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  1. wattlebuster

    Bart Dellinger Knife

    Done a little horse trading with Bart Dellinger from over in Woodstock Va an he forged me out a nice knife an made a nice sheath to go with it. The blade is 5 inches point to handle an the antler handle is 4 inches including the ball starter. Its got a very good feel in the hand an is sharp as...
  2. wattlebuster

    FOR SALE Cane powder measures

    For sale is local harvest powder measures that I make from cane. I attach them to my bag strap with a piece of leather an they can be cinched up an out of the way till needed for loading. I can make you any size you want be it 15 up thru 150 grain. The measure will yellow with age. These are...
  3. wattlebuster

    FOR SALE Moravian gunmaking vol 1 and 2

    I have for sale both volumes of the Moravian gunmaking. Excellent shape with dustcovers. Only thing wrong is owners name inside. Other than that like new. Sale is for both books an will not split them up. $550.00 plus shipping an insurance. Paypal F&F or USPS money order. I will get pics posted...
  4. wattlebuster

    SOLD Mike Brooks Southern Iron mounted 40 cal

    I have for sale a Mike Brooks built southern iron mounted 40 cal rifle. It is his 343rd gun he has built. The stock is a nice piece of walnut I got from Curt Lyles. The barrel is a Charles Burton 38 inch A weight that I had Charles cone for me when he made the barrel. It loads very smooth an...
  5. wattlebuster

    SOLD Hunting rifle 54 cal

    This is a rifle I built back in 2014 for a very close relative. He bought the parts an I built it for him. He hunted with it a few times an got a couple does with it an then he discovered girls an it got put on the back burner. I bought it back cause its a really accurate rifle but I dont need...
  6. wattlebuster

    opening day 8

    Monday the 18th was bama's muzzleloader season opener. This small 8 volunteered to be the first of the season. It was a 25/30 yd shot at the most. The 600 self cast ball entered the shoulder on the left side an drove thru to exit just in front of the right back ham. the load is 80 gns of ffg...
  7. wattlebuster

    Bob Harn has passed on

    Just thought I would let you know that gun builder Bob Harn has passed on. I never had the pleasure of meeting or knowing the man but I did get to handle a couple of his rifles at the Alabama show an they were very well built guns an had the look. Condolences to the family. May he rest in peace
  8. wattlebuster

    A one spurred 2 yr old

    The gobblers treated me very rudely at daylight. Sometimes silence is not golden. I just planned then on blind calling the rest of the day. Drifted of to sleep a couple times being all was silent an nothing happening. woke up about 10:20 an made a few yelps on the lynch box an BAM he cut it off...
  9. wattlebuster

    Southern fried please

    This was my third hunt this season. Not getting to hunt as much as in previous yrs so I will have to cherish the days I do get to go. I heard this bird at daylight this morning. He was across the creek from me an had plenty of hens to keep him busy a while so being he was the only game in town I...
  10. wattlebuster

    My Turkey gun got a makeover

    I built me a jug choked 12 ga turkey gun on a english pattern back in early 2012 from a precarve stock. I never was happy with the job I did building it but it shot such a good pattern that I went ahead an was living with it. Then last turkey season while going down a steep incline I fell on the...
  11. wattlebuster

    Which do you like best an why

    I am thinking about a 5.5 inch barreled percussion revolver to play with so I can preserve as much life as I can on my 5.5 inch Ruger old army. The question to you is 1860 colt by pietta or 1858 remington by pietta. Which you like an why???
  12. wattlebuster

    Finally

    Have not been able to go much but I finally got a pretty good longbeard this morning with my Caywood 12 ga english game gun. They gobbled good on the roost but shut up when their feet hit the ground (HENS) after bout a hour started back with a occasional gobble. This bird broke off from the...
  13. wattlebuster

    Mike Brooks .40 cal

    I already have Samson my Don Bruton southern iron mounted rifle that I hunt big game with so I had Mike Brooks build Delilah for me. She sports a .40 cal Charles Burton A weight 38 inch barrel that he coned for me when he made it. The walnut stock is from Curt Lyles that he cut a few yrs back...
  14. wattlebuster

    Joe Schell knife

    Thought Id give ya a look see at a Knife Joe Schell made for me. He used an old file to forge the blade. For the handle a deer leg bone with a rawhide wrap that feels as hard as the bone. I threw the rawhide covered sheath together with some scrap leather laying around in my shop. Its crude but...
  15. wattlebuster

    I've been Schell shocked

    Got up a few parts for a fun little pistol an talked too an struck up a deal with Joe Schell of Ill. Told Joe to try an make me something that a poor southern redneck might have carried in his belt for comfort while he is in an old backwoods tavern. I told him nothing fancy just a good solid...
  16. wattlebuster

    2 yr old

    Im gonna call this one a 2 yr old. I got on a good bird this morning but he had lots of female friends with him an no matter what I done I could not make the hens come in so they finally drifted on off. I stayed in the general area all day but never heard another gobble. I got about 50 maybe 75...
  17. wattlebuster

    Good 3 yr old

    Got in the woods this morning before daylight an this old boy was singing his song. I could tell he had hens by the way he was acting. Then I could hear them and could see hens an some more gobblers but the woods were too thick to get an accurate #. I finally worked around an got on the same...
  18. wattlebuster

    Where you getting your tow

    I tried the search but couldn't get it to do anything. My source for tow seems to have closed so where are you guys that like to clean with tow getting yours. Im getting low an need to order in a short while. Thanks in advance :bow:
  19. wattlebuster

    Don Bruton 62 cal rifle

    Hello All... Well its been a long time coming but its finally here in my hands. I have always shot and built my own flintlocks but have always wanted a custom pro built southern iron mounted longrifle. After seeing the dvd that features Don Bruton I fell for the rifle that he uses in the video...
  20. wattlebuster

    Barrel finish

    Im gonna start a new build after our turkey season is over and thought I might try a naval jelly finish on all the metal. Since I've never used it before my question is to those that have. How did you use it and how did you like the results and would love to see a pic if ya have one and not too...
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