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Assembling a 74 C. Sharps rifle
Feb 5th, 2026 at 2:03pm
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I'm putting a parts gun together, all parts are from C Sharps, decided I wanted a pewter tip on the forearm so I thought I'd give it a try. I'm still waiting on my wood to show up but had this spare forearm so if I screwed it up I was only out my time. I think it came out pretty good for a first try. I used a Shiloh forearm I have as the pattern. Funny how bad they look after you pull the card stock off but there was enough there to shape it out. 
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Reply #1 - Feb 5th, 2026 at 2:07pm
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This forearm has an old crack in it that I fixed with glass bedding a while back and it disappears once oiled. heres the rest of the pics, I hope. 
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Reply #2 - Feb 5th, 2026 at 2:19pm
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For a first try nice job Chris!  Looks like you have some good abilities to model/shape things.
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Reply #3 - Feb 5th, 2026 at 2:48pm
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Nice work!
  
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Reply #4 - Feb 5th, 2026 at 5:18pm
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Well done! Looks great!
  
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Reply #5 - Feb 5th, 2026 at 10:24pm
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That is really quite attractive!
  
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Reply #6 - Feb 5th, 2026 at 10:55pm
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Super cool and looks great!
  
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Reply #7 - Mar 30th, 2026 at 1:28pm
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Adding oil to the stock now and really pretty wood on this thing. I think its going to look really good when finished.
  
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Reply #8 - Mar 30th, 2026 at 3:32pm
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Great looking butt stock!
  
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Reply #9 - Mar 30th, 2026 at 10:03pm
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WOW! That is a very nice piece of walnut!
  
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Reply #10 - Mar 30th, 2026 at 10:40pm
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That is beautiful! My wife was in the next room and asked what I was moaning about; "gun porn, honey", was my reply. Smiley
  
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Reply #11 - Mar 31st, 2026 at 11:32am
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Jeff I hear ya! and those pics were taken in the shop, can't wait to get this thing out in the sunlight to see what it really looks like. Got this Stock set from Mike Bassett and he didn't disappoint!!!
  
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