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Robby said:

Here a .54 I made a long time ago, I still have it and it still shoots great.
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This is a real piece of art. I've been building rifles for over 50 years. I can't touch the skill and detail the builder put into this rifle. Absolutely outstanding. Semper Fi.

PathfinderNC said:

My favorite pistol, a .50 cal Smoothbore pistol that I built from MBS parts:

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Exquisite pistol, all the details are perfect. You sir, are a master.
Snoot

Snooterpup said:

Exquisite pistol, all the details are perfect. You sir, are a master.
Snoot

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Thanks- I’m hardly a master. I just enjoy what I am doing and try my best at it.

ColonialRifleSmith said:

This is a real piece of art. I've been building rifles for over 50 years. I can't touch the skill and detail the builder put into this rifle. Absolutely outstanding. Semper Fi.

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Very nice piece but wonder why the builder didn't clock the screws.

appalichian hunter said:

Very nice piece but wonder why the builder didn't clock the screws.

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Probably done on purpose. Many builders of musical instruments as well. The thought was to leave something out, something not quite right (clocked screws for example as deference to the Almighty as the only sense of perfection in this world.

Snooterpup said:

Probably done on purpose. Many builders of musical instruments as well. The thought was to leave something out, something not quite right (clocked screws for example as deference to the Almighty as the only sense of perfection in this world.

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Agree, I don't clock the screws on my builds either. Semper Fi.

Thats a sign of good craftsmanship of someone who will take the time at a simple procedure such as clocking screws for me shows time and dedication was taken to ensure the best product possible within one's craft. Small thing but says a lot about one's dedication and skills. Shooter pup no one said a thing about perfection, just details and taking pride in one's skills. When you get into the types of weapons as posted these are the things one needs to look for, you're paying the price you should expect quality.

appalichian hunter said:

Very nice piece but wonder why the builder didn't clock the screws.

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You really should look in some of the books with pictures of the old originals. This idea of clocking the screws is something that was VERY seldom done by the old gunsmiths.

I am not talking about the old gunsmiths, I am referencing the here and now, YOU WANT MY MONEY YOU SHOW ME THE QUALITY AND SKILL NOT TO MENTION PRIDE OF WORK. One last thing you have no idea of how many original builders' guns I have seen either in pictures or person.

Trade guns ive made ....

Few more I made .....

deerwalk said:

I recently added another Hawken to the safe, and in preparation for the upcoming season, I took them out for a group photo. The question is.... which one will be used for this year's buck??

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Very nice man.

Do Wheel Locks count?
(I made this from a block of Maple and parts from Dixie Gun Works catalog, pieces of metal, some wire I pounded flat for inlay and some horn, when I was about 26).

Most of my collection.

Hi,
Here are a few that went to other homes. Though gone, they are still my babies:




















dave

Hi,
Then there are my military pieces, which are plain but I take great care about historical accuracy. Most are gone to other homes but, as I wrote previously, they are still my babies, whether a worked over Pedersoli Bess, a militia musket, carbine, Ferguson rifle, land pattern muskets, or a worked over Miroku Charleville:

appalichian hunter said:

Very nice piece but wonder why the builder didn't clock the screws.

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maybe he didn't have the time


i was going to show my stable, but they don't belong in the company of such works of art as those above.

Maybe those screws were clocked originally. He states that its an older gun, wood shrinks a tad, threads and seating wears a tad, it doesn't take much. Doesn't take one whit away from the gun to me.
dave_person, you sure do some beautiful work and consistantly so. Thank you for showing your stuff.
Robin101

PathfinderNC said:

Do Wheel Locks count?
(I made this from a block of Maple and parts from Dixie Gun Works catalog, pieces of metal, some wire I pounded flat for inlay and some horn, when I was about 26).

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what caliber? Sorry if I missed that.

frankie said:

what caliber? Sorry if I missed that.

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.45