Will the bottom fall out of the custom build business?

DuncNZ said:

You still have to feed your ML , from what I see on this forum there seems to be a shortage of black powder , caps , flints and bullet moulds in the USA and also in the rest of the world . High prices and non availability could put off any one thinking about starting ML shooting .

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Yep!

SPQR70AD said:

how can young people get interested in ML when old guys buy up everything they would need to shoot the rifles if even rifles could be found

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Yep x2!

david w said:

Not too many guys around here with "man buns"!

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remember the Mongols had man buns also. wouldnt want to mess around with those boys. I am not saying todays guys with man buns are the same as the mongols but men today are nowhere the same as those in the civil war Roman legionnaires etc

@SPQR70AD

I'll go one further..... old guys buying up more then they can shoot in their lifetime remaining or pass on to interested heirs.

I'm as guilty as the next.

NorthFork said:

@SPQR70AD

I'll go one further..... old guys buying up more then they can shoot in their lifetime remaining or pass on to interested heirs.

I'm as guilty as the next.

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well like a Pharoah maybe they want to be buried with their stuff for the afterlife lol

SPQR70AD said:

well like a Pharoah maybe they want to be buried with their stuff for the afterlife lol

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I had a friend that said not long before he died, asked me to install an air conditioner in his grave because he wasn't sure how hot it would be. Me, I would like to be buried with my Wilson Combat Protector Elite!

old guys act like the younger people came here on spaceships where the old guys raised them. then to make matters worse they spoil the heck out of the grandkids buying them expensive stuff to where these kids do not connect working for the money to buy things. kids have to be forced when young to work hard then around 15-16 it becomes a habit. I quit school at 15 and started carrying lumber

SPQR70AD said:

remember the Mongols had man buns also. wouldnt want to mess around with those boys. I am not saying todays guys with man buns are the same as the mongols but men today are nowhere the same as those in the civil war Roman legionnaires etc

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The few guys I've seen when I visited Memphis, are no Mongols, by any means! I may be wrong, but I don't think Mongols wore high heels, make up, and carried a murse, or in this case, purse is more proper!

Man buns? Really? AR 15's? You grumpy ld men can't stay on topic to save your lives. LOL!
I see alot of hurt feelings and jealousy over high prices too. I always wanted to make what the plumber makes per hour that unplugs your toilet, but you're not going to get that making custom rifles.

SPQR70AD said:

remember the Mongols had man buns also. wouldnt want to mess around with those boys. I am not saying todays guys with man buns are the same as the mongols but men today are nowhere the same as those in the civil war Roman legionnaires etc

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The man bun does not maketh the man...

waksupi said:

I've also seen people who can turn $1000 in parts into a fine $400 rifle.

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I have seen some bunch of buggered up caplocks at shows. People trying to remove the breech plug and butchering the barrel surfaces. Like trying to fit CVA .54 barrel onto a TC .50 stock that won't fit so the cobble up pieces and file and hammer away to get them to fit.

All custom rifles are not created the equal….




Just sayin..

waksupi said:

waksupi said:

I've also seen people who can turn $1000 in parts into a fine $400 rifle.

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smo said:

All custom rifles are not created the equal….

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Just sayin..

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I know it's a CVA (or maybe a T/C)) but what the heck is that abomination?

SPQR70AD said:

old guys act like the younger people came here on spaceships where the old guys raised them. then to make matters worse they spoil the heck out of the grandkids buying them expensive stuff to where these kids do not connect working for the money to buy things. kids have to be forced when young to work hard then around 15-16 it becomes a habit. I quit school at 15 and started carrying lumber

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Amen!

It can't be going too poorly. I'm currently looking for a builder, and one I've contacted denied me the courtesy of even replying to say "no thank you".

NorthFork said:

I know it's a CVA (or maybe a T/C)) but what the heck is that abomination?

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Apparently it was on the tv show Gun Stories that aired on 2/15/23..
Investarms Hawken I’m told…



I’m thinking more along the lines of a Hacker Hawken myself…

Somebody go ahead and say it….
Nice wood….

smo said:

Apparently it was on the tv show Gun Stories that aired on 2/15/23..
Investarms Hawken I’m told…

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I’m thinking more along the lines of a Hacker Hawken myself…

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I'm generally a proponent for less is more, in this instance nothing would be more!

smo said:

All custom rifles are not created the equal….

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Just sayin..

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Bubba: "Yee-Haw...Hold my beer and watch this!"

This is a hobby based on antiquity. It will ebb and flow. One Hollywood movie or video game could create a mania as it did for Dirty Harry's .44 or Colt Pythons. Working against all shooting sports is population growth and land restrictions. ML will hang on. Witness antique and classic aviation, thriving despite general aviation airport closures and insane fuel and airframe prices. Something will always change ML's popularity. Beware the black swan.

smo said:

Apparently it was on the tv show Gun Stories that aired on 2/15/23..
Investarms Hawken I’m told…

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I’m thinking more along the lines of a Hacker Hawken myself…

Somebody go ahead and say it….
Nice wood….

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I can see the Investarms lineage. What a POS! Why ruin a perfectly good rifle that way?