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Very cool idea and excellent execution!! Well done!
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I've always admired that reddish hue so many older rifles get. That is after my own heart.
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I've sent a letter to Lord Bigglesworth Foggingbotham III to ask if he'd allow me to take pictures of it in his trophy room but it seems he's away at his other country home until St. Crispin's Day...  Not to derail the thread, but did he take his longbow to commemorate the great battle? Fantastic rifle, by the way.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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That's a beauty. I would go for color case hardening and Nitre Blue screws etc. if you ever step it up a notch. Doesn't need a thing though. To me the cheek piece is either on the small side or the toe of the stock could have been reduced for a smaller but plate, but that is just me and the cheek piece is period correct so I bet It would grow on me.
The idea of a six pound #1 is intriguing. I wonder what the weight savings are for extractor only versus ejector? Don't notice the loss too much on my Low Wall although it is like a spring assist extractor as it doesn't really kick the cases out that much just gets then started.
"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli
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