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Offline Nessmuck

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Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« on: April 07, 2019, 05:26:17 PM »
Who would be your builder for a .54 cal Flintah ? I don’t know what style I want ....but 42-44 inch barrel...don’t need to be real fancy...but some character. Feel free to post pics too. Thanks !

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2019, 05:43:38 PM »
Joe Schell. He builds a good solid gun for the money
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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2019, 06:03:28 PM »
Joe Schell. He builds a good solid gun for the money
He builds a good gun for any money, he ought to be charging 2X what he gets.
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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2019, 06:14:04 PM »
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ How do I remove this post.....lol

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2019, 06:28:46 PM »
Any Builders in New England ....iam in NH.

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2019, 07:43:33 PM »
Joe Schell. He builds a good solid gun for the money
He builds a good gun for any money, he ought to be charging 2X what he gets.

Agreed Mike 100%  I have 3 of his guns an a bunch of his knives. Very happy with all
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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2019, 08:20:10 PM »
Lowell Haarer. Anything from extra detailed to his line of "Sparkey's Nothing Fancy". I have a matching set of rifle and pistol coming soon. Both in .54 caliber. Great guy, great builder and a man of God. www.lowellhaarer.com or lmhaarer@gmail.com or (540) 833-4985.
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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2019, 09:28:56 PM »
Hi Nessmuck,
For New England try Ed Parry (www.blackhartlongarms.com), our own Eric von Aschwege (www.vonaschwegeflintlocks.com) will be setting up shop this spring in MA.  Also in MA is Jon Ryder (www.kingsburyarms.com).  Our own Acer Saccharum (www.tcurran.com) is not far away in upstate NY.   There is also Mitch Yates (www.mitchyatesgunmaker) in NY.   I am in Vermont but have a pretty big queue of work to wade through before taking on new work.

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2019, 10:04:00 PM »
Followup on Lowell Haarer: He was the featured artist in the July/August issue of Muzzleloader magazine. If you don't subscribe to it you should. Bet you know someone who does.
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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2019, 10:04:17 PM »
Used guns work for me too. Thanks for the info !

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2019, 02:24:28 PM »
  Ok I'll bite, what is a
 Fintah?

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2019, 03:25:29 PM »
  Ok I'll bite, what is a
 Fintah?
I'm glad I wasn't the one to ask. ;)

What ever it is I'll build it for ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. I seem to be stuck on that price  for every thing today. ???
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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2019, 03:45:17 PM »
He is trying to write in a New England accent. 
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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2019, 03:48:17 PM »
  Ok I'll bite, what is a
 Fintah?

Iam from NH......that’s how we talk up here. I can’t figure out how to put that in my profile...lol

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2019, 04:05:16 PM »
Wouldn't Flintah refer to the one pulling the trigger on a flintlock rifle? ;) We call them guns here in Iowa, unless you're  a mountain man, then they're called smoke poles. But we don't have many mountain men because we're a little short on mountains. ;D
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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2019, 04:21:32 PM »
In the Northeast lingo you eat Lobstah (Lobster) and you shoot a Flintah (Flinter).   Geez get with the lingo boys.....LOL   8)

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2019, 04:39:43 PM »
Hi,
If a bunch of you want to write posts with lots of "you alls", "fellers", and "I seen"s, we New Englanders can write "flintah", "eh", "eyup", "baahn", "lobstaa" and use phrases like "quickah than green caahn thru the new maid" or "smoothah than a pane of glass and shahpa than a broken shahd". 

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2019, 07:06:25 PM »
Uffda don,t forget the Norski,s yah ubetcha yaknow.  ;D  :)

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2019, 07:32:44 PM »
Ya sure Smylee, that's a hoot! Makes me think of those jello salads with the little marshmallows along with the lutefisk.  Lutefisk is best with a lot of butter.

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2019, 07:40:39 PM »
My ancient spinster auntie still makes those jello salads with the marshmallows.... ;)
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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #20 on: April 08, 2019, 07:48:02 PM »
 I thought maybe it was a gun builders name--like an Rupp

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #21 on: April 08, 2019, 09:53:26 PM »
My daughter graduated from Ohio State.  Are you sure that professor really didn't speak that way?

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #22 on: April 08, 2019, 10:21:13 PM »
My Dad speaks of  Lutfisk and how they made it. You take some dried fish soak it and nail it on a board. After a couple days you throw away the fish and eat the board.
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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2019, 10:30:52 PM »
 ;D That might be right Ken but you still need a lot of butter.  ;D Actually if the stuff is fairly fresh and you plug your nose and use the copious amounts of butter it tastes OK, er buttery,

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Re: Looking for a Builder.... .54 Flintah ?
« Reply #24 on: April 08, 2019, 10:54:10 PM »
"My daughter graduated from Ohio State.  Are you sure that professor really didn't speak that way?"
That would be "THE" Ohio State University, vs. "Thuh" Ohio University. .....(ducks and runs) ::).
My Granddaughter is an OSU/ATI grad , in 'Cow punchin'"  ;)
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