Mare's Leg Lever Build Along

[JeepDVLZ45]

Mare’s Leg Build Along

Alright, so I have done a couple of Sheridan projects over the past several months and I’m starting to get the hang of it (I think). I’ve decided that I want to dive down a hell of a rabbit hole…. get frustrated, swear a lot, keep my blood pressure elevated, and waste a ton of time and money….and (hopefully) end up with a lever action marker that has a 41% probability of a 67% chance that it will function 79% of the time.

I have been working on this a bit already, but I think now is the time to begin documenting in case anyone wants to try this themselves, avoid my mistakes and improve on what I've done. I will start at the very beginning and dig up as many old pictures as I can so I can document the entire process entirely.

That begin said, please keep in mind that I am working entirely with limited hand tools (And I currently don’t have the space for more tools at the moment)
I have a hand drill, an oscillating saw, a reciprocating saw, Dremel, some wood chisels, a blow torch, and a heat gun...I don’t even have a drill press or a bench vise – more about wood chisels and lack of a bench vise to come!

MEANING:

1. This will take a LONG time
2. It's gonna be rough
3. When making a suggestion, please don’t lead with “just put it on a lathe and…”, or “If you had a Bridgeport…” etc.
4. I’ll be putting 110% of my inner Bubba into this thing.

I’m also going to track my current parts list (add what I buy and delete what doesn’t work) to keep it all in one location that is easy to find.

[JeepDVLZ45]

PARTS and MATERIALS

Major Components

1. Complete Sheridan PGP ($50)
2. P68-SC top tube (will be my spring feed) – the rest of the P68 is for a different project
3. Speed Demon Bolt ($25?)
4. Henry Repeating Arms “Big Loop Lever”( $50)
5. PT Xtreme Lever Changer ($25)
6. Palmers "Extended Grip Feed Plug
7. DMag Spring
8. Followers printed by shooter311 (Thanks again!)

Materials

1. Lots of Brass (I have a lot of miscellaneous brass I have collected over the past few months, I will list it as I use it)
   1. 7/8” 0.03” wall tubing (12”)
   2. 0.125”x1”x12” Brass bar (this will be for my trigger and lever mechanism)
2. Reclaimed Oak Board ~0.5” thick. I will glue up 3 for my stock (eventually) FREE
3. Flux and Fine Silver Solder ($20ish)

Hardware

1. 3” 8-32 threaded rod
2. (2) 8-32 hex coupler
3. (2) 8-32 brass bolts
4. 10-32 threaded rod
5. (2) 10-32 brass clevis

[JeepDVLZ45]

Current Stage of Build

[XEMON]

This is awesome, it will be an amazing build!
Keep posting so we can keep drooling 😅

Happy to help and support as i can, got some parts and scrap laying around too.

[GanonsGrin]

This might help the cause

[JeepDVLZ45]

Thats pretty close to what my plan is, except I'll be cutting, drilling, grinding and soldering brass.

I'm going to try to avoid using any proprietary designs/info if I can help it, but thank you for your support!

[chplnstone]

this looks very similar to what Lance (noxx55) was planning for his run... personally I prefer a little more 'meat' on the lever linkage side of the mounting plate, so went with a one-piece welded loop & linkage arm assembly for my levers. just my $.02

[GanonsGrin]

That one isn’t proprietary. That’s from an old member who did a lot of homebrew work also. I think that’s the only piece that he had someone else make for the job, if I recall correctly. That pic is from years ago, and I may be remembering incorrectly. Username was josilk and made some crazy homebrew brass creations

[JeepDVLZ45]

Thats pretty cool. Thanks again. Its definitely "beefier" than my plans. I hope my will hold up well

[MoJo]

Love it so far! Will be following.