Col. Batguano
75 Cal.
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When a lot of guys get in to building they try not to add too many new skills at the same time. They start with a plain rifle, then add a PB, then inlays, carving, engraving in a typically progressive fashion on subsequent builds, and get better with the prior stuff each time. Reason; they know their first attempts will look rather amateurish, so they don't want to junk up an otherwise pretty good build with a plethora of rookie execution. I've seen plenty of them that were riddled with a bunch of obvious first attempts, (taking on too many new things at the same time) and they look like it. Your's doesn't. Is it perfect? No, but what is? I would venture to guess that this build took you a long long time to do, because you did a LOT of research before you whacked off any wood. The lock panel sweeps are the dead giveaway. They look good. Most first guns' lock panels don't. I bet you agonized over that one for a while huh?
The difference between a good builder and a not so good one is that the good builder admits and learns from his mistakes, (becoming their own harshest critic) and the bad one defends them.
The difference between a good builder and a not so good one is that the good builder admits and learns from his mistakes, (becoming their own harshest critic) and the bad one defends them.
