Posted about this earlier some time ago and this is an update to that post:

Got the turned wood back from Al Lind today. Next stop is back to my gunsmith where he can double check it so he can start turning the barrel to fit and fit the buttstock to the receiver. Anyway, a few more pictures of the turned wood wet. PS. Had Al inlet the forend with and ebony insert the same as the original low walls. He supplied the blank to match the wood on my buttstock blank. Turned out well IMO.

WOW, looking forward to more picts.
Thanks CTW

vaturkey,

Is your gunsmith by any chance in Brice VA? I was in a shop there last week talking about a custom project I have in mind and the smith mentioned a Browning single shot project he has under way and he also recommended Al Lind for the wood work on mine.

Coincidences?

in any event I would like a PM from you, if you are willing, about Lind's prices. turnaround time, and how well you two comunicated on the stock specs.

Thanks.
1B

might do in a pinch....


Just kiddin'. That wood is about as spectacular as all get out.

I am commencing my second low wall build.

Your close. John Myers is located in Boyce Va. John also uses Al now. We used to use a fellow located in Pa for wood turning, but he recently passed from cancer and Al has picked up the slack. The inletting he did on the fore-arm for the ebony insert was outstanding IMO. It helps that John glass bedded the original wood to receiver/barrel and Al was able to duplicate to .04 thousands. That greatly cuts down the inletting time for John.

PS. Send me a PM on whatever you need to know and I'll provide details etc. Al's turn around time was less then two weeks after receipt. Pretty amazing.

Oh my! That is VERY nice...

But, you can't just leave us hanging here. Give us some details, man!



Johnny $

257 Roberts. Lilja barrel, starting our octagonal to wedding ring to round. .660 end barrel diameter. Custom Quarter Rib and Talley rings, leather covered pad. Probably 2-7 Leupold scope. Probably just the blued action because I've got zero dollars for engraving. PS. Action is a Miroku made low wall as the original low wall's couldn't have taken the .257 Roberts. Think it will be something unusual and special. I like the way the wood turned out and that's really the first thing folks will notice when they see the gun.

Vaturkey,
My favoritest caliber in one of my favoritest rifle

I do have a question about the trigger. I have a Miroku Low Wall in .357 and dearly love the little thing - but without meaning to be indelicate - the trigger is crappy. I know that there are several "fixes" on the internet but I have seen and heard some horror stories about things that have happened when said fix was applied. I know that at one time there was a couple of fellows making steel trigger to replace the stock one but after some BATF ruling they were forced to stop. What are you going to use?

Thanks for posting and PLEASE keep the pictures and updates coming!


Johnny $

NOT TRUE.

OK, BT which part of my post am I lying about?






Johnny $

Johnny Dollar-

You might look up Lee Shaver in Lamar, MO. He is supposed to be one of 'the' experts on 1885's. I'm at work and it blocks my searches for gun stuff, but he has a website. I did some searching a while back and found many forums where guys were having trigger work done by him.

Don't recall accusing anyone of lying, but I am calling BULLSHIT on your little story. Triggers aren't controlled items by the BATFE. Never have been and likely never will be. The BATFE isn't going to "force anyone to stop" making triggers. Anyone telling a story like that doesn't know what in the hell they're talking about. Period. That's a bonehead gunshop story, like the one I heard a few years ago about the BATFE made Remington put the J-Lock on rifles. Don't post BULLSHIT. If you don't know, just state as much. Better yet, don't post.

Lee is the main one with whom I'm familiar and would have customers send in the trigger group from their Browning vice shipping the entire rifle. As far as I know, he's never maintained a website.

Old Browning Trigger Thread

Guess I'm lucky. This particular trigger isn't awful. No creep and probably 3 lbs according to the smith doing the work. If I have it worked on it will certainly be done by Lee Shaver.

Bricktop,
I don't know the colloquial linguistics of whatever [bleep] planet you're from but here on Earth calling "Bullschit" on someone's statement is tantamount to calling someone a liar.

This much I know is true; a friend of mine was a gunsmith, until his retirement. He manufactured some speciality items one of which was a steel trigger assembly for Low Walls. He stopped because of his concern about the BATF. That is what he told me and I belived him.

I also know this much; this was a civil conversation about an enjoyable hobby and not a discourse on federal law - until you decided to wade in with absolutley nothing of value or interest.
I don't know you and I feel privileged in that regard! But your type is not hard to figure out, distasteful tho that may be.

You can go back to your room in your poor old mother's basement and play with yourself - you cheesedick, little troll. Or, you can get a job like most of the rest of society and try to make something of yourself. I have a business to run and I am going to get to work. Play nice now!

Johnny $

Vaturkey,
Sorry for the ugly little turn that this conversation took.
I am interested in your project and I look forward to its progress.

As I said before, please keep posting pictures - I really want to see how it turns out.


