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Tue November 4, 2008
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4.2
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Description:
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Custom Muzzleloading Firearms
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Spot
45 Cal.
Registered: June 2005
Location: Kingston, AR, USA
Posts: 806
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Review Date: Sat June 14, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Beautiful wood, fit, and finish. Excellent quality.
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In my experience, the builder can be rather tricky to work with.
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I am very happy with my Carolina Smoothbore. Actually getting the gun was somewhat tricky.
I placed an order for a Carolina Smoothbore with Premium+++ maple, Chambers Colonial lock, a particular style of patchbox and a barrel that I had delivered directly to him. At the time, he said it would take no more than two months.
Over the course of the next year, I only heard from Jackie when I contacted him first, and was always told that my gun was near completion and would be shipped very soon. I was hearing horror stories from other people about Jackie, so I became a bit concerned. I eventually asked for my parts as a project to complete myself, and was sent a walnut stock with my barrel inlet into it. All in all, this experience could have been better, but it could have been worse too. I did not lose any money on the deal.
About three months later I ran across a Carolina Smoothbore that Jackie had listed for sale. With the exception of the barrel, this gun was identical to the one I had ordered. I contacted Jackie about the gun and was told he had built it for a customer who had been unable to take it. I bought the gun and am extremely happy with it.
It is my opinion that the gun I bought was actually the gun I ordered, since it is exactly what I ordered and was built in the same timeframe. I believe there must simply have been some confusion on Jackie's end.
I certainly recommend his work, based on the gun that I own and several others I have handled. I would recommend buying a gun he has already built rather than contracting for a gun to be built. That's what worked for me.
For all the trouble, I am very happy with my Jackie Brown gun. I have heard stories from people I trust that had far less happy endings than mine, but it all worked out okay for me.
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ronrryan
40 Cal.
Registered: April 2005
Location: Venice, FL
Posts: 357
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Review Date: Sun June 15, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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Good lines, good components
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Cons:
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Long wait, confusion on order specifics
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Yes recommendation is QUALIFIED. I waited a very long time and did not receive exactly what I ordered, but the 62 smoothbore has a wooden patchbox, L/R Queen Anne lock, oct/rd barrel, nice hardware. Buttplate is slightly eccentric to stock. Finish dark, OK. I sent gun on to fix a bad fit of breechplug to barrel, needed barrel shortened slightly and ventliner installed. Rod not properly fitted or finished. I was one of the unfortunate ones to order during a very bad time in Jackie's life, many problems health and personal. I have heard from others who ordered earlier that were VERY satisfied. He seems to be a very ethical gentleman, in all my conversations with him. If you could visit the shop it would be a good idea. OTOH, I know many have ordered from TVM, no complications, excellent products, price quite similar. Good smoke, Ron
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62flint
36 Cal.
Registered: October 2004
Location: eastern va
Posts: 79
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Review Date: Wed June 25, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 1
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Pros:
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price
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Cons:
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you get what you pay for, poor fit finish and the barrel was crap.
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fit and finish is terrible, Jackie made the barrel. Bore was off center and he bell mouthed it to hide the problem.
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riverrat43
40 Cal.
Registered: December 2004
Location: South Alabama
Posts: 195
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Review Date: Wed August 6, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 1
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Honestly cannot think of a positive thing to say
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Timeliness of delivery, accuracy in building what was ordered.
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Ordered a smoothbore in Aug of 06. Promised delivery in 30-45 days. After every excuse under the sun recieved the gun in May of 08. Not even close to what I ordered. Returned it the same day. Recieved a PARTIAL refund a year later. Now, 2 years later still waiting for the other 2/3 of my money to be refunded. Do not walk away from ordering from Mr. Brown...RUN!!!!!!!
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Pierre a' Fusil
36 Cal.
Registered: November 2005
Location: Maryland by the Patuxent
Posts: 91
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Review Date: Tue November 4, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 5
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Pros:
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Some aspects good to very good, Pricing lesson - "if it seems to good to be true.....it is"
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Cons:
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Poor wood finish, mediocre metal finish, imprecise component fit
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Disclaimer - this is the only custom built I've ever ordered- for myself.
Many of my experiences are mirrored in the other reviews. Seems like a nice guy, but there are too many examples of gaps between his representations and reality to ignore.
I ordered my J. Brown Smoothbore in Fall 2004 and received it approximately 4 months later. It was inexpensive by the market standard of the time. The barrel seems fine. But the mounting of the metalwork was a bit sloppy. Mounting Pin holes were knocked in a bit, the lockplate was slightly uneven, the heel plate even lacked a cleanly filed edge on one side (it was left rough sawn). Browning was slightly uneven and the wood finish was much worse. Although the woodwork itself was competently done, the finish included drips, rubbed-off high spots, etc. I managed to clean-up most of the cosmetic issues. Mechanically there have been no problems for me yet, and it shoots well.
The presence of a few odd scratches, for instance beyond the lock screw, reminded me of something. In an Arthur Conan Doyle story, his detective deduces the failing condition of a subject by the condition of his very expensive, heirloom pocket watch. It is covered with odd scratches and suffers from other signs of neglect. He concludes that the owner had both suffered psychological problems, as well as financial hard times. As always, the deductive method prevailed in this work by Doyle. In the real world - Caveat Emptor !
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