KP Build - Ride along….

[JeepDVLZ45]

Alright, gentlemen…it’s been a while since we move had a good-old-fashioned Sheridan “ride along” build thread…so I figured I’d limp one along for your enjoyment!

Last year I “accidently” bought a KP off the bay. One of those, “I’ll throw a lowball bid on the table KNOWING there was no way I’d win”…6 days later I was notified I won the auction.



She’s been sitting under my work bench ever since. It’s about time I do something with it.

[JeepDVLZ45]

My original plan was to just get this crusty old girl enough attention to make her playable, hit hardware store, pick up some plumbing and make a SC feed and call it a day.

But first, I wanted to experiment on the stock and make something a little unique for it…

so here we go!

As you can see, this stock is gross. I tried washing it, and this was the best I got…





so…I pulled out the big guns and decided to completely refinish it.

[JeepDVLZ45]

Started by pulling the trigger guard and then hit the garage with Citristrip



scraped clean and rinsed off



all dry

[JeepDVLZ45]

Sanded her down with some 120 grit, then 220. Taking out some of the gouges.

Then, down to the basement where I marked the outlines (in pencil) where so planned to start patterning the stock.

[JeepDVLZ45]

I picked up a 1/2” spherical bit, chalked it up and went to town on the stock. This took several hours over 3 days to complete, and my hands/arms hurt!





I missed a few times and gouged the stock a bit, but as I completed areas, I sanded them down with 100 grit to keep everything smooth.

I really like the way it’s coming along

[JeepDVLZ45]

Completed and sanded

[JeepDVLZ45]

Now for the fun part….



FIRE

[Painthappy]

Nice, honestly never thought about torching it. Neat idea

[JeepDVLZ45]

At this point, the color was a little darker than I wanted, but I have to hit it with steel wool to knock the char off. So it will lighten a bit.

Now, so REALLY don’t like how spread out the “dimples are”. They seemed much “tighter” before I burned the stock…but the charing shows off the imperfections.

so…I went back to it and enlarged/deepened the dimples…



and the I burned it again did a light sanding and blew it out a bit

[JeepDVLZ45]

Finally it’s time to “stain”. I’ve had this stuff for a while now.



It’s called “unicorn spit” I picked it up in purple with sparkles…this stuff is a little intense for me. I’ll have to tone it down for what I want…

[JeepDVLZ45]

After it dried, I sanded it down…again..and removed most of the stain. Then I took the torch to it…again. It looks so much better!! When the light hits it, the charred parts of the stock glisten with a little bit of purple



I’ll have to start sealing it in the morning….

[Impactfour]

Sheesh, I love that color!

[Cal440]

Subscribe, yes I will👍

[JeepDVLZ45]

Sorry for the lack of updates, I was having a tough time getting the poly to a decent gloss finish.





nothing noteworthy on the process….just needed to use enough to build up a decent layer. (I used spray poly cause I’m super lazy) just give it a thin coat, let it dry, buff with “0000” steel wool, repeat. Did that 4 times until to get a decent base layre and then did the same process with 2 thick coats.

[Carp]

Whatcha gonna do with that ugly, old, worn out and useless pump handle, you got there?( Did I down play it too much.😂)

[JeepDVLZ45]

Carp That thing? Already in the garbage 😉


That one is staying, I’d really like to reuse it, but I have to figure out how it’ll work with a SC feed on the marker. Maybe I’ll do a short one, or maybe I’ll make it a rock forward…

[Ecapnation]

Fyi that's a rare ish cooper t pump handle

[JeepDVLZ45]

Now I have to figure out what the $@&% I’m going to do with this thing….







As you can see, its finish is trashed (which I sorta like) but it’s a righty AND a direct feed (Boo!!).

[JeepDVLZ45]

My initial thoughts…..

Say goodby to the feed neck and get a SC feed somewhere on it (either LH, 3/4 LH or center)
Keep the pump handle.
Add detent(s)…not wedgets.

Refinish? Forced patina? Not sure how it’s look with that stock.
High Polish….maybe…but a little fancy for me.

Add an external bucket changer?

Complications, that pump handle will need some severe modification if I want a full length feed

If I go to a full LH stock class feed (I’d LOVE this) I will need to re-drill and tap the bolt, and figure out a different way to retain the lug since I won’t be able to “rotate the bolt to get to the lug). 🤔

I don’t plan to go too crazy with it, I don’t want to sleeve (other than to cover up the old breech hole) it or torch the tubes apart for any work if I don’t have to.

Input form you guys is welcome…..

[BrickHaus]

I'd say force patina with stencils. But that's cuz I wanna do that to something.Just go for a black hued patina to stick to team colors. It's also cuz I love the forced patina walsmas pistol I currently own.

I'd personally leave it right feed to utilize the feed port as it sits, and hammer some wigits in her. If you are keeping it simple.

[BrickHaus]

As a fellow lefty, I resemble that remark. I just figure RH feed will play fine with a full stock as you are generally going to point straight down to rack a round anyways. Left would be better, just figured you didnt wanna squeeze that hard.

[JeepDVLZ45]

If I run the feed tube back, that would work well. I’ve had some tunnel vision already and was locked into running the feed up the barrel like a traditional Sheridan. That would alleviate the issue of modifying the pump handle though…🤔

[BrickHaus]

With a stock, I prefer rock forward. Then you can keep it shouldered. Rock back forces you to unshoulder rack, reshoulder.

[JeeperCreeper]

Nickel plated?

[XEMON]

Paint and laser engraver the paint to have the brass come out?

[JeepDVLZ45]

XEMON you grossly overestimate my abilities....but I appreciate the vote of confidence

[XEMON]

If you paint it, I'll laser it 😁