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I'm currently working the Minnesota bunch, trying to convince em' to let me finish this with Gold, Platinum, Silver, and precious jools.

Ha,....solid old working gun with a buttplate that looks like it was ripped off from the Vatican.

Rubies ?

GTC

I STILL can't believe how cleanly that cut with a torch. Those old Swedes knew what they were about when they called something steel.

GTC

LOL if I had rubies we could bling it out!

It's called pride in craftsmanship, Greg. Something you and others like you with an appreciation for quality and willingness to maintain that quality are gifted with.

I do enjoy watching you work.

Thanks for sharing this journey with us.

Ed

Greg,

Amazing work as always. I love the way it looks and even better is that you are able to use so many pieces from other old firearms to do it. I am sure my dad will chime in here or with a phone call soon enough.

Jim Jr.

Got some new pictures from Greg of the fitting of the forearm.

Like always I will let Greg describe what he is doing if he wants to chime in. I am more and more excited everytime I see pictures of this rifle. I have a feeling it is going to make my father and I speechless when we see it in person.

Mack

Nothing of earthshaking magnitude taking place there, Mack.
Simple concentric drilling and tapping ( 10-32 ), to secure the forend .

The little portable SHOP was shaking, though,....I'll just post what I e-Mailed to you and Dabble.




And (following day)


Cheers !

GTC

So Greg has gotten the rifle to a close to finish state. A couple more decisions to make about bluing and finish of the wood but it looks like a complete rifle now and I love it. I can't wait to see it in person and put some lead down the barrel.

I will always be in awe of Gregs handwork and artistry in putting not only all the pieces together but understanding how to make this a special rifle in the eyes of my father and I.

Up 'til now I've been gagging on thinners fumes (MVP&Naptha) whilst trying to get a half decent pic of this nicely figured furniture as it flashes off in August Az. heat.

Finish "roughed" to a rough #180 grit, and a few toolmarks still visible, it got it's first "soak" of EXTREMELY thin oil finish yesterday evening, and will get one or two coats a day until provisionally "sealed".The next two / three coats will just use the rifle itself to fixture the work. This is a "Never sweat" approach, and beats the crap outta' dangling things on wire. The metal won't care, at this point,and gummy residues wipe off handily. MAY be shooting it before dismantling and starting the metal finishing,...hope so, anyway.

Everybody that's picked this one up and mounted it has commented on how well it "hangs", and balances.It's going to be "Lively" with 550 grain loads. One would not want to use this barrel profile with anything smaller than a .45 caliber, you'd wind up with something clubbish..I'd REALLY like to assemble one in .50-70

Looks wonderful!

I've got enough roller odds and ends put by to build one, up to and including a completely ridiculous set of very old Navy Arms Italllllian stocks,....replete with a bizarre brass butt plate.

Noodling around with something larger than 50, ....a BPCR pressure Hubel #,....based on 20 or 16 ga.brass, and tossing BIG balls and punkins.Just may have landed on the quintessential American single shot hunting arm here,....fewest parts, and beyond any shadow of doubt, the QUIETEST.

Spent too many YEARS immersed in this "Buffalo Gun" and Creedmoor rifle game, I think,....and the appeal of a short, balanced, and fast swinging HUNTING rifle had apparently gone into dormancy.

I think from here on out I'll be confining this shops attentions and ministrations to guns weighing OVER 20 pounds, or UNDER 10.

This particular setup we've been writing / illustrating on was intended to be a sorta' "show and tell" outside of that commercial Larry Potterfield league guff....we wound up with Bud Light metal married to Finest 100 year old Cognac wood,....and all involved are a bit confused now, this scribe, in particular. A "where do we go from here?" situation.

Roller's just don't have any "curbside appeal".

Looks like it's course is about run, and with any kinda' luck, I'll shoot some "low and slow" hand rolled into paper, this coming Wed.

Fun project, all the way through.

GTC

1 week to go!

Quick shot of cold blue, and a fit check are where the deal sits,...need to bore sight it and put a witness mark,...than maybe Niter Blue or Rust Brown it

I LIKE the idea of changeable beads,....sure don't like the idea of changing them anywhere but on a well lit bench,....if you thought front inserts were a bit fussy to handle, you wouldn't care for the demand place on clumsy old hands getting that little bastid planted in the right place

I personally would choose to FLATTEN the face of that round bead,against glare on one side pulling one's sight picture off.Hell, I'd use IVORY. Fun being able to say at this point I'm just the mechanic