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  • James Klein Talks about Rifle Building

    James Klein Talks about Rifle Building

    James Klein discusses rifle building with BlackPowderMag.

    James Klein Interview, Friendship – Spring 2006

    From the time I first stopped by James Klein’s booth at Friendship, there have always been beautiful rifles to examine. In the interview Jim discusses rifle building, including his favorites to produce. James’s association with Homer Dangler has been a long one, and James has taken over the production of the gun stock stains that Homer began. Any builder looking for a stain that brings out the natural curl in a maple stock needs to stop here.

    James Klein
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  • Gunmakers Panel Discussion

    Blackpowdermag presents a Panel Discussion from GunMakers Hall. Listen as Mark Silver, Jim Chambers,Bob Harn, Wallace Gusler, and LC Rice field audience questions. . . . . . .

    Black Powder Magazine is pleased to bring you a series of digital interviews and discussions promoting black powder shooting sports. Our initial offering is a panel discussion taped at Gunmakers Hall during the NMLRA 2006 Spring Championships in Friendship, Indiana. Participants in the discussion are Jim Chambers, Wallace Gusler, Bob Harn, LC Rice, and Mark Silver. Because of its length, the discussion will be broken into six segments. The panel discussion segments will be published at intervals in the coming months. We think you will enjoy hearing the experts’ thoughts on a variety of muzzleloading topics. All comments are “off the cuff” responses to audience questions. The segments vary in length between 15 and 25 minutes.

    Panel Discussion Part 1:
    LC Rice talks about barrels. Wallace Gusler and Mark Silver discuss fitting a custom gun to the shooter. Wallace also talks about effect of moisture on the “movie gun”.

  • Gunmakers Panel Discussion Part II

    Blackpowdermag presents a Part 2 of the Panel Discussion from GunMakers Hall. Listen as Mark Silver, Jim Chambers,Bob Harn, Wallace Gusler, and LC Rice field audience questions. . . . . . .

    Part 2:

    LC and Wallace discuss barrel harmonics and stress relieving a barrel. Mark and Wallace discuss the proper location of the touch hole. (Rain begins.) Bob Harn and Jim Chambers talk about what they need from a potential customer.

     

  • Gunmakers Panel Discussion Part III

    Blackpowdermag presents a Part 3 of the Panel Discussion from GunMakers Hall. Listen as Mark Silver, Jim Chambers,Bob Harn, Wallace Gusler, and LC Rice field audience questions. . . . . . .

    Part 3:
    Jim and Wallace talk about leather vs lead in attaching a flint. Wallace discusses tools in the 18th century gun shop. Also discussed is knapping the flint on the gun. Wallace fields Mark Baker’s question about period shooting matches.

  • Gunmakers Panel Discussion Part IV

    Blackpowdermag presents a Part 4 of the Panel Discussion from GunMakers Hall. Listen as Mark Silver, Jim Chambers, Bob Harn, Wallace Gusler, and LC Rice field audience questions. . . . . . .

    Part 4:
    Wallace discusses silk patches (Last of the Mohicans). LC discusses variables involved in accuracy. Wallace, LC, and Mark talk about barrel coning. LC discusses square vs round- bottom rifling.

  • GunMakers Panel Discussion Part V

    Blackpowdermag presents a Part 5 of the Panel Discussion from GunMakers Hall. Listen as Mark Silver, Jim Chambers, Bob Harn, Wallace Gusler, and LC Rice field audience questions. . . . . . .

    Part 5:
    The group fields questions about the number of grooves in rifling a barrel. Jim Chambers talks about freshing out a barrel with a freshening stick. LC Rice discusses English locks. Also discussed were decorative cuts on barrel muzzles and low front sights.

  • GunMakers Panel Discussion Part VI

    Blackpowdermag presents Part 6 of the Panel Discussion from GunMakers Hall. Listen as Mark Silver, Jim Chambers, Bob Harn, Wallace Gusler, and LC Rice field audience questions. . . . . . 

    Part 6:
    LC discusses lock geometry. Mark talks about touch holes and internal cones. The group discusses how placement of the touch hole can effect the threads in the breech plug and how this causes problems with breechplug removal.