Germanic Military Jaeger Rifle, c. 1760-80

[garyjd]

Dan, Thanks. I try to look at the details as the FUN part.~Gary

 

[evofive]

plastic can be used in vulcanising presses nowadays because there are rubbers available which vulcanise at much lower temperatures than the old black nitrile discs.

 

[bonehead]

Just one observation about construction. If one has to do a rifle for metal casting one still has to use putty and metal because of the vulcanising process, right?

This is true. However, I have always used plastic in my masters. The way around this is to do resin castings (in RTV silicone molds) as intermediate masters which go directly into the vulcanizer.

I always make the companies I know aware that I use plastic in my masters. It has never been a problem.

Mike