The Winchester wooden copy 1873 LA Rifle

Years ago the club would have a 2X4 Challenge in September. This particular year I made a wooden lever Action rifle. The lever ,Sliding Bolt,Trigger, hammer, mechanism worked. It used rubber bans springs inside.
Herb

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That’s amazing, Herb! Also, look at that 2x4 grain. Must’ve taken some time to find one like that.

LOL,Tim,
I picked through the 8’ long pile to find it.

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Herb

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that is something all in it’s own Herb… KUDOS…
a thought…
wouldn’t the barrel/magazine assembly have been easier to do if you had used dowels and splined them together???

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Since this was a 2X4 challenge contest of something made out of a 2X4 stud up to 8’ long it had to be made all from the same piece of wood.
Herb

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ahhh.
skip the dowel idea…

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