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Old December 10, 2017, 06:34 PM   #1
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Tacks

Let's see some tack decorations. I was looking at Sitting Bull's rifle or what the site said was his rifle. I kinda like how he arranged them at the end of the stock.

A couple of site's said to not use plated brass. I'm assuming cause the plating would wear off. I'm not much into brass, but I'd be all over copper tacks. I wonder if wax would protect them enough to keep the plating from wearing off?
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Old December 10, 2017, 06:57 PM   #2
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Round head brass tacks(not plated) with square steel shanks are correct. Upholstery tacks are not. Most of the Indian rifles you will see that are tacked will be cartridge guns.
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Old December 10, 2017, 07:00 PM   #3
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Yes, the rifle I was looking at was cartridge
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Old December 10, 2017, 07:45 PM   #4
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Dixie Gun Works has had brass tacks and likely still does.
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Old December 10, 2017, 09:47 PM   #5
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Some muzzleloaders were tacked.
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Old December 10, 2017, 11:01 PM   #6
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I've been meaning to do this myself.

Some additional reading:
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.ph...ply-it.570937/

Links from there:
https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Search.aspx?Search=tacks
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/advance...rds=brass+tack

Pics of tacked rifles:
https://www.pinterest.com/danielwdow...ation/?lp=true
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Old December 10, 2017, 11:24 PM   #7
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Some muzzleloaders were tacked.
Didn't say they weren't.
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Old December 11, 2017, 02:16 AM   #8
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Didn't say they weren't.
Didn't say you did, neither.
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Old December 11, 2017, 09:47 AM   #9
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Drobs,

Hey, thanks! There are some really nice rifles on there!
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Old December 11, 2017, 09:55 AM   #10
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I think there's a place called CrazyCrow that carries brass tacks too. eBay had some copper tacks, but they are plated.
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Old December 11, 2017, 10:04 AM   #11
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This is the rifle I was talking about.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vas1951/6776511046/


I saw David Canterbury do a tack job on his single shot 12 gauge. It looked pretty cool too.
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Old December 11, 2017, 10:08 AM   #12
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I think there's a place called CrazyCrow that carries brass tacks too. eBay had some copper tacks, but they are plated.
You have to watch what you get from Crazy Crow. Some of their stuff is ok some of it is junk. I got a powder horn from them that was decent but I got a Bowie knife that wasn't worth the box it came in.
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Old December 11, 2017, 11:18 AM   #13
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Thanks Hawg,

I've never bought anything there. I just came across it on one of the forums.
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Old December 13, 2017, 05:21 PM   #14
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Not for me... It's just...

"Tacky"

Just sayin'!

Go for it if you like it though!

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Old December 16, 2017, 05:15 PM   #15
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Not a rifle, and not brass tacks, but I think it is pretty interesting anyway. This S&W No 1 1/2 Tip Up, First Issue shipped in 1865. It has an interesting pattern of steel pins set into the right grip in the shape of the number 5. I have no idea why it was done, but I found it pretty interesting.





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Old December 17, 2017, 07:41 PM   #16
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I like the looks of that!
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Old December 27, 2017, 03:15 PM   #18
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Take a look at

https://www.sassnet.com/forums/index...on-pistol-spf/
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Old December 27, 2017, 04:47 PM   #19
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Lee44ShoterCnB - Jack Brooks taught us that. Drill a hole, apply a small dab of epoxy and drive a piece of brass rod into the stock. File flush and you're GTG.
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