"The Settler" has arrived !!

[roundball]

.62cal Early Virginia Smoothbore
Super Premium ++ curly maple
Brass furniture
Rice 38" D-weight swamped barrel
McCandless Patent Breech
Caywood Full Jug Choke
Chambers Deluxe Siler
Davis double set triggers
Aged steel finish
Builder Matt Avance / TVM

If a longbeard glances my way and sees this smoothbore leveled at him, he's just going to lay down and let me come pick him up !

 

[hanshi]

Congratulations, Roundball. I know how exciting it is to receive a present via the little brown truck. Matt's work is first rate. Beautiful custom smoothy.

 

[dbutch]

Merry Christmas to You!...love the wood..Have fun with your new toy! The corral is filling up again!...Looking forward to your range reports. ....Dan

 

[Snow on the Roof]

Very nice! A long awaited mate to your .58...she's a beauty.

John

 

[RickD]

Dang you got the sickness bad..Nice gun

 

[Stumpkiller]

Whatcha doin puttin a rear sight on a smoothbore? :idunno: :haha:

She's a beautiful piece. Many happy days afield.

 

[roundball]

Dang you got the sickness bad..Nice gun

I'm healed now :grin: ...have been getting ready for retirement and wanted 3 longguns...small & large caliber rifles, and a smoothbore...went with the .45/.58/.62

 

[roundball]

Whatcha doin puttin a rear sight on a smoothbore?

Will pretty much use it like a 'shot rifle' on stationary targets like turkey & squirrels...maybe the occasional PRB on deer if the Jug Choke lives up to its advertising with PRBs

 

[rudy parnell]

My Friend,

My birthday was on Sunday.

I feel like this is a celebration.

This is the most beautiful gun that I could imagine....that (I've ever seen.)

I've seen you lay to rest the largest and most beautiful Whitetail.

Time you had the proper tool to deal with the Ghost.......the Eastern Wild turkey.

Congradulations.

U're smart, I'll give you that.

But, I'm smarter and a better hunter.

You're lost in the woods and you can't swim.

And Pilgrim, you don't know nothing about the Wilderness...........

Go find it !

:wink:

 

[Stumpkiller]

Dang you got the sickness bad..Nice gun

I'm healed now :grin: ...have been getting ready for retirement and wanted 3 longguns...small & large caliber rifles, and a smoothbore...went with the .45/.58/.62

I'm hearing 'ya. I have my .54 flint rifle and I just had a 16 bore smooth, swamped barrel & Chambers fowler lock sent to Mike Brooks for my "once-in-a-lifetime" fowler (but a light & handy one :wink: ). If life is good there may be a whispy .40 cal. before I retire the suits & ties for sandals & Hawaiian shirts.

 

[rabjr]

Good luck with it. :thumbsup:

 

[vern faulkner]

:thumbsup: That's one heck of a piece of wood you have there. I agree that Matt does a fantastic job. I have two rifles made by him and would never part with either. Wishing you all the best with your new flinter. Vern

 

[cptleo1]

Good choice going with the 38" bbl.

Years ago I built a .62 Virginia with a D weight 44" bbl - WAY to much gun to tote in the woods or shoot offhand.

Some of the PC guys might curl their lip, but you are the one who has to tote it all day.

Pretty piece.

 

[roundball]

Some of the PC guys might curl their lip, but you are the one who has to tote it all day.

I hear ya...but as a guy who's filled his tags with good ole T/C Hawkens for 18 years, I don't give a hoot about what "PC guys" might think.
:wink:

 

[Tommy Bruce]

Nice smoothie Roundball. That is an awsome looking piece of wood.

 

[Britsmoothy]

:shocked2: Bueatifull Rball, you shure have taste and have broken my heart :hatsoff:

Brits.

 

[Marc Adamchek]

Wonderful! As John Snow on the Roof commented, a worthy mate to your .58, which I also remember is a beautifully crafted Avance piece.

I can't seem to remember the .45, unless of course it was one chosen from your former arsenal of T/C Hawkens.

Enjoy every day afield with such handsome companions, especially attractive because they don't talk unless you tell them to!

 

[roundball]

I can't seem to remember the .45

I had tucked it into the photo section:
http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/246672/

 

[Haleh]

Nice!! Very Nice! :thumbsup:
Harold

 

[BadHeart]

Congrats, beautiful wood. i am sure she will do you proud