Johnny $

Your "friend" is a moron and so are you for telling that HORSESHIT story. The fact that he is no longer in business is clear indication of that. You can always produce a f*cking BATFE ruling that supports that HORSESHIT story if you disagree.

It was civil until you decided to blatantly post HORSESHIT. And you bet, I'm going to call your f*cking ass on it. Ignorant f*cks seldom see value in factual data. You've proved that.

vaturkey,

You were dead right -- it was John Meyer' shop in Boyce! I was asking him about a Bob custom project idea I have based on a Ruge4 #1 action and some very nice black walnut blanks I recently acquired. (My mind said Boyce, my fingers sent Bryce.)

John showed me some very nice octagonal barrel work he has done. Between the wood you now have and a new barrel like that, you have a real stunner in the making.

I'll PM you.

1B

http://stores.intuitwebsites.com/hstrial-LeeShaverGuns/StoreFront.bok

Cool. I've got him bookmarked now.

Oh Look! The little wanna be tough knows a few bad words. Pick them up on the 'net did ya? Probably at the same time that you were pretending you were an expert on BATF rules and regs.

You are a tiresome little troll - go back into your poor old Mom's basement and pretend some more. You should really think about getting a paper route or something so you can help her pay for your porn site subscriptions. Its probably past your bedtime so go to sleep and dream of little girl trolls.


Johnny $

It's absolutely AMAZING the f*cking BULLSHIT people will blindly accept as truth. Can we be friends? I have a LOT of BULLSHIT ideas and stories I'd like someone to believe and you seem like just the rube to buy into it.

Of course, there's always the possibility some enterprising Bre'r Rabbit type of guy might've, just might've, made up some knucklehead story to get some boob like you the hell out of his shop. But I'm sure that NEVER would've happened with you, would it?

(Chuckle!)

..."Can we be friends?" No, I'm afraid we can't. See, I'm an adult and I hang out with adults. Little folks like you, who have fictitious alter-ego's who are big, bad men of another race and possibly a different species should be in a special place all their own -- and not locked up in yo' mama's cellar. That would keep you from playing on the internet and it would also protect you from those bad folks yo' mama brings by and makes yo' play "nice-nice" with.

Runs along and makes yo' mama some money now. You poor, sorry little bastard.


Johnny $

Yeah, but you believe any old horseshit anyone tells you, and I'm definitely looking for someone like that.

At any rate, since you decided to open the door for some scrutiny, let's see this BATFE ruling forbidding the manufacture of these triggers.

Oh little Bricky, I do believe that you are looking for someone gullible enough to believe your horseshit. You spend so much of your fruitless, meaningless life posting horseshit on this site that it is painfully obvious you are desperately and sadly looking for someone who will justify your pathetic existence by paying some attention to you.... it's tragic really. Good Luck Little Guy!

Johnny $

To the OP, that is truly spectacular, stunning, breathtaking wood you have chosen!
I look forward to seeing this project progress.

vaturkey:

Don't mind the ruckus below. Most of us have learned to tune it out.

That's beautiful wood, and I definitely hope to see more pics as you progress.

- Tom

Two comments:

One) VAturkey, the wood is spectacular and your custom project is truly inspired. I pray that it turns out to be all you dreamed of ... and more. It's gonna be fabulous.

Two) Remember when gentlemen on the 24HCF could talk about gunny stuff without being attacked from the flank? It was a wonderful time. Alas, we are diminished by our loss of a civil community.

Tegrettably, it's only a half-dozen or so, but they sound like a thosand. THEY must be really proud of themselves ... and totally friendless.

Steve

Love the rifle project -

and as distasteful as the dialogue has been at times lately,
it doesn't take much to figure out whose post not to read -
or reply to. Kinda like not stepping in dog turds.
Wish there was a better solution, but it's not the end of the
world.

Get rid of the half dozen that contantly cause problems and this site with become remarkably better. I can hardly stand to visit here anymore because of it. I have some guys on ignore but it still doesn't solve the problem.

Saw the smith today and he now has my turned stock. Next week he will start machining the Lilja blank to fit it to the receiver. He also thinks the wood is super.

Need to figure out what color leather to put on the 1/2" leather covered pad and what type inletted real swivel stud to use. Once he machines the quarter rib and sweat it to the barrel we will decide what height Talley rings to order.

Getting there for sure. I did ask him once again about the trigger pull and he said leave it alone its fine. He said its circa 2 lbs already and has zero creep. Guess I lucked out as he's builds custom benchrest rifles and thus he knows what a good trigger feels like.

Will post developments as they occur on a new thread.

Va, that is a beautiful gun you are building, good luck the rest of the way.

Can't wait to see it finished!!

WOW !!

That is a fantastic chunk of wood right there.. I look forward to more pictures of the project as you move forward (that really wasn't a request :-)... more of a demand..lol...)..


As a person who has a project on the back burners, it's nice to see someone who's moving forward, who they are using to do certain portions of the work and pictures of their progress...

Todd

Thanks all. Still trying to figure a few things out regarding scoping. I've got a 3x9x36A Swarovski ready to go on the gun, but the eye piece diameter is pretty big and thus to access the trigger I'd have to have that scope mounted about 3/8" higher then say a 2.5x8 VX3 Leupold (my second choice which I don't own currently). Both scopes are circa 11 3/8" long so they don't appear to be too large. Really like the optics on the Swarovski. They are amazing.

they were making 1885s fully auto so batf got involved. lol

I wonder if people think about the ignorant [bleep] they repeat or post. Or about the motivation for the story in the first place. If I had some pogue like Johnny Swallers hanging out in my place of business -- or even within my eyesight -- I'd make up a crazy ass story to get rid of him, too. It would be a bonus if he repeated it.

What sort of crazy ass story can we make up to make YOU go away?

I'm staying. I like you, Brent. I want to hang with you.

YOu win, I'm outa here.

Little Bricky came back! Yo' mama' let you outta down cella'? Or, did she have to go start doing tricks again 'cause yo' all couldn't make enough to keep her crak ho habit satisfied? In yo' defense she probably taught ya' all to suck dick - an' she can't be too smart.

You talk about OTHERS making up stories while you pretend to be a big bad [bleep]'. You are the most pathetic little creature on the intenet.


Johnny $

Please post the BATFE ruling prohibiting ANYONE from manufacturing 1885 High Wall or Low Wall triggers. Thanks.

Nice start on the project. It will be both unique and breathtaking when it is done.

Johnny $ [/quote]Please post the BATFE ruling prohibiting ANYONE from manufacturing 1885 High Wall or Low Wall triggers. Thanks.[/quote]

Lil' Bricky,

Prove to me and the rest of the 'fire that you are black and I will.


Johnny $

My avatar is Ayrton Senna and I'm not purporting to be him nor any race car driver.

What does an avatar have to do with anyone's true identity?

Never understood that one.

He's been caught in a lie and like many other half-witted liars, he falls back on the only thing he knows: petty insults.

The facts are these:

The '68 GCA controls the interstate commerce in firearms. It defines a firearm as "...any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or (D) any destructive device."

Notice the term "TRIGGER" is not included in that definition. It never has been and it never will, not unlike Johnny Swallers, also a has been and a never will. Johnny never has been capable of offering anything of value to this thread or forum and he never will. He is a sorry-ass dickhead whose only talent seems to be repeating horseshit gun shop rumors to which he cannot apply common sense. He cannot accept constructive criticism and will only respond with juvenile taunts of the basest variety.

That's all well and good, Johnny, I'll simply ride your worthless f*cking ass into the middle of next week until you call "calf rope."

Lil' Bricky,
So now yo' are gonna' deny yo' race? That ain't cool [bleep]'. You prentend to be a big bad black man just like you pretend to be an expert on BATF activities. Except now you don't wanna' be black no mo"???
The simple truth is that you are sorry little wanna' be. You don't know [bleep] and you pretend that a few things you googled up are knowledge. You and Larry Root have that ability - Congratulations! You sad little sack of [bleep].



Johnny $

Please provide a copy of a BATFE ruling prohibiting ANYONE -- ANYONE AT ALL -- from producing triggers for the Browning/Winchester/Miroku 1885 High Wall or Low Wall rifle. Thanks.

Lil Bricky Dicklicker,
I won't spend a second of my time to justify your pathetic existence - [/b]UNLESS [b]- you do something to prove that you are black. Otherwise you are just the poser that everyone knows you to be.

By the way, if I use base insults it is because you are the basest of humanity. Its late so go to sleep, Lil' Dicklicker.



Johnny $

Please provide a copy of a BATFE ruling prohibiting ANYONE -- ANYONE AT ALL -- from producing triggers for the Browning/Winchester/Miroku 1885 High Wall or Low Wall rifle. Thanks.

My God! You are an obtuse son-of-a-bitch aren't you...

See above offered agreement. Agree or pound sand.


Johnny $

Please provide a copy of a BATFE ruling prohibiting ANYONE -- ANYONE AT ALL -- from producing triggers for the Browning/Winchester/Miroku 1885 High Wall or Low Wall rifle. Thanks.

Did I mention that you are an obtuse (i.e.dull - blunt - dense - slow-witted) son-of-a-bitch! If I didn't, you are.

Offers on the table, Lil' Bricky. Make good or pound sand - you worthless little troll.



Johnny $

Please provide a copy of a BATFE ruling prohibiting ANYONE -- ANYONE AT ALL -- from producing triggers for the Browning/Winchester/Miroku 1885 High Wall or Low Wall rifle. Thanks.