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It's looking good but I have to ask, what happen to the original barrel action profile idea?

Is this action suitable for modern cartridge pressures? I note all those you talked about were blackpowder cartridges.

Only if you think putting mud tires on a Porche Carrera is not sacrilegous.

Brent

I stand corrected on my earlier "OT" comment...and happily so.
And thanks for the "materials' comments.
Please keep the pics of this project coming...they are a joy to behold.
As for using black walnut as the stock material....wasn't that the type of wood used on most of the olde-timey target/Creedmore type rifles???
No flies on black walnut, especially the glorious pieces pictured.

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh my!

AKmike:

If I could get a barrel to work with I would glue it on your rifle post haste. Does anyone out there know of a barrel maker providing Alex Henry rifling besides Krieger?


Brent:

It is a Green Mountain barrel. I can't see any reason to change now. This one is a 16 twist. The reason for the .45-70 is the lighter weight and the fact that I am a caring, sensitive, New Millennium sort of guy. I don't know if I can take the recoil of a 90 in a 13 pound rifle, and I do know I would rather not if I didn't have to. A 500 grain bullet can be pushed at 1350 with the 70 and with the faster twist I expect it to hold together out to 1K. If not, a few hours of quality time with a chamber reamer and it is a .45-90.

As for your secret weapon, I'll take a serious look at it... But there are certain implications to releasing a new technology on society. We have a moral responsibility to the citizens of the world to be sure such new technologies will do more good than harm.


Michael:

I thought I wrote you about that, but... The problem is that this barrel diameter is apparently quite a bit larger than the original Wesson barrel. That rifle would have been built to 10 pounds vs. the 13 pounds of this rifle, with the difference all in the barrel. I cut a Delrin barrel stub to the original Wesson configuration with the new barrel's diameter and all I got was something that made me look like a bad machinist. There just was not enough change in diameter from the barrel to the receiver ring to make that transition work. I do indeed thank you for your assistance. It is much appreciated and will someday be used.

Jerry:

I cannot see why this action would not hold most any reasonable chambering, but that would be something to take up with the manufacturer. All that I have posted about are indeed Black Powder chamberings because that is what I shoot.


Glenn

LOL, Glen, I wan't trying to hurry you! No Rush!
I think that the knox form would ber great on that action! Maybe not quite like Wesson did but Henry did.

Glenn --- you might try Ron Snover in Tenn. Ken

A bespoke pair of Earle actioned Creedmoors, WOW! I would think this one may be a lot more fun to shoot than the 45-90, tho any 45-70 can still be a handful. I'm not a BP shooter, but have friends that are and shoot some of theirs from time to time. I have a modern 45-70 Marlin that is brutal by any standard that digests smokeless only. It always seemed to me, as the trigger puller, that BP had a more abrupt and immediate recoil, but that's a subjective best left fettered for the night.

Parker-Hale makes hammer forged Alex Henry rifled bbls. in .45 cal. You may wish to contact them & see if they would make a blank or blanks available to you. I would think if your inquiry was sent to the top & included some photograhs they could hardly refuse. Worth a ranging shot anyway.

Curiosity on my part .. how does your 45-90 perform? Did you get to sort it out & use it in competiton this past season, and if so, how did you shoot?

Glenn;

Too late, the word is out and your are toast on the wood choice.
Too bad, I have three wood projects using the same stuff. Good wood is nothing to be ashamed of IMO. Look forward to seeing the finished project. Best and see you in a month.

Glenn, why don't you post the picture of your stocked 45-90 Wesson and get Doug to post pictures of his finished Wesson too. Give him a call & jerk his chain. Ken