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I've been wanting to make a display case for my grandfathers old 28ga. for years. He was given this gun as partial payment for chores done at the local doctors house in 1911. It had a broken stock. He fashoined the one it wears now himself. Did a fine job of it too! It looks like maple to me, and there used to be a big stand of it out behind the old homestead, right about where my garage is now. He carried this little 28 every time he chased small game, right up untill the late 60's. My father and uncles became concerned that it was going to blow up in his hands, so they went together and bought him a model 12 to replace it. About 15 years ago, my father and I cut down a large black walnut, cut into big slabs for gunstock blanks, and the rest into small boards. I made the case out of these smaller boards. It is nice to know that my grandfathers gun is sitting proudly in a display on top of my desk, and that both of them are made out of wood harvested from land that has been in the family since the 1760's ![[Linked Image]](http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i412/gus_31/P1000277_zps0ca59beb.jpg)
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Yes I like it also looking good..
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Very nice work! Great display!
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Very nice,..Granddad would approve...
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Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
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jealous of your talent here. I could never make something as nice as that.
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Real treasure there! Kool.
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This space for rent
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your flippant remarks which you so adeptly sling
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Whole lot to like 'bout this thread.
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I like that a lot. Thanks for sharing.
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very beautiful, and how fitting.
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Case is lovely, legacy even better.
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