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fjrdoc Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Joined: Dec 14^th, 2019	First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Aug 23^rd, 2025 at 5:32pm	Print Post
	I purchased a sporterized Danish RB last year and decided to try my hand at restocking it into a sporting rifle configuration. I purchased new wood from Treebone Carving. Instead of attaching an original style Remington steel nosecap, I decided to try my hand at pouring a pewter one. She's not perfect but I'm happy with my first attempt.


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fjrdoc Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Joined: Dec 14^th, 2019	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #1 - Aug 23^rd, 2025 at 5:35pm	Print Post
	Sorry for the size of the pics. I am having trouble trying to get them to a more reasonable size.


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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2216 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #2 - Aug 23^rd, 2025 at 6:55pm	Print Post
	resized using paint.

	"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk" T. A. Edison "The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right" M.T.
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GunBum Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 258 Location: SW Missouri Joined: Oct 30^th, 2021	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #3 - Aug 23^rd, 2025 at 7:56pm	Print Post
	Resized using the settings in the phone.


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fjrdoc Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Joined: Dec 14^th, 2019	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #4 - Aug 23^rd, 2025 at 8:01pm	Print Post
	Thanks for your help Gunbum


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Just Jim Full Member Offline Posts: 206 Joined: May 11^th, 2019	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #5 - Aug 23^rd, 2025 at 9:06pm	Print Post
	Looks darn good to me! I poured a Hershel House type nosecap on a long rifle I built, and it took me several tries to get it right. Great work!


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GunBum Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 258 Location: SW Missouri Joined: Oct 30^th, 2021	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #6 - Aug 23^rd, 2025 at 9:45pm	Print Post
	fjrdoc wrote on Aug 23^rd, 2025 at 8:01pm: Thanks for your help Gunbum You are welcome. In all fairness someone had to show me how to do that. Great looking work, by the way.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17117 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #7 - Aug 23^rd, 2025 at 11:55pm	Print Post
	I recently finished pouring a faux horn tip on my Ballard Scheutzen rifle using epoxy to make the "horn" tip. A friend told me how to do it, but it didn't go so well the first try! A poor seal around the nose of the "mold" caused a major leak, which resulted in half my epoxy running out. Second attempt after sealing it better went well, and then I shaped it down once the epoxy set up. Your pewter tip looks excellent! How did you build up a "dam" around it to hold the molten pewter?

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fjrdoc Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Joined: Dec 14^th, 2019	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #8 - Aug 24^th, 2025 at 7:19am	Print Post
	Thanks guys. It took me a while to decide on a design that I liked. I liked this design .... simple with a nice flourish. I used a file folder for the dam. I cut a section that was large enough for the job. I set it in the barrel channel of the forearm and installed the barrel. I placed some clay in the forearm to prevent pewter from running down the barrel channel. I then rolled the folder around the forearm and secured it with tape.


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jhm Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1834 Location: georgia Joined: Sep 4^th, 2011	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #9 - Aug 25^th, 2025 at 7:29pm	Print Post
	Doesn't look like an "attempt" to me. Looks like a good pour... JMH


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fjrdoc Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Joined: Dec 14^th, 2019	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #10 - Aug 25^th, 2025 at 7:58pm	Print Post
	Thanks jhm. I think this pewter thing could be addicting!


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RonnieMilsurp Participating Member Offline Posts: 13 Joined: Feb 25^th, 2024	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #11 - Aug 26^th, 2025 at 8:53am	Print Post
	Looks pretty dang good!


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Joe_S Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1058 Joined: Jun 29^th, 2004	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #12 - Aug 31^st, 2025 at 6:41pm	Print Post
	That nosecap looks great! My first attempt was OK but had several flaws. Not sure how to re-do it. I was thinking of melting a pot of tin, sticking the end of the stock in the pot till the tin melted off the wood, making some corrections to the inletting and re-pouring. Any suggestions?


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17117 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #13 - Aug 31^st, 2025 at 7:31pm	Print Post
	Joe_S wrote on Aug 31^st, 2025 at 6:41pm: That nosecap looks great! My first attempt was OK but had several flaws. Not sure how to re-do it. I was thinking of melting a pot of tin, sticking the end of the stock in the pot till the tin melted off the wood, making some corrections to the inletting and re-pouring. Any suggestions? Tin melts slightly lower temp than pewter, but I'd wonder if the 470 degrees of pewter melting point might not singe the wood?

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bobw Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1874 Location: NW, Iowa Joined: Mar 19^th, 2013	Re: First Attempt at Pouring a Pewter Nosecap Reply #14 - Aug 31^st, 2025 at 10:26pm	Print Post
	If it is not to large of an imperfection, I have used low temp solder with some success in filling the voids. Bob

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