I got it or who made it (seems like it may have been someone who advertised in Rifle Magazine). Perhaps someone on this forum knows?
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A new guy shows up looking for an unknown part that somebody might know about - and 4 hours and 27 minutes later he has a reply from the maker offering just what he needs!
AR is awesome!
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A new guy shows up looking for an unknown part that somebody might know about - and 4 hours and 27 minutes later he has a reply from the maker offering just what he needs!
AR is awesome!
Ditto! Tremendous amount of collective knowledge & expertise, far better than reading a gun mag. And most of all the friendships I have made through these forums.
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Posts: 9487 | Location: Texas Hill Country | Registered: 11 January 2002
Originally posted by LHowell: This place is awesome!
A new guy shows up looking for an unknown part that somebody might know about - and 4 hours and 27 minutes later he has a reply from the maker offering just what he needs!
AR is awesome!
Well, the expertise of the whole world is available on this forum! Cool, what??
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YES! Thank you ALL...I am very impressed! Mr. Wisner I WILL be contacting you...asap.
I look forward to hanging out here at AR...very cool place...I'm not new to the shooting or hunting world but the computer world is a big place I never spent much time in...till now.
I guess it's been a long winter...(grin).
If I can figure out how to post pics on this site I'll do so...so ya'll can see what I got going on with this part needed from Mr. Wisner.
wildswalker: If I can figure out how to post pics on this site I'll do so...so ya'll can see what I got going on with this part needed from Mr. Wisner. Roy
Roy, here's a tutorial by Terry Carr on how to post pics: PostingPics
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Posts: 9487 | Location: Texas Hill Country | Registered: 11 January 2002
What do ya'll think of this ebony widow's peek forend tip...?
plans are to finish the inlaying of the trap door...final shape and sand...apply a blue million coats of tru-oil and checker with a semi-fancy/classic pattern.
This rifle with a load of 110 grains of true weighed black powder and a 240 grain XTP will group three shots touching at 100 yards...I've killed a truck load of deer with it and a few out to around 200 yards. It's a nice rifle, I've just always hated the straight stock and wanted something a little more fancy.
