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For about two and a half years I’ve been saving up for a hunting gun. Saving with all the ups & downs that real life throws in. So far my “gun Fund” has died for family twice & been on life support once. However, I got an award at work (the kind I like, no plaque just a card & $400.) and I finely got paid back another $150 that I spent for them out of pocket in August! Add to that a $50 tip I was given & my Gun Fund doubled last week. While $1200 not enough to order (I hope to keep my end cost near $2500), it is enough I had better start getting my ducks in a row.
It’s time to start Hunting up a hunting gun.
And That is where I could use advice from both builder & buyer. Getting down to the “that is the gun I want” point is stumping me.
I could use advice on how you as a buyer got there, or how as a builder you helped others get there. I do not have a persona, nor am I reenacting (so I don’t have that to help me narrow the choices). I am looking for a rifle to take game with. Mule Deer, Elk, Black Bear.
Every smoke pole I have had up to now is a pawn shop, yard sale, gun.
I am jammed up against the thought that I will pick wrong.
Man! I thought I had it all down in my head. Then when I started putting it down as a list, the word “or” is getting way too much use.
What I think I know
Rifle not smoothbore; Deer & elk out west will be this guns stock & trade.
No patch box; I don’t use the ones I have.
Wood; I am leaning hard toward Cherry, but American walnut is in second place.
Furniture; iron
Bluing; hot, mostly aesthetic, I think the deep blue with Iron & cherry would work well.
Things I have narrowed down but not set yet
Caliber .54 to .62
Jaeger or English Sporting Rifle
Lock; I am really thinking about Jim Chambers Golden Age Flintlock. Here is why; I have never owned a quality flintlock, so I have some apprehension about my happiness with a flint. From what I have read here I “think” I will be happy with one, but buy going with the “Golden Age” I hedge my bet, if I end up wanting to convert to percussion ignition.
Other aesthetics; forend / nose cap. Also just a bit of carving on the stock along with a trace of silver wire to highlight the carving.
That is about as far as I am. When I read it, it looks like I have 5 min. thought into it, not 2 years :td: Once I know what I want, I will start looking at builders who's work encompasses my wants.
It’s time to start Hunting up a hunting gun.
And That is where I could use advice from both builder & buyer. Getting down to the “that is the gun I want” point is stumping me.
I could use advice on how you as a buyer got there, or how as a builder you helped others get there. I do not have a persona, nor am I reenacting (so I don’t have that to help me narrow the choices). I am looking for a rifle to take game with. Mule Deer, Elk, Black Bear.
Every smoke pole I have had up to now is a pawn shop, yard sale, gun.
I am jammed up against the thought that I will pick wrong.
Man! I thought I had it all down in my head. Then when I started putting it down as a list, the word “or” is getting way too much use.
What I think I know
Rifle not smoothbore; Deer & elk out west will be this guns stock & trade.
No patch box; I don’t use the ones I have.
Wood; I am leaning hard toward Cherry, but American walnut is in second place.
Furniture; iron
Bluing; hot, mostly aesthetic, I think the deep blue with Iron & cherry would work well.
Things I have narrowed down but not set yet
Caliber .54 to .62
Jaeger or English Sporting Rifle
Lock; I am really thinking about Jim Chambers Golden Age Flintlock. Here is why; I have never owned a quality flintlock, so I have some apprehension about my happiness with a flint. From what I have read here I “think” I will be happy with one, but buy going with the “Golden Age” I hedge my bet, if I end up wanting to convert to percussion ignition.
Other aesthetics; forend / nose cap. Also just a bit of carving on the stock along with a trace of silver wire to highlight the carving.
That is about as far as I am. When I read it, it looks like I have 5 min. thought into it, not 2 years :td: Once I know what I want, I will start looking at builders who's work encompasses my wants